Requisition ID: 25861
Location:
Newcastle, GB
Contract Type: Open Ended
Working Pattern: Full Time
Posted Date: 7 Aug 2023
Salary:
Lecturer Grade F: £33,966 to £44,263 per annum
Lecturer Grade G: £45,585 to £54,395 per annum
Senior Lecturer: £56,021 to £64,914 per annum
Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Closing Date: 10 September 2023
The Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join one of the leading Engineering Schools in the UK where you will support and inspire the next generation of Newcastle University engineering graduates
The Intelligent Sensing and Communications (ISC) group was first established in 1989. Our research explores the whole spectrum of communications and digital signal processing, from underpinning theories to applications with industry leading partners.
We develop advanced modulation, coding and receiver structures for communication in hostile wireless, optical and underwater acoustic channels. We also deliver high quality teaching in communication and signal processing for our undergraduate and MSc degree programmes.
The group is recruiting a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Digital Communications, ideally with the ability to contribute to a flourishing area in underwater communications research. This person will help to build on the already successful research activity in underwater acoustic communications, positioning and sensing. This area has secured >£7M in recent research income (from EPSRC, NERC, EU and industry), generated substantial royalty income from licenced products, and generated 4* rated impact case studies in REF2014 and REF2021. The team has also played an active role in the development of an emerging standard for underwater communication. Research is support by a specialised laboratory (SEAlab) as well as convenient access to buoys and vessels in the North Sea. There is also huge potential to apply the acoustic signal processing expertise to other areas such as healthcare, including acoustic communication for implanted bioelectronic devices, sonar/ultrasonic imaging and bioacoustics.
The successful candidate is to deliver at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level in Digital Communications, building on the already successful research activity in underwater acoustic communications, positioning and sensing, as well as applying acoustic signal processing expertise to other areas such as healthcare, including acoustic communication for implanted bioelectronic devices, sonar/ultrasonic imaging and bioacoustics.
The successful candidate will also, strengthen the already successful research activity in digital communications within the Intelligent Sensing & Communications Group. Depending on level, lead and/or contribute towards the development and delivery of taught programmes, modules and a range of high-quality teaching and learning resources within the ISC Group.
We promote excellence by creating an inclusive culture and environment where shared practice is the norm. We pool our resources and our networks, within the university, the UK and across the world, to drive innovation and creativity for a healthy planet and society. To complement this team, we seek an excellent researcher and educator. Our primary criteria are excellence in research and teaching and commitment to our ethos of creativity and collegiality. You will benefit from access to excellent research groups and facilities.
As a School of Engineering that strives to provide an outstanding educational experience, rooted in strong engineering disciplines, this position provides a significant opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration, within a successful and supportive environment.
We have invested £110m in a state-of-the-art hub for engineering research and education. The new Stephenson Building complex, that will open its doors in September 2023, will co-locate industry partners and provide business and community engagement facilities.
The School of Engineering is home to 15 outstanding research groups. The quality of our research is evidenced by the latest REF results. We were ranked 10th for the quality of our research outputs with 46% of outputs assessed as world-leading.
You will benefit from a thriving environment in machine learning/AI.
Newcastle University is home to the £30 million National Innovation Centre for Data and partners with the Alan Turing Institute. We host one of the Academic Centres in Cyber Security Research and are a founding member of the PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems. Our Urban Observatory has the largest set of publicly available real-time urban data in the UK. We host the Faraday Institution North East, to recognise the importance of the region as a key centre of battery research, innovation, skills and production and have established Driving the Electric Revolution (DER) North East Industrialisation Centre (part of a £30M national project led by Newcastle) to enable faster collaborative research and development of electric machines. We lead on several EPSRC CDTs and are home to the £20M UKRI GCRF Hubs in Water Security and Sustainable Development, and Living Deltas. We have long-standing strategic partnerships with, for example, Siemens, including a Siemens Mindsphere lab for digital twinning, and Northumbrian Water, including the BEWISe facility at their north east treatment plant which is the first of its type in Europe in large-scale wastewater treatment research using bacteria
Our world class medical school has excellent links with the School of Engineering, facilitating the long-term research and exploitation of signal processing/machine learning research in a range of domains aligned with Newcastle University’s research strategy.
The University has developed an Academic Job Summary Guidance document which summarises the range of activities that academic colleagues may be expected to perform.
To apply, please upload the following supporting documents in the format of one PDF document:
- Full CV
- Teaching statement (1-2 pages)
- Research statement (2-3 pages)
- publication list, which should identify your 3 most relevant/representative publications
To view the full job description, please click here
Please reach out to Jeff.Neasham@newcastle.ac.uk to discuss this role should you have any questions.
We will be holding Teaching and Research presentations as our initial assessment followed by interviews for shortlisted applicants.
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Requisition ID: 25861