Requisition ID: 25867
Location:
Newcastle, GB
Contract Type: Open Ended
Working Pattern: Full Time
Posted Date: 26 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.
As a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Mechatronics and Robotics, you will have an outstanding record in engineering, particularly in using design principles, sustainable product development and data-driven methods. You will work within and across boundaries to address major research challenges, attract grant income, generate high quality impact outcomes and expand existing capability in the School and University. The post holder will also be expected to actively contribute to the planning, governance and delivery of an innovative, positive and inspiring mechanical engineering educational offer. Preference will be given to candidates whose expertise bridges fundamental and applied aspects of engineering design.
To deliver at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level in Robotics and Mechatronics, including areas such as Soft Robotics, Sensors, Healthcare Robotics, Advanced Manufacturing as well as bridging the gap between digital skills and engineering applications. Joining the Design, Manufacturing and Materials (DMM) Academic Group, but with an interdisciplinary ambition, you will strengthen the already successful research activity within the 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 DMM Group, as well as industry engagement and supporting our CPD offer.
Expertise in your research field should be matched by an outstanding research record that builds on our strengths in fields such as, but not limited to, Soft Robotics, Sensors, Healthcare Robotics, Advanced Manufacturing and Autonomous Transport Systems. You will have growing international visibility, and contribute to the full spectrum of academic activities, including research, teaching and leadership.
The University has developed an Academic Job Summary Guidance document which summarises the range of activities that academic colleagues may be expected to perform.
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.
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 Roberto.palacin@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: 25867