Research Fellow in Mechatronics
- Employer
- CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
- Location
- Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Salary
- £32,656 to £36,399 per annum (with additional performance related pay up to £45,499 per annum)
- Closing date
- 24 Mar 2019
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- Academic Discipline
- Engineering & Technology, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Research Fellowships
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
School/Department Cranfield Defence and Security
Based at Shrivenham, Oxfordshire - Cranfield Defence and Security
Hours of work 37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday
Contract type Permanent
Salary £32,656 to £36,399 per annum (with additional performance related pay up to £45,499 per annum)
Apply by 24/03/2019
Role Description
We are seeking a Research Fellow in Mechatronics to be responsible for:
- Conducting research and research based consultancy into the mechatronics aspects of weapon and vehicle systems.
- Contributing to the teaching of mechatronics in weapons and vehicle related subjects.
- Undertaking research and research based consultancy into military or industrial problems.
- Conducting research on vehicle data buses, Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) and vehicle cyber security related areas.
- Developing embedded systems for data acquisition, real-time processing and networking to expand the research/teaching facilities.
The post holder will have an undergraduate degree in mechatronic engineering or closely related discipline (2:1 or above) and a PhD in a mechatronics related area.
Experience of undertaking laboratory and theoretical investigations, design and development of embedded systems is essential.
Membership of a professional body, for example IMechE is desirable.
For an informal discussion, please contact Professor Amer Hameed, Head of Centre for Defence Engineering, on (T) +44 (0)1793 785020 or (E) a.hameed@cranfield.ac.uk.
Interviews will be held 15 and 16 April 2019.
At Cranfield, we value Diversity and Inclusion, and aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together harmoniously with dignity and respect and realise their full potential. We actively consider flexible working options such as part-time, compressed or flexible hours and/or an element of homeworking, and commit to exploring the possibilities for each role.
Company
Cranfield is world-leading in its contribution to global innovation. With our emphasis on the aerospace, agrifood, defence and security, environmental technology, leadership and management, manufacturing and transport systems sectors, we have changed the way society thinks, works and learns.
We generate and transform knowledge, translating it to the benefit of society. Our partners, from micro SMEs to the largest blue-chip multinationals, from governments across the world to NGOs and charities, tell us this is what they value about Cranfield.
Innovation is part of Cranfield’s ‘corporate DNA’, evolved over 60 years of commitment to this agenda.
Our work informs policy for governments and produces new technologies and products for the world of commerce. We draw on this pool of research and consultancy to provide our students with a distinctive ‘real-world’ learning environment, allowing them to develop as professionals and transfer their new knowledge to the global economy. This has always been the ‘Cranfield way’ but it has never been more important than in today’s world.
People are key to our competitive advantage and so we need to attract, develop and retain the best talent for our business. We aim to create a culture where you can flourish and succeed and, in turn, contribute towards Cranfield’s success.
- Telephone
- +(44)01234 750111
- Location
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CRANFIELD
CRANFIELD
BEDFORDSHIRE
MK43 0AL
United Kingdom
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