School/Department School of Water, Energy and Environment
Based at Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of work 37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered.
Contract type Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Period 12 months
Salary Research Assistant (if close to completing PhD) £30,600 per annum or Research Fellow (if PhD obtained) £33,309 per annum
Apply by 04/09/2020

Role Description

Cranfield University, Centre for Renewable Energy Systems at the Energy and Power Theme, welcomes applications for the position in Machine Learning for Advanced Sensor Monitoring.

As the UK’s only exclusively postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships is creating leaders in technology and management globally.  Our distinctive expertise is in our deep understanding of technology and management and how these work together to benefit the world.

Our people are our most valuable resource and everyone has a role to play in shaping the future of our university, developing our learners, and transforming the businesses we work with. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here: Working life at Cranfield.

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. To find out more please visit our website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/about/about

The Centre for Renewable Energy has ongoing Innovate UK and EPSRC projects on renewable energy integrated EV charging and thermoelectric energy harvesting. This requires a research assistant/research fellow to work on the research of power electronics for these topics under the supervision of Dr Jerry Luo and Prof. Chris Sansom. The RA is required to design, test and evaluate the power electronic circuitry for the energy generation systems. He/she will be assisting in the existing projects on these topics. This will contribute to the current researches and generate new research opportunities.

For this position you are required to have a PhD (obtained or near completion) in the relevant subject. You will be involved in collaboration with academic and industrial partners. The ability to communicate, rapidly assess information, resolve problems and respond in a timely manner is essential. You will have experience in power electronics, together with a developing track record of publishing in high quality publications. Industrial experience would be an advantage.

In return, you will have exciting opportunities for career development in this key position, and to support world leading research and education, joining a supportive team and environment.

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.  To further demonstrate our commitment to progressing gender diversity in STEM, we are members of WES & Working Families, and sponsors of International Women in Engineering Day.

Our equal opportunities and diversity monitoring has shown that that women and minority ethnic groups are currently underrepresented within the university and so we actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from these groups.

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.  To find out more, please visit https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/about/working-at-cranfield/diversity

For an informal discussion, please contact Dr Jerry Luo, Lecturer in Energy Storage and Harvesting, on (T); +44 (0)7557 677 438 or (E); z.luo@cranfield.ac.uk