Post Summary 
The School of Engineering seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Electronic Engineering (Computational Engineering), to complement the existing staff in the areas of Circuits and Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Communications and Control. 

The focus area for this appointment is in the general area of Computational Engineering. This is particularly in the light of the growing awareness of the importance of data centric Engineering to the next generation of Engineering professionals. Applicants should have a strong research background in application and development of computational technologies in Engineering areas that include at least one of the following Computational Hardware Design, Digital Twins and Engineering Simulation, Autonomous Vehicle Subsystems (e.g. Drone Control and Communication Systems), Robotics (Industry 4.0, Public Safety Operations, Surgical Manipulators), Digital Communications, Embedded Systems, Signal Processing. The candidates' specialism should be complementary to existing strengths of academic staff in the School. Particularly of interest is how their research background complements the School of Engineering Discipline's existing strengths in at least one of the existing groups in Communications, Analogue/Bio Electronics, Smart Energy Control Systems, Statistical and Media Signal Processing and Neural Engineering. We are also interested in candidates who have experience with physical hardware design in these areas.

This post is funded through Pillar 3 of the Human Capital Initiative. This government-funded initiative was launched in late 2019 and will invest €300m over five years in increasing the capacity of higher education to meet skills needs of the future. The three pillars of the initiative cover the areas of Graduate Conversion Courses (Pillar 1), Additional Places on Existing Undergraduate Provision (Pillar 2), and Innovation and Agility (Pillar 3) - full details can be found on the HEA’s dedicated website

Under Pillar 3 Innovation and Agility, a total of €206m has been provided across the HEI sector over 5 years to fund innovation and agility in methods of teaching and learning and the ability to respond to emerging skills needs through, for example, delivery of new courses or adaptation of existing courses. Following the call for submissions for Pillar 3, Trinity was awarded €21m, the highest individual award to any HEI, under the umbrella theme of ‘Next Generation Teaching and Learning for the Changing Needs of Society and Enterprise’, for course proposals across 24 individual work packages.

 
Post Title:    HCI Assistant Professor in Electronic Engineering (Computational Engineering) 
Post Status:    Four-year, Fixed Term Contract – Full-time
Department/Faculty:    School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
Reports to:    Head of Discipline, Professor Anil Kokaram
Salary:     Appointment will be made on Assistant Professor (Lecturer) scale at a point in line with Government Pay Policy €35,509 - €86,247 appointment will be made no higher than point [8] €50,410

Closing Date: 12 Noon (Irish Standard Time), Tuesday 25th May 2021 

Full Job Description and Application Process can be found at http://jobs.tcd.ie Comp 034981 

Informal enquiries should be made to the Head of the School of Engineering, Professor Henry Rice, hrice@tcd.ie, or to the Head of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Professor Anil Kokaram, anil.kokaram@tcd.ie