Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

Location:  Boldrewood Campus
Salary:   £40,931 to £67,060 Per annum
Full Time Permanent
Closing Date:  Friday 04 November 2022
Interview Date:   To be confirmed
Reference:  1998322DA

You will join the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics at the University of Southampton as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) or Associate Professor in Design and Optimisation.

By joining us you will help us strengthen our expertise in one or a combination of the research areas outlined below:

Data-driven tools including machine learning and artificial intelligence for multidisciplinary modelling, design and integration of aerospace and/or propulsion systems 

Model-based Engineering (MBE) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approaches applied to aerospace systems including development and utilisation of digital twins

Propagation/quantification of uncertainties in predictive tools used for multidisciplinary design 

However, experience in other related areas will also be considered. You will join a very active department with inter-disciplinary research interests across Aeronautics and Astronautics where fundamental and industrially relevant problems are addressed with theoretical, experimental and computational methods. The department has broad research interests in numerical and experimental aerodynamics, computational engineering and design, astronautics and spacecraft engineering. The Department is affiliated with two Rolls Royce University Technology Centres (UTC), one in Propulsion systems noise and the other in Computational Engineering and Design. 

Please include a research statement, a teaching and citizenship (service) statement highlighting areas of interest in education and how you will contribute to department operations and a diversity statement addressing your commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusivity. You can enter these statements in the textboxes provided in the online application form. Alternately, upload documents (no more than 1 page per statement) and provide a summary of these statements in the textboxes. All three statements are required for your application to be considered. As part of these statements, you should evidence: 

• research interests/plans (including grant capture) 
• past research activities demonstrated by journal publications and/or industrial outcomes (including funding portfolio)
• potential to develop/deliver modules with innovative teaching and assessment approaches 
• your experience of supporting students (UG/PG) and colleagues 
• you are committed to working in diverse teams and can build an inclusive department
• you contribute to departmental activities (administration and outreach)

For details about the department, please visit: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/what_we_do/aeronautics_and_astronautics.page#overview

For more information about our undergraduate programmes, please visit:    https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics-degree-meng#modules

For informal enquiries, please contact Prof. Bharathram Ganapathisubramani (g.bharath@soton.ac.uk)

The University of Southampton is in the top 1% of world universities and in the top 10 of the UK’s research-intensive universities. Equality, diversity and Inclusion is central to the ethos in the University and within School of Engineering. We particularly encourage women and under-represented groups to apply for this position. In recognition of our continued commitment to improving equality for women in science we were awarded an Athena SWAN bronze in 2013 and 2016. We also give full consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly including part-time and due consideration will be given to applicants who have taken a career break. The University has a generous maternity policy (subject to qualifying criteria) and onsite childcare facilities.

Application Procedure  

You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Sian Gale (HR Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 4043 or email recruitment@soton.ac.uk  Please quote reference 1998322DA on all correspondence.