Lecturers in Mechanical Engineering (4 posts)

About the role: The Department of Mechanical Engineering is seeking to recruit academic staff to undertake high-quality research and teaching. Four Lecturer appointments will be made and the department is particularly interested in expertise in the following areas: Dynamics Robotics/mechatronics Manufacturing  Fluid power and control You will be expected to publish high-quality research papers, supervise postgraduate research students, and have the potential to obtain significant external research funding. You’ll conduct original and rigorous world-leading research of significance to the academic field and of potential use to engineering practitioners. Teaching is expected to support our well-established and highly successful MEng undergraduate degree programmes, as well as new MSc programmes under development. Teaching will be expected in one or more of the following areas: engineering dynamics, robotics/mechatronics engineering, control/autonomous systems, or manufacturing processes/technologies. As well as class teaching, you will fully participate in supervising students undertaking significant individual and group projects encompassing research or design activities. Further information: As part of the selection process, you will normally be required to give a presentation to academic staff in the Department before being shortlisted for formal interview.  Informal enquiries about the post may be made to: Professor Patrick Keogh, Head of Department, Tel: +44 (0)1225 385958, P.S.Keogh@bath.ac.uk Dr Sabina Gheduzzi, Senior Lecturer, Tel: +44 (0)1225 384560, S.Gheduzzi@bath.ac.uk Please ensure you submit your application through our website. As well as your online application, you must provide the following uploaded as additional documents (these are mandatory): A CV of no more than 2 pages, covering current and key previous employment, education including degree titles/departments/universities, selected published journal papers, and a brief summary of research and teaching experience. Note that this may be distributed widely within the Department for comment as part of the recruitment process and please ensure that personal contact details (address/phone/email) and any other sensitive information are not included. The document should be called ‘2-page CV’. A four-page outline of a potential research grant application and be prepared to discuss this at interview. Typically for Lecturer grade applicants, this application would be aimed at the EPSRC New Investigator Award and it would be expected that the successful candidate submits this within the first year of the appointment. The document should be called ‘Research proposal’. About you: Appointees will have a PhD and a developing research track record.  You will need to be able to contribute to one or more of our priority research areas, which are:  Advanced manufacturing (including robotics, control, data, and design) Energy (generation, transmission and storage, including future fuels) Net zero transport Advanced materials and structures Biosensors / biomedical engineering Sustainability Climate change adaptation About the Department: We are one of the leading Mechanical Engineering Departments in the UK and provide a progressive academic environment. You will benefit from the supportive, collaborative and well-organised Department and Faculty system at the University. There is a strong culture of providing newly appointed staff the necessary support and freedom to develop their academic careers.  Find out more about our benefits.