Lecturer/Associate Professor in Robotics & AI

About us

UCL Laptop Science was ranked prime in England for pc science within the Analysis Excellence Framework in 2021, and second within the UK. We’re a big division with over 500 employees, made up of educational, instructing, analysis {and professional} employees.

We’re an experimental division and pc science sits on the nexus of a broad vary of interdisciplinary collaborations throughout UCL. We at the moment are recruiting Lecturer and Affiliate Professor positions to help our creating training portfolio in Robotics &; AI, based mostly in our new UCL East Campus.

Our imaginative and prescient for Robotics at UCL East is to arrange a brand new robotics powerhouse at UCL. To help our imaginative and prescient, over the subsequent few years, we might be hiring greater than 20 educational, analysis and instructing employees in Robotics and AI. These marketed positions are a part of this technique.

Concerning the function

The principle objective of this new function is to help the expansion of the Laptop Science Division and the Robotics & AI space by conducting analysis, instructing, outreach, and entrepreneurial actions in areas associated to robotics and AI. The function additionally encompasses being a mentor and some extent of contact for rising expertise and help the EDI actions within the division.

Areas that we goal at masking embody however are usually not restricted to: AI and Machine Studying, with curiosity to floor, aerial, and marine robots.

About you

It’s best to have a PhD in Robotics, AI, or a intently associated subject and be capable to reveal an intensive data and understanding throughout a variety of core matters together with robotics, management, machine studying, sensor fusion, and different matters associated to real-world deployment of robotic programs.

Appointment at Affiliate Professor Stage might be depending on expertise, analysis output and proof of assembly extra important standards required for the function.

What we provide

Wage vary:

Lecturer Grade 8 – £51,474 to £60,521 together with London Allowance

Affiliate Professor Grade 9 – £65,698 to £71,357 together with London Allowance

In addition to the thrilling alternatives this function presents, we additionally provide some nice advantages akin to:

41 Days vacation together with financial institution holidays

Hybrid working

Remaining Wage Pension Scheme

Cycle to work scheme and season ticket mortgage

On-Website nursery

On-site gymnasium

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

Worker help programme: Workers Assist Service Discounted medical insurance coverage.

Our dedication to Equality, Variety and Inclusion

As London’s World College, we all know variety fosters creativity and innovation, and we wish our group to symbolize the variety of the world’s expertise. We’re dedicated to equality of alternative, to being truthful and inclusive, and to being a spot the place all of us belong. We due to this fact notably encourage functions from candidates who’re prone to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These embody folks from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled folks; LGBTQI+ folks; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, girls. You possibly can learn extra about our dedication to Equality, Variety and Inclusion right here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ . Our division holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our dedication and demonstrable impression in advancing gender equality.

This appointment is topic to UCL Phrases and Situations of Service for Tutorial Workers.