Lecturer in Engineering Design & Manufacturing

The School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic individual to contribute to all aspects of engineering design & research and teaching across the Engineering’s courses.

With 23,000 students, the University of Wolverhampton is one of the largest universities in the UK, having an excellent teaching quality profile, strong performance in third stream income generation and an improving REF performance. Our major building and refurbishment facilities is providing enviable teaching and learning resources, outstanding laboratory provision and leading IT resources. The School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences manages a well-established portfolio of Engineering courses covering Mechanical Engineering, Chemical engineering, Motorsport Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Additive Layer Manufacturing and Apprenticeships in Engineering, It is committed to providing high quality Engineering courses whilst maintaining the University’s aspiration to be the University of Opportunity. The school has an excellent academic record as a high value product design manufacturing hub, and we have collaboration partners across the country and worldwide.

Research in Engineering is carried out under four pillars – namely Additive Layer manufacturing, Composite Engineering, Energy and Green technologies and Process Engineering with emphases on cross pillar research. You will be expected to have at PhD degree in Engineering or a very closely related subject and membership of a professional body. You must have a good experience and knowledge of Industry X, design implementation knowledge of 5s, Sigma 6 and kaizen.

You will work with staff and students in the pursuit of research both as an individual and as part of the wider School and Faculty activities, encompassing complementary research areas by contributing to the work of established research groups. Hence, you should have a track record of dissemination of research outputs / achievements in high quality scientific/technical journals and have the potential to attract research funding and/or generate external income. You will be contributing to delivering all aspects of engineering design and manufacturing and will need to demonstrate the breadth of knowledge of the subject matter.

For an informal discussion about the above post please contact the Head of Engineering, Dr Aman Dhir [email protected]

The University of Opportunity for Students and Staff

As part of our commitment to ensure the diversity of our staff body reflects those of the student and local communities we serve, we particularly welcome applications from candidates of Black, Asian, or Ethnic Minority heritage, and candidates who are Disabled (including people who may not define themselves as disabled, but nevertheless encounter challenges)

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