Teaching Fellow in Flight Dynamics and Control

Job title:

Teaching Fellow in Flight Dynamics and Control

Company

Cranfield University

Job description

Hours of work: 37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £37,337 to £44,906 per annum, with potential progression up to £51,298 per annum
Apply by: 11/04/2025Role DescriptionThe Air Platforms and Weapons Group is seeking a skilled individual to contribute to our work in: aerodynamics; flight dynamics; guidance navigation and control; and aviation safety. Join our team to work on cutting-edge defence technologies, with opportunities for teaching, research, and consultancy.About the RoleYou will deliver postgraduate teaching in lecture and laboratory environments, assess student work through coursework, exams, and support research and consultancy activities. Responsibilities also include supervising MSc projects and assisting PhD students with their research. There are opportunities to publish research findings in academic journals and develop your teaching materials. This role offers potential for career progression, with the possibility of promotion to a lectureship based on performance and qualifications.About YouYou will have a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physical science, or mathematics, and hold (or be nearing completion of) a PhD in flight dynamics and control. With a growing track record in your field, you will bring subject matter expertise in modern control theory and advanced Matlab programming skills. Your experience in oral presentations of technical concepts demonstrates your ability to communicate complex ideas effectively.In addition to your technical expertise, you will possess strong people skills, enabling you to work collaboratively with staff, students, and research partners. You will have excellent communication, presentation, and technical writing abilities, alongside proficiency in a wide range of relevant software. You will be required to hold an appropriate level of security clearance.About UsAs a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.Our Values and CommitmentsOur shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.Working ArrangementsCollaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.How to applyFor an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Professor Alistair Saddington @ .Interviews will be held 25 April 2025.CompanyCranfield is world-leading in its contribution to global innovation. With our emphasis on the aerospace, agrifood, defence and security, environmental technology, leadership and management, manufacturing and transport systems sectors, we have changed the way society thinks, works and learns.We generate and transform knowledge, translating it to the benefit of society. Our partners, from micro SMEs to the largest blue-chip multinationals, from governments across the world to NGOs and charities, tell us this is what they value about Cranfield.Innovation is part of Cranfield’s ‘corporate DNA’, evolved over 60 years of commitment to this agenda.Our work informs policy for governments and produces new technologies and products for the world of commerce. We draw on this pool of research and consultancy to provide our students with a distinctive ‘real-world’ learning environment, allowing them to develop as professionals and transfer their new knowledge to the global economy. This has always been the ‘Cranfield way’ but it has never been more important than in today’s world.People are key to our competitive advantage and so we need to attract, develop and retain the best talent for our business. We aim to create a culture where you can flourish and succeed and, in turn, contribute towards Cranfield’s success.Company info Telephone +(44)01234 750111 Location CRANFIELD
CRANFIELD
BEDFORDSHIRE
MK43 0AL
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Expected salary

£37337 – 51298 per year

Location

Shrivenham, Oxfordshire

Job date

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 05:00:31 GMT

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