Closing Date: 13 November 2023
Find out more about the Department here.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/acse/department/jobs
The Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE) invites applications for Lecturer and Senior Lecturer positions in the area of Space Weather and Space Systems. We seek to appoint Lecturers/Senior Lecturers (2 posts) with the potential/ability to conduct world-leading research in a relevant area related to space weather and systems.
We are an innovative, dynamic and high-reaching department that is renowned for encouraging multidisciplinary research activities involving partners from academia as well as the public and private sector. Our Space Weather and Space Systems research is supported by a number of successful applications to national and international financial bodies and agencies i.e. UKRI (STFC, NERC), European Commision, The Royal Society, and via direct funding from space agencies (UKSA and ESA).
Examples of our current research topics in this area are:
Solar and Space Plasmas
Development of Space Weather forecasting tools
Methods of data analysis of scientific spacecraft missions and ground based observational facilities
Identification of linear and nonlinear processes in complex dynamical systems
Spacecraft Instrumentation
We are looking for innovative and visionary researchers who are able to develop, lead and sustain research of international standing in Automatic Control and Systems Engineering through high-quality research publications, in terms of originality, significance and rigour, as well as research grant income and impact generation.
You will be passionate about working to address the current and future research challenges in the field and to develop, apply and evaluate new solutions that benefit society and industry.
You will be expected to maintain the department’s reputation for teaching excellence by contributing to our undergraduate and graduate courses by designing, delivering and assessing high quality teaching programs.
In addition to cultivating a world-class research profile and maintaining teaching excellence, experience and capability in developing cross-disciplinary collaborations and a willingness to contribute to the collegiate life in the department and research centres is also essential.
For more details, please, contact Viktor Fedun (v.fedun@sheffield.ac.uk)