Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Airframe Systems Design

4 days ago


Cranfield, United Kingdom Cranfield University Full time
Role Description

We welcome applications for this exciting permanent academic post from passionate Aircraft Design specialists to join our highly successful Centre for Aeronautics Aircraft Design Group who want to make a significant impact in shaping, and the future direction, of our Centre’s portfolio of research, design and consultancy activities in the areas of airframe systems design and integration in addition to, general aircraft design, and flying demonstrator design.  We teach students on the popular MSc in Aerospace Vehicle Design.

About the Role

You will be responsible for the development and delivery of high-quality teaching at postgraduate level in airframe systems design and integration and world leading research in areas of interest relevant to future aerospace industry requirements.  Our academics are supported and encouraged to build their research teams and wider networks through successful research funding applications. The role is challenging and involves planning, integrating and coordinating diverse responsibilities in research, consultancy, project management, teaching and research student supervision. 

About You

For this opportunity, we are looking for a suitably qualified and experienced individual, and actively encourage applicants from industry (aerospace) or those with related industry experience who wish to develop their career in an environment which provides a greater degree of personal autonomy with respect to research activities than is commonly found in an industrial environment.  Experience of high impact, cross-disciplinary and industrially relevant research will be advantageous. At the Senior Lecturer level, we expect the candidate to provide leadership, such as in course management, business development, preparing large funding bids, acting as a Principal Investigator on large, funded research projects and managing collaborative networks of researchers linked with industry. 

You will be educated to doctoral level in a relevant subject or have equivalent extensive industry experience.  With a track record and solid experience of R&D related to Aircraft design or systems together with evidence of collaborative working with other discipline specialists, you will also have the ability to develop business opportunities and attract income.

With excellent communication & influencing skills, you will ideally have teaching experience at postgraduate level and professional development courses.  Highly computer literate, expertise in MATLAB would be ideal.

About Us

As 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 .

Aerospace is at the heart of Cranfield’s global research airport and is renowned throughout the world for its teaching and research in the fields of aviation and aerospace.  Cranfield Aerospace’s six centres are the powerhouses of our world class research, driving technological and conceptual advances in , propulsion engineering, cyber-physical systems and intelligent automation. Through the strong links with industry built over the past 70 years, we focus on defining and delivering the aircraft, airport and airspace management of the future and are the only university in Europe with our own airport and runway.  Cranfield Aerospace is internationally recognised as the first choice for research and education in all aspects of aerospace including aircraft, drones, urban air mobility and space.  Find out more about our work here .

Our Values and Commitments

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more .

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 . Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working .

Working Arrangements

Collaborating 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.



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