Associate Professor in Embedded and Smart Systems

at  Birmingham City University

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN EMBEDDED AND SMART SYSTEMS

Department
School of Engineering and the Built Environment
Location
City Centre Campus (Millennium Point)
Salary
£61,419 to £66,758 per annum
Permanent
Post Type
Full Time
Release Date
05 September 2024
Closing Date
23.59 hours BST on Friday 27 September 2024
Reference

HOW TO APPLY

Click Apply Online at the bottom of the screen and complete the Application Form.

In support of your application, we will ask you to provide:

• A cover letter of no more than two pages offering an overview of your career and expertise, and how that experience makes you the ideal candidate for this role.
• An up-to-date CV including your publication list and research and/or consultancy activity.
• A copy of two of your publications or outputs, or digital links to them where possible. If providing digital links, please include these on your cover letter document.
• Applicants seeking the conferment of an Associate Professor title are required to provide a statement no longer than four sides of A4 (Arial 11 font) outlining how they meet the criteria outlined in the Conferment Handbook, available below. The criteria for conferment are outlined on page 5 of the document, and expanded on in pages 14 to 21.

For guidance on the above, please refer to the Application Guidance document below.

FURTHER DETAILS:

Job Description
Guidance for Applicants
Conferment Handbook

We are inviting applications for the position of Associate Professor in Embedded and Smart Systems. The candidate must have a strong academic background with a qualification in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and a proven teaching, research, or industrial portfolio in areas such as electronic circuits, including PCB and circuit design, simulation, and the use of design/simulation software and tools for measurement and testing. The candidate should also have expertise in Embedded Systems, including experience with microcontrollers/platforms (e.g., Arduino, PIC, Raspberry Pi), processor selection, peripheral mapping, ADCs, interrupts, and programming. Knowledge of data communications, including serial data comms, SPI, and I2C, is essential. Additionally, the candidate should have experience in control systems, embedded control system design, implementation, algorithms, programming, debugging, and real-time application use.
Expertise in Smart/Intelligent Systems, including data acquisition/processing, IoT, and decision-making techniques (AI, machine learning, optimization, and neural networks), is also required. Experience in CDIO implementation or project-based delivery is highly desirable. Candidates should be eligible for Fellow or Senior Fellow status under the Higher Education Academy’s Professional Standards Framework (FHEA/SFHEA).
This position involves not only ground-breaking research but also a strong emphasis on teaching and leadership within the college. We seek someone who is flexible, reliable, and able to work well in teams, with proven postgraduate-level mathematical and analytical skills, along with experience in computational simulation and the use of Matlab or other relevant software