Senior Teaching Fellow in Aerospace

at  Coventry University

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Master’s degree in an appropriate subject OR (if from a professional practice background) a good Honors Degree and an appropriate professional qualification and/or membership
• A teaching qualification or extensive experience of delivering professional and/or university education
• PhD or active membership of an appropriate professional body would be advantageous

As Senior Teaching Fellow in Aerospace Engineering you will undertake teaching and course co-ordination while supporting the development and delivery of undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional programs and other core activities ensuring students have an effective learning experience. Senior Teaching Fellows lead on aspects of the student learning experience including the leadership of staff teams. Specialising in delivering and supporting modules within our aerospace engineering degrees, you will provide teaching in core fundamentals and technical applications such as computational and practical applications. The industry is moving towards a Net Zero future through design of Ultra-efficient, Zero-carbon emission aircraft technologies utilising cross-cutting enabling technologies and infrastructure. You will support delivering students with the attributes and technical skills to work in the emerging aerospace engineering market. We are currently looking to recruit to three subject teaching domains please specify which area you would like to be considered for in your application:
Electrical: Aircraft and Spacecraft Systems, Control Systems, Electrical, Avionic and Sensor Systems, System Design MIL/SIL/HIL, Programming, Communications, Navigation, Image processing, Unmanned Air Vehicles, Electrical Powertrain and Infrastructure Requirements.
Aerodynamics: Aircraft/Aircraft Systems/Spacecraft Design and including Performance and Flight Dynamics specifically in the domain of Aerodynamics, Thermofluids and Propulsion Systems. Subsonic, Supersonic and Hypersonic Flow Regimes testing experimentally and Simulation.
Management: Project/ Program Management, Aircraft/Aircraft System Design and Maintenance Repair and Overhaul. Power plants, Rotary Wing Systems, Electrical and Mechanical inc. Composites/Structures, Hydraulics and Pneumatics. Flight Control, Fuel, Environmental and Emergency Systems. Software, simulations and practice.
This post is teaching centred, focusing on modules at different academic levels and would suit candidates from either academic or industrial backgrounds. We actively encourage candidates to apply that hold a pilot, drone operator license, experience with simulation or management certificates.