Chair and Associate/Assistant professor positions in sensors, signals and systems

Multiple Chair and Associate/Assistant Professor positions in Robotics & Autonomous Systems; Signal & Image Processing; Microsystems; and, Communications at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences - Institute of Sensors, Signals & Systems

Location: Edinburgh

Salary: £30,434 to £57,047 (Professorial Minimum: Grade 10, £56,842 / Associate Professor– Grade 9, £47,328 – £54,841 / Assistant Professor– Grade 7 or 8, £30,434 - £45,954)

Duration: Open ended

As a leading international technological University, Heriot-Watt University is recognised for its world-class research, knowledge exchange and educational programmes becoming Scottish University of the year in both 2011 and 2012. The School of Engineering and Physical Sciences is one of the most successful engineering faculties in the UK, rated number one in the UK (with University of Edinburgh) for research power in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework assessment of UK research quality. With over £25 million annual research income it is a recognised research leader in Physics, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry. Computer Science in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences was ranked equal 1st in the UK for its world-leading research environment as well as the impact of its research.

Edinburgh is regularly voted the best city to live in the UK and is renowned for its unique architecture, its international festival and its vibrant academic and cultural life. It is also a family friendly city with very good schools, affordable housing and a very safe environment.

As part of its strategic expansion, Heriot-Watt now seeks to make senior Professorial appointments as part of the Global Platform initiative, and further appointments at Assistant or Associate Professor Level. Successful candidates will be located in the School of Engineering and Physical Science. We seek candidates with academic track record of research, able to contribute positively to our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Multiple vacancies are available across the Institute and associated research areas:-

Chair and Associate/Assistant Professor Appointments in Robotics, Computer Vision and Autonomous Systems

Professorial Minimum: Grade 10, £56,842 / Associate Professor– Grade 9, £47,328 – £54,841 / Assistant Professor– Grade 7 or 8, £30,434 - £45,954

Duration - Open ended.

The Edinburgh Centre for Robotics (edinburgh-robotics.org) is a £35Million joint venture between Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Universities, supported by EPSRC, Industry and the Universities. It captures the expertise of over 30 principle investigators of international standing in 12 research laboratories and institutes across the full range of engineering and informatics disciplines. It includes an EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in RAS developing innovation-ready postgraduates, and the ROBOTARIUM £7.2million national capital equipment facility. The Centre focuses on autonomous robot interaction with environments, people, systems and each other. Research is conducted using state of the art humanoid and field robotic platforms, in interactive spaces with fabrication facilities for soft embodiments, embedded micro-sensors and dedicated computing. Centre partners include world leading companies in the oil and gas, assisted living, transport, defence, medical and space domains.

You will have knowledge and experience in the area of robotics, computer vision, Machine learning for sensor processing, computing and autonomous systems with a successful track record of obtaining external funding, as well as previous teaching and learning experience. A PhD in Robotics or related discipline is essential, along with evidence of vision, drive and determination to succeed. A confident and outgoing attitude is necessary, as well as the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

The successful applicants will develop an independent research portfolio while working in tandem with colleagues associated with Robotics and Autonomous Systems research across the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics. There will be a requirement to demonstrate leadership and initiative in developing novel, collaborative research and with a view to building a research team, developing an experimental research facility and becoming internationally recognised with a view to expanding and enhancing the intensity and reputation of our School’s research.

He/she will also be required to contribute to relevant teaching within the disciplines of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering and will be a member of the Teaching Group. This teaching will be related to both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and at all academic levels in the area electrical/electronic engineering, including project supervision.

We wish to attract high quality, self-motivated individuals to work and actively participate in developing advanced research in robotics and autonomous systems and expand the teaching knowledge base within the EPS Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering disciplines.

For an example of our world-class research you can view our research video:

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For application details see our website:

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Alternatively, you can contact the Human Resources Office, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh EH14 4AS Tel: 0131-451-3022 (24 hours) or email: hrhw.ac.uk quoting Ref: IRC5674 Closing date: 9 ^th September 2016

For an informal discussion of the post contact Professor David Lane on 0774 064 4094 or email D.M.Lanehw.ac.uk and Professor Yvan Petillot on +44 (0)131 452 8277 or email Y.R.Petillothw.ac.uk

Associate/Assistant Professor Appointments in in Bio-inspired Sensors and Actuators

Associate Professor– Grade 9, £47,328 – £54,841 / Assistant Professor– Grade 7 or 8, £30,434 - £45,954

Duration - Open ended.

Within the School, the Institute for Sensors Signals and Systems (ISSS) is a world leading research institute in developing key innovations in sensor design, manufacture, integration and packaging, autonomous and distributive systems, communication system, signal and image processing and robotics.

Through the leadership of Prof. Marc Desmulliez, ISSS aims to develop new research capabilities in biomimetism particularly through his newly created Nature Inspired Manufacturing Centre (NIMC). We seek to appoint an outstanding academic in the design, manufacturing or test of bio-inspired sensors and actuators with the potential to become a research leader and contribute positively to our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. As a member of NIMC, the candidate will be expected to interact with the teams in robotics, microengineering and microwave engineering.

The candidate will have knowledge and experience in the area of microfabrication, sensing or biomimetism. He/she will have a strong academic track record. Ideally, the candidate will possess a successful track record of obtaining external funding, as well as previous teaching and learning experience. A PhD in Computing, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing or other cognate discipline is essential, along with evidence of vision, drive and determination to succeed. A confident and outgoing attitude that will facilitate the development of networks both internally and externally is necessary, as well as the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

The successful applicants will develop an independent research portfolio while working in tandem with colleagues associated with the institute of sensors signals and systems. There will be a requirement to demonstrate leadership and initiative in developing novel, collaborative research and with a view to building a research team, developing an experimental research facility and becoming internationally recognised with a view to expanding and enhancing the intensity and reputation of our School’s research.

He/she will also be required to contribute to relevant teaching within the disciplines of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering and will be a member of the Teaching Group. This teaching will be related to both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and at all academic levels in the area electrical/electronic engineering, including project supervision.

We wish to attract high quality, self-motivated individuals to work and actively participate in developing advanced research in signal and image processing and expand the teaching knowledge base within the EPS Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering disciplines.

For application details see our website:

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Alternatively, you can contact the Human Resources Office, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh EH14 4AS Tel: 0131-451-3022 (24 hours) or by email: hrhw.ac.uk quoting Ref: IRC5652 Closing date: 9th September 2016

For an informal discussion of the post contact Professor Marc Desmulliez by email: M.Desmulliezhw.ac.uk

Edinburgh Joint Research Centre for Signal and Image Processing -

Chair and Associate/Assistant Professor Appointments in Signal and Image Processing

Professorial Minimum: Grade 10, £56,842 / Associate Professor– Grade 9, £47,328 – £54,841 / Assistant Professor– Grade 7 or 8, £30,434 - £45,954

Duration - Open ended.

The Joint Research Institute in Signal and Image Processing (JRI-SIP, ?url=erpe.ac.uk&module=jobs&id=1222919" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">erpe.ac.uk ) at Edinburgh is a successful collaborative research venture exploiting complementary skills from the Institute of Sensors, Signals and Systems at Heriot-Watt University, and the Institute for Digital Communications at the University of Edinburgh. Formed in 2005, it offers a critical mass of more than 20 academic staff, supported by over 100 research staff and students, delivering world leading research and technology transfer in all areas of signal and image processing.

The JRI-SIP is the largest signal and image processing group in the UK and the only one to be supported by the EPSRC UK research council through a platform grant in signal processing. In addition to significant research support from the platform and standard EPSRC awards it receives funding from a wide range of industrial sources as well as a number of EU funded research projects under the FP7 and Horizon 2020 frameworks. The JRI-SIP is currently active across the whole signal processing spectrum, from compressed sensing to sensor management, distributed signal processing, advanced detection, localization, and classification, efficient computation and mapping of algorithms to hardware; and imaging applications.

You will have knowledge and experience in the wide area of signal and image processing, from sampling theory and optimisation algorithms, to statistical signal processing, computational imaging, etc. with application to, for example, medicine, defence, robotics. You will have a successful track record of obtaining external funding, as well as previous teaching and learning experience. A PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or related discipline is essential, along with evidence of vision, drive and determination to succeed. A confident and outgoing attitude is necessary, as well as the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

The successful applicants will develop an independent research portfolio while working in tandem with colleagues associated with the joint research institute in Signal and Image processing across Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh University. There will be a requirement to demonstrate leadership and initiative in developing novel, collaborative research and with a view to building a research team, developing an experimental research facility and becoming internationally recognised with a view to expanding and enhancing the intensity and reputation of our School’s research.

He/she will also be required to contribute to relevant teaching within the disciplines of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering and will be a member of the Teaching Group. This teaching will be related to both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and at all academic levels in the area electrical/electronic engineering, including project supervision.

We wish to attract high quality, self-motivated individuals to work and actively participate in developing advanced research in signal and image processing and expand the teaching knowledge base within the EPS Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering disciplines.

For an example of our world-class research you can view our research video:

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For application details see our website:

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Alternatively, you can contact the Human Resources Office, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh EH14 4AS Tel: 0131-451-3022 (24 hours) or email: hrhw.ac.uk quoting Ref: IRC5676 Closing date: 9th September 2016

For an informal discussion of the post contact Professor Yvan Petillot on +44 (0)131 452 8277 or email Y.R.Petillothw.ac.uk ; or Professor Yves Wiaux: y.wiauxhw.ac.uk

Chair and Associate/Assistant Professor Appointments in Telecommunications

Professorial Minimum: Grade 10, £56,842 / Associate Professor– Grade 9, £47,328 – £54,841 / Assistant Professor– Grade 7 or 8, £30,434 - £45,954

Duration - Open ended.

As part of its strategic expansion, Heriot-Watt now seeks to make senior Professorial appointments as part of the Global Platform initiative, and further appointments at Assistant or Associate Professor Level in the telecommunications area. We have recently formed a strategic partnership with Xidian University in China and are running a joint (3+1) course with them in telecommunications. Successful candidates will be located in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences in Edinburgh. They will be expected to take a strong leadership role in the development and delivery of our joint telecommunication programme with Xidian University. We seek candidates with academic track record of research, able to contribute positively to our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

You will have knowledge and experience in the area of telecommunication, networking, digital communications, signal processing, embedded systems with a successful track record of obtaining external funding, as well as previous teaching and learning experience. A PhD in electrical/electronic engineering or related discipline is essential, along with evidence of vision, drive and determination to succeed. A confident and outgoing attitude is necessary, as well as the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

The successful applicants will develop an independent research portfolio while working in tandem with colleagues associated with Telecommunications research. There will be a requirement to demonstrate leadership and initiative in developing novel, collaborative research and with a view to building a research team, developing an experimental research facility and becoming internationally recognised with a view to expanding and enhancing the intensity and reputation of our School’s research.

He/she will also be required to contribute to relevant teaching within the disciplines of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering and will be a member of the Teaching Group. This teaching will be related to both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and at all academic levels in the area electrical/electronic engineering, including project supervision.

We wish to attract high quality, self-motivated individuals to work and actively participate in developing advanced research in telecommunications and expand the teaching knowledge base within the EPS Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering disciplines.

For an example of our world-class research you can view our research video:

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For application details see our website:

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Alternatively, you can contact the Human Resources Office, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh EH14 4AS Tel: 0131-451-3022 (24 hours) or email: hrhw.ac.uk quoting Ref: IRC5692 Closing date: 9th September 2016

For an informal discussion of the post contact Professor Yvan Petillot on +44 (0)131 452 8277 or email Y.R.Petillothw.ac.uk