Professor / Reader in Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Computer Science,Computer Science,Artificial Intelligence,Engineering and Technology,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Production Engineering and Manufacturing,Other Engineering
Short info about job
Company: University of Strathclyde
Salary: Reader: £57,674 - £61,179; Professor: Competitive Professorial package commensurate with your profile and experience.
Hours: Full Time
Contract type: Permanent
Type / Role: Academic or Research
Phone: +44-1546 7154266
Fax: +44-1245 8596496
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Detail information about job Professor / Reader in Robotics and Autonomous Systems. Terms and conditions vacancy
Be bold. Be innovative. Be a 'Strathclyder'
Who we are
We are the University of Strathclyde.
Our vision is bold and ground breaking, placing us among the world’s leading international technological universities. We are vibrant, dynamic and passionate about solving the challenges facing society and industry through our cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research, education and knowledge exchange with global partners.
Through our Strathclyde Global Talent Programme we will recruit up to 60 outstanding academic colleagues – including Professors / Readers - in areas of strategic importance. One area of importance is Robotics and Autonomous Systems.
This multi-disciplinary research area includes research that addresses major challenges in the key areas of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS). This is emerging as an enabling technology to address many societal and economic challenges, relating to manipulations. It has shown great progress in extreme environments such as space and nuclear. We seek to address the challenge in increasing the deployment of robotics and autonomous systems, concentrating on applications in advanced manufacturing/production, space, healthcare and hazardous environments/operations needs to be considered. This is a multi-disciplinary field which includes areas such as mechatronics, vision and image computing, artificial intelligence, real-time processing and advanced imaging and sensing.
The Opportunity
We seek outstanding Professors / Readers to join us at Strathclyde.
Our Professors and Readers enjoy a range of benefits, including:
- A generous remuneration package;
- Notable additional financial and non-financial benefits;
- Excellent start-up support;
- Initially reduced teaching and management load; and
- Regular career review, with the opportunity to receive additional remuneration in recognition of extraordinary contribution.
In order to apply, you will be:
- Leading an independent and internationally recognised research portfolio in an area of our strategic focus;
- Providing academic leadership to ensure a step-change performance improvements;
- Publishing in leading international journals;
- Pursuing funding opportunities from both UK and international sources;
- Taking a lead role in ensuring teaching and learning excellence; and
- Leading on developing collaborative and productive links with national and international partners in academia, business, industry and government.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, value diversity in our staff and are keen to receive Fellowship applications from members of under-represented groups. We are particularly keen to hear from suitably qualified individuals who will actively engage with and support the University’s ambition to implement best practice on equality and diversity and in particular Athena SWAN. The Athena SWAN Charter inspires the advancement and representation of women in higher education. For more information on other awards and how we implement our commitment to equality and diversity, see our Equality and Diversity webpages.
For further details and to apply to be a ‘Strathclyder’ in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, impress us with your bold and innovative research plan at: www.strath.ac.uk/workwithus/strathclydeglobaltalentprogramme/
In your application, please indicate at which level you wish your application to be considered: Professor, Reader or both.