Research Associate in Condition Monitoring of Electric Drives

The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering is respected internationally for the important contributions it makes in this field. We are a vibrant community of 40 academic staff, 48 research staff, 25 technical staff, 23 administrative staff and over 750 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The Department's teaching is underpinned by research at the leading edge. The world-class laboratories are available to undergraduates and postgraduates. They include the development of advanced electrical machines, power electronics and drives, next-generation communication and radar systems, the design and systems incorporation of novel semiconductor devices and integrated circuits. The Department is organised into three research areas: Electrical Machines and Drives, Semiconductor Materials and Devices, and Communications and Electronics Engineering. It is also home to the UK’s EPSRC National Centre for III-V Technologies. For further information about the Department and each of these research areas go to www.shef.ac.uk/eee.

This post is based within the Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group (EMD). The post holder will join a team, working very closely with leading universities and industrial partners, to address key research challenges for condition monitoring of electric drives in safety critical applications. The post provides an ideal opportunity to undertake high quality research in collaboration with leading researchers in the field. You will undertake research on condition monitoring techniques for power converters and electrical machines and design hardware monitoring platform for testing. The post holder will be encouraged and supported to attend international conferences, and to publish research findings in learned society journals. Candidates are sought who have a strong scientific background in power electronics, with a PhD or working towards a PhD (or equivalent experience) in power electronics and control of electrical drives. Experience of embedded electronic system design and programming for real-time signal processing and control is essential. This post is fixed term for 6 months.