Lecturer in RF Analogue Electronics

We are looking for an excellent scholar to join the Sustainable Electronics Technologies group (www.set.ecs.soton.ac.uk/about-us). Specific topics of interest include Renewable Energy and its management, including RF energy harvesting, battery technologies, driver electronics, inverters, converters, and electronics hardware underpinning emerging internet-of-things and autonomous wireless systems applications, including RFID, radar and microwave communication. Experimental and/or industrial experience is highly desirable. The new academic will also play a leading role in defining and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the area of electromagnetism and circuit design in general, with emphasis on RF/analogue electronics and mixed signal chip design. 

Candidates should have a PhD in an appropriate research area, a strong publication record, and the enthusiasm and drive to carry out research and teaching, in an exciting, highly professional, multidisciplinary environment.

The post will be held in the Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton. Ranked in the top one per cent of universities globally and among the UK’s top 20 for research, the University of Southampton has an international reputation for its research, teaching and enterprise activities. 

In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, ECS was first in the UK for the volume and quality of research in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. We have been 1^st or 2^nd in the Guardian U.K. league tables for Electronic and Electrical Engineering for the past 5 years (2015-2019)

University of Southampton holds an Athena Swan Silver Award, demonstrating their commitment to provide equal opportunities. Due consideration will be given to applicants who have taken a career break. 

The University has a generous maternity policy and onsite childcare facilities; employees are able to participate in the childcare vouchers scheme.  Other benefits include state-of-the-art on-campus sports, arts and culture facilities, a full programme of events and a range of staff discounts.

As part of the recruitment process all applicants are expected to give a talk to academic and research staff and to PhD students within the department. 

For further information for this RF/Analogue Electronics lecturer position please contact Professor Kees de Groot tel. +44 23 8059 2733, email: chdg@soton.ac.uk, or Dorota Sikorska tel. +44 23 8059 8825, email: dask1n11@soton.ac.uk

Please note that with effect from 01/08/2018, the University’s organisational structure has been updated. This post is now within Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Electronics and Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.

 

Application procedure:

You should submit your completed online application form. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Rosie McPhail (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 4043. Please quote reference 1044518FP on all correspondence.

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Please note that applications from agencies will not be accepted unless indicated in the job advert.