Associate Professor of Engineering Science (Control Engineering)

The Department of Engineering Science intends to appoint an Associate
Professor of Engineering Science (Control Engineering) with effect from 1
January 2025 (or as soon as possible thereafter). The successful candidate
will work at the Department of Engineering Science (Central Oxford, OX1 3PJ)
and will be offered a Tutorial Fellowship at St Hugh’s College under
arrangements described in the Job Description. The appointment will be
initially for five years at which point, upon completion of a successful
review, the post-holder will be eligible for reappointment to the retiring
age.





This appointment will add further strength to the Department’s research in
Control Engineering. This includes, on the theory end, large-scale, embedded,
robust and distributed optimisation, polynomial/sum of squares methods and
optimal, robust and model predictive control. At the same time, the group
covers applications ranging from Biology to battery/energy management systems,
transportation, aerospace manufacturing systems and agriculture. Applications
from candidates with research interests both within and complementary to the
above areas are welcome.





Candidates will have a strong research background, including a doctorate in
Control Engineering or its applications, and will be expected to engage in and
lead high-quality original research. They will be able to secure external
research funding and engage in the management of research projects. This will
require the supervision of research students and research assistants. They
will lecture undergraduate courses and give six hours of tutorials per week
during the eight weeks of the undergraduate term. They will have the ability
to teach effectively, both at undergraduate and graduate levels, and have
excellent interpersonal skills for undertaking tutorial teaching.





A job description, containing full details of the application procedure and
duties, may be obtained from https://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/about/work-with-us



The job ref is: DF24STH/171438. Please quote this in all correspondence.



The closing date for applications is **12:00 noon on Monday 3 June**.
Interviews are expected to take place in July.





For queries about the post that are not answered in the job description,
please contact the department on academic.recruitment@eng.ox.ac.uk or
telephone: +44 (0) 1865 273003.





Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic
candidates who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford. The
Department is committed to equality and valuing diversity and holds an Athena
Swan Bronze award, highlighting its commitment to promoting gender equality in
academia. The University is a Living Wage Employer, holds an Athena Swan
Silver Award, an HR Excellence in Research and a Race Equality Charter Bronze
Award and is a Stonewall Diversity Champion. Our staff and students come from
all over the world, and we seek to create a friendly and inclusive culture.
Diversity is positively encouraged, through our EDI Committee, working groups
and networks, for example eng.ox.ac.uk/women-in-engineering, as well as a
number of family friendly policies.