Job reference: SAE-030264
Salary: £47,389 - £58,225
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Location: Manchester
Employment type: Permanent
Division/Team: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Hours Per Week: 35
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 04/01/2026
Contract Duration: n/a
School/Directorate: School of Engineering

Job Description

The University invites applications for the above full-time post which is available immediately. We are seeking outstanding applicants with an established research and teaching record in the areas of Sensors and Electronics. Well established experience in both theoretical and practical research is desirable. The successful candidate will be joining the School of Engineering at the University of Manchester, the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, and the Sensors and Electronics research group within this. The Sensors and Electronics research group works ‘from silicon to cloud’, with group members working on diverse topics ranging from clean room fabrication of semiconductor devices, to PCB and Integrated Circuit design, to real-time AI system development.

We are seeking candidates with research portfolios which broadly align with one (or more) of the areas, in order to complement and consolidate our activities in:

  • Bio/biomedical engineering
  • Electromagnetic sensing
  • Neuromorphic engineering
  • Non-destructive testing

. This might encompass a range of technical areas, including but not limited to:

  • Edge and embodied AI
  • Electronic system design, implementation and testing
  • Embedded systems design and development
  • Hardware secure electronics
  • Integrated circuit design (both ASIC and FPGA)
  • Optoelectronics
  • Sensor design and verification
  • Sustainable electronics

The successful applicant will be expected to teach in a range of electronics and electronics-related areas, including but not limited to fundamental electronic principles, and advanced aspects of analogue and digital system design.

The University actively fosters a culture of inclusion and diversity and seeks to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community. In addition, the School’s Athena SWAN Bronze Award recognises its commitment to promote women in science, engineering and technology. We, therefore, welcome applications from all sections of society

What you will get in return:

  • Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
  • Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
  • Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
  • Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
  • Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Professor Alex Casson (Head of Sensors and Electronics research group).

Email: alex.casson@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.


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