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Offer: Senior Lecturer in Aircraft Structural Design:Job description:Job location: Bedford Full time starting income is normally in the range of £60,009 to £69,505 per annum with potential progression to £85,000 per annum We have a great opportunity for a talented and ambitious individual with industry or academic practice to join our Aircraft Structures team, conducting teaching and research into novel aircraft configurations ranging from zero emissions hydrogen propulsion through to supersonic transport and eVTOL. About the function The Centre for Aeronautics is seeking a talented and ambitious individual to join the team as a Senior Lecturer in Aircraft Structural Design. The position will be mainly responsible for the development, leadership abilities and delivery of high-quality teaching at postgraduate level in various topics related to aircraft structures analysis and design, for academic course management, for postgraduate student research and design project supervision as well as for engaging with the delivery of industrially sponsored projects. About You You will be passionate about aerospace and the contribution and value of your specialised topic within this field. The impacts of the aerospace industry and air travel will be important to you, and playing your function in driving progress towards zero emissions aviation will be a personal priority. You may already be an academic, looking for a more post-graduate teaching focussed opportunity; you may be an industry professional looking for new challenges and a refreshing new professional environment. All are welcomed within a friendly, supportive, ambitious and energetic team environment. Your expertise of aeronautical structural analysis and design skills, ideally accumulated at an industrial setting, will span across any combination of the following: airworthiness requirements expertise and application; metallic and/or composite airframe structures analysis and design; fatigue and damage tolerance; and finite element analysis (NASTRAN / PATRAN / other). more information about this position can be found in the job description. About Us As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield's world-class skills, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Lgain about Cranfield and our unique impact here. Our Values and Commitments Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here. We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Discapability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each function and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here. Working Arrangements Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job functions allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners. How to apply For an informal discussion, Contact Us by Prof Howard Smith (Head of Aircraft Design Group) howard.smith@cranfield.ac.uk or Prof Mark Westwood (Head of Centre for Aeronautics) mark.westwood@cranfield.ac.uk Reference number: 4811 Closing date: 12 May 2024 this function may require you to have the capability to obtain UK Security Clearance. Skills:
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