Associate/Full Professor – Radio Frequency Engineering

NMITE is developing a new postgraduate programme in Radio Frequency Engineering designed to address acute UK skills shortages in communications, sensing, defence, aerospace and autonomous systems. We are seeking an academic leader to design, shape and deliver this programme — and to act as the institutional figurehead for Electronics and RF Engineering.

This is a rare opportunity to build something distinctive, industry-linked and pedagogically innovative from the ground up.

Who are we?

NMITE is an innovative UK Higher Education provider, founded to rethink engineering and technology education and make a positive impact regionally – educationally, economically, and socially. We celebrated our first graduates in 2025 and continue to build on our growing legacy.

Our programmes are accelerated, hands-on and challenge-led. We combine deep technical expertise with professional, ethical and systems-thinking capabilities. Industry co-creation is embedded in everything we do.

RF Engineering is a strategically important capability underpinning modern communications, radar and sensing systems, spectrum management, defence technologies, and national infrastructure. NMITE is developing a postgraduate taught MSc in RF Engineering designed to produce technically excellent, industry-ready graduates with strong professional judgement and applied capability.

What are we looking for?

We are seeking a Professor or Associate Professor in Electronics / Radio Frequency Engineering to provide academic leadership in a strategically important and nationally scarce discipline.

This role will suit an individual who:

• Brings deep subject expertise in RF and/or Electronics Engineering.
• Has credibility within academia, industry, or both.
• Has experience leading programme design, validation and delivery at postgraduate level.
• Has familiarity with PSRB and accreditation requirements and the ability to align curriculum with professional and regulatory standards.
• Understands the application of RF engineering in real-world systems.
• Is motivated to contribute to a distinctive, challenge-based and industry-linked model of engineering education.

You will combine technical authority with collaborative leadership and the confidence to shape a new MSc programme from inception through validation, accreditation and delivery. You will be comfortable operating within academic governance structures and representing NMITE externally to industry, partners and professional bodies.

Responsibilities of the Role

Academic Leadership & Curriculum Design

• Provide academic leadership for Electronics and RF Engineering at NMITE
• Design and develop coherent, industry-relevant RF curriculum content
• Lead RF-specific modules that may also be deployed as micro-credentials or CPD
• Ensure curriculum reflects emerging technologies including:
  • RF and microwave engineering
  • Antennas and propagation
  • Electromagnetics
  • Radar and sensing
  • Communications systems
  • Spectrum, interference and regulation
• Embed RF learning within NMITE’s challenge-based pedagogy
• Lead programme approval, validation and accreditation processes

Teaching, Learning & Assessment

• Deliver high-quality, inclusive teaching across RF and electronics modules
• Design authentic assessments reflecting real-world engineering constraints
• Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate projects
• Contribute to NMITE’s intensive teaching model and distinctive learning approaches

Industry Engagement & Growth

• Co-create curriculum and project briefs with external partners
• Ensure the programme remains industry-relevant and credible
• Support industry-embedded projects, guest teaching and applied research
• Contribute to student recruitment, outreach and marketing activity
• Support the long-term development of RF and electronics provision, including CPD and modular pathways

Contribution to NMITE

• Contribute to academic governance and quality assurance
• Work collaboratively across programmes and professional services
• Support NMITE’s mission around access, participation and whole-person education
• Model NMITE’s values of grit, curiosity, creativity, honesty, inclusivity and alignment

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• PhD or equivalent professional experience in RF Engineering, Communications Engineering or a closely related field.
• Strong subject expertise in RF Engineering, with the ability to teach at postgraduate level.
• Experience of curriculum design and delivery in higher education or advanced professional training.
• Experience applying RF engineering in real-world systems.
• Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and with external partners.
• Commitment to inclusive education and student success.

Desirable

• Experience working in, or closely with, relevant industry sectors.
• Familiarity with professional body accreditation requirements (e.g. IET).
• Experience of challenge-based, project-based or problem-based learning.
• Track record of applied research, knowledge exchange or industry-facing innovation.
• Experience contributing to programme approval or validation processes.

Our Values & Behaviours

NMITE aims to be a game changer. Its staff must be able to balance the need to create a well-run, self-critical institution where good governance and rigorous quality controls are in place, with the need to test (and push) the boundaries of existing practice to create new approaches to engineering education. The way we work together is crucial to this mission and our values and behaviours must reflect this.

Our values:

• Grit and determination. We will be determined in everything we do, demonstrating the staying power needed to see things through.
• Inclusive. We will respect every individual and every voice will be equally important. We will have a community of students learning with people from a variety of backgrounds and our staff team will be equally diverse.
• Creative and learning. We will test the boundaries of existing practice and find new ways of doing things. We will always seek to justify the “new” in our title. We will try new things with humility, accepting mistakes and learning from them. We will always seek to learn from experiences by sharing openly what went well and what went wrong.
• Honest. We will always be courteous and respectful but also honest and straightforward when dealing with each other. We will not hide from uncomfortable truths and staff will be provided with the information they seek to do their jobs and to be well informed about our progress.
• Curious. We will encourage scrutiny from each other and welcome questions from any colleagues – whoever they are and whatever their role. Communication will always be assumed to be a two-way process. Colleagues should always ask for information they feel they need that is not being provided and we will always listen to each other.
• Aligned. We will always work to advance the institution’s mission and its core aims, whatever our role. We will challenge work that does not align with our mission.

Our Benefits

NMITE offers a rewarding and dynamic environment with small-group teaching and a workload model that supports all of the activities above. Academic staff can access a personal development budget, developmental support from senior staff across NMITE, a promotion pathway and a sabbatical scheme. NMITE is a young organisation where your impact will be visible and your voice will be heard, and you will be an instrumental part of NMITE’s growth. Be part of it.

We offer a competitive salary of £54,834-£64,655 (Associate Professor) or (Full Professor) £66,681 - £72,838, plus a benefits package including:

• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• 30 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays & closure days)
• Additional day off for your Birthday
• Flexible working arrangements
• One professional membership paid for per annum
• Enhanced maternity leave
• 24/7 GP access through Unum’s Help@Hand
• Westfield Health & Rewards with optional private medical insurance (taxable benefit)

How to apply

Please email explain why you are a good fit for the role in the form of a covering letter or a video of up to 4 minutes and a full CV via the 'Apply' button (E:vacancies@nmite.ac.uk).

Informal questions about the roles can be addressed to Samantha Lewis, Director of People & Operations at Samantha.lewis@nmite.ac.uk.

NMITE is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can be ourselves and succeed on merit. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in engineering education. Part time proposals and secondment arrangements may also be considered.

Our Commitment to Inclusive Recruitment

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, NMITE guarantees an interview to the following applicants, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role:

• Candidates who indicate they have a disability, in line with our membership of the Disability Confident scheme.
• Candidates who indicate in their application that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist, as part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant.

Right to Work

Please note that NMITE is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.

The closing date for completed applications is 20th March 2026.