"Lecturer in Electronic Engineering"

About the Role

The School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) is seeking a new Lecturer in Electronic Engineering to support our long-standing Joint Programme (JP)/Joint Education Institution (JEI) with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) in Beijing. The successful candidate will ideally join us by February 2026.

This is a Teaching and Scholarship position. The postholder will contribute to teaching delivery, scholarship activity, and administrative responsibilities within the JP/JEI. This post is based in London, and will require regular travel to China for in-person teaching.

About You

You will have a PhD in Electronic Engineering and teaching experience at undergraduate or postgraduate level. You should demonstrate the ability to teach across one or more of the following areas (not exclusively): Embedded Systems, Digital Circuit Design, Digital Systems Design and Digital Signal Processing. This position is focused solely on teaching and scholarship. You are expected to have clear and ambitious plans for advancing scholarship activities that enhance student education and experience, particularly through curriculum development and educational delivery in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. You will engage in educational projects within the relevant scholarship groups. These projects are aligned with the School and University’s education priorities. Please note that traditional technical research outputs are not in scope for this role.

About the EECS and JP/JEI

The school is recognised for pioneering research and impactful projects. In the 2021 Research Excellent Framework (REF), EECS ranked join-first in the UK for the impact of our Computer Science research, and second for our Electronic Engineering research output. Our collaboration with BUPT dated back to 2004 and delivers fully English-taught dual-degree programmes. We were the first JP to be approved under the “key university” quota and the first in China to receive the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) accreditation. Our JEI is ranked among the top-16 outstanding JEIs delivering Transnational Education in China.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable and throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly, and from women in all stages of life, including pregnancy and maternity leave.

The University holds a Silver Athena SWAN award for advancing gender equality and offers a number of development programmes including Springboard, Aurora and B-Mentor.

To learn more about working & living in China, please visit: www.jobs.ac.uk/careers-advice/country-profiles/china