"Lecturer in Robotics"

The School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering is seeking to recruit a full-time lecturer in Robotics to expand our team of dynamic and highly skilled AI faculty and researchers. This is part of a strategic investment of 6 posts across the School in AI, Cyber Security, and Satellite Communications.

The School is home to the internationally leading Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) and this post is to strengthen its activity in Robotics.

Surrey has an established international track record in AI research, 1st in the UK for computer vision and top 5 for AI, computer vision, robotics, machine learning and natural language processing (CSRankings) and were 7th in the UK for REF2021 outputs in Computer Science research. CVSSP and Computer Science are at the core of the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI (PAI), established in 2021 as a pan-University initiative which brings together leading AI research with discipline expertise across health, social, behavioural and engineering sciences, business, law and the creative arts to shape future AI for the benefit of people and society. PAI leads a portfolio of over £100m in grant awards including major research activities in creative industries and healthcare, and two doctoral training programmes with funding for over 100 PhD researchers: the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for Digital Media Inclusion and the Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Training Network in AI-Enabled Digital Accessibility.

Surrey has long-standing expertise in robotics, focusing on robot learning, machine perception, data-driven modelling and control, and human-robot interaction/collaboration. Our researchers solve real-world problems ranging from agricultural robotics and space robotics to manufacturing, logistics, self-driving vehicles and autonomous systems.

This role encourages applicants with a proven track-record of internationally leading robotics research in areas including robot learning, grasping and manipulation, robot perception, planning, control and generative AI for robotics, or who bring complementary areas of AI expertise to drive innovation in robotics.

This post will support the growing cohort of students across all undergraduate Computer Science and Electronic Engineering programmes including the new BSc Computer Science and AI programme and our highly successful MSc programmes in AI, Computer Vision, Robotics and Machine Learning and Data Science.

The post holder will benefit from the support of colleagues within CVSSP and the School to develop their careers. The post holder will be a core member of both CVSSP and PAI providing opportunities for mentoring by and collaboration with leading academics. The School’s welcoming community recognises the need to nurture its staff and to help them build a flourishing career. You will become a member of the Institute for People-Centred AI supporting the growth of collaborative cross-disciplinary research and training as Surrey delivers its future vision.

The University of Surrey is committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all. We place great value on diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity within our community. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Adrian Hilton or Dr. Simon Hadfield.

In addition to salary, you will receive a yearly incremental pay rise within the pay scale associated with the role, generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days holiday plus seven university closure days and eight bank holidays, a generous pension, access to world-class leisure facilities on campus, a range of travel schemes, and supportive family-friendly benefits including an excellent on-site nursery.