Research Associate/Fellow in Power Electronics and Control (FTC)

University of Nottingham - Engineering

Location: Nottingham

Salary: £31,387 to £46,485 per annum, depending on skills and experience (minimum £34,866 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 10th September 2025

Closes: 8th October 2025

Job Ref: ENG230525

Location: Jubilee Campus

An opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate/Fellow to join our new EPSRC-funded £7m programme - Sustainable Multi Sector Electrification Using Advanced Integrated Motor Drive Technologies. Working in collaboration with teams from the universities of Newcastle and Bristol, our goal is to undertake radical innovation based on highly integrated electric motor drive technologies to reduce energy wastage and material used in manufacture while dramatically improving power to weight and power to volume ratios together with increased service life.

We are looking for a highly motivated Research Fellow to drive forward and support the research work Nottingham. You will lead and deliver individual and collaborative research in the area of integrated electric motor drive technologies and make a key contribution to the direction of research programmes in the Power Electronics, Machines and Control (PEMC) Research Institute in the Faculty of Engineering. You will pursue a research plan in developing innovative modular power converter topologies and control for integrated motor drives, developing new concepts and ideas. Where appropriate, we will support you to create and submit innovative research development proposals and funding bids.

The successful candidate will have significant prior experience of:

• power semiconductor switching converters such as oscilloscopes
• programming MicroSemi FPGAs in the Libero environment
• low level programming of embedded C++ in Infineon Tricore based microcontrollers
• power converter topologies.

They will also possess a consistent track record of published research in reviewed publications.

You will be a self-starter, exceptionally well-organised and have a positive attitude. Working with academics, researchers and PhD students in managing and conducting research activities across the programme, you should have experience of working collaboratively on projects with a wide range of stakeholders internally and externally, sometimes on challenging and complex multidisciplinary issues. Prior direct experience of successful PhD student co-supervision/mentoring is desirable.

This is a fixed term full time post funded to 31st December 2028. There may be options to extend.

To apply, please click 'apply now', complete the questions and also upload a copy of your CV and Cover Letter.

Informal inquiries may be addressed to Liliana De Lillo liliana.de_lillo@nottingham.ac.uk. Applications sent to this e-mail will not be considered.