"Senior Lecturer in Electronics, Artificial Intelligence, Sensors, and Autonomous Systems"

What we’re looking for

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Lecturer to join our dynamic school and help drive innovation in Electronics, Artificial Intelligence, Sensors, and Autonomous Systems. This is an exciting opportunity to inspire the next generation of engineers while contributing to cutting-edge research and knowledge exchange.

In this role, you will design and deliver high-quality teaching materials across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, ensuring students gain the skills and confidence to thrive in a rapidly evolving sector. You will play a key part in planning, designing, and developing programmes, taking responsibility for the management of teaching and supporting an outstanding student experience.

Your expertise will extend beyond the classroom. You will engage in high-quality research activity, producing impactful publications, and collaborate on professional and knowledge exchange initiatives that influence industry and practice. Administrative responsibilities will also form part of your contribution to the school’s success.

To succeed, you will hold a PhD or equivalent qualification, or have significant professional experience relevant to the discipline, and either possess a higher education teaching qualification or be committed to completing the LJMU PGCertLTHE programme within your first three years. You will bring deep expertise in Electronics, AI, Sensors, and Autonomous Systems, combined with strong knowledge of programming environments such as MATLAB/Simulink, Python, and TensorFlow. Your ability to teach cross-disciplinary subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels will be key, particularly across programmes in Electronic Engineering, Robotics and AI, and Mechanical Engineering. Experience in applied engineering contexts such as Embedded Systems, Simulation, Robotics, Applied Control, Machine Learning for Engineering Systems, and Engineering AI Applications is essential, along with a passion for delivering an outstanding student experience.

What we offer

This is a key moment to join a welcoming, ambitious, and research-informed university community that places students at the heart of everything we do. We value and invest in our staff, offering meaningful opportunities for professional development, scholarship support, and clear internal promotion routes.

As well as outstanding development support, we also offer:

• Generous annual leave entitlement and Christmas period closure with the option to purchase additional annual leave
• Excellent pension scheme
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Family friendly policies
• Car and travel loan schemes

For informal enquiries, you may contact academiccampaign@ljmu.ac.uk.

We would encourage applications from all individuals who meet the advert criteria, but would particularly encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse groups, LGBTQ+ groups, and disabled people. The University is proud of its commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and endeavours to cultivate a staff base that is representative of society. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.

Please note all of our vacancies will be closed to applications at midnight on the advertised closing date, unless otherwise stated.