Lecturer / Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor/ Professor - Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

3 days ago

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa University of PretoriaUniversiteit van Pretoria Full time
Job title : Lecturer / Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor/ Professor - Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical EngineeringJob Location : Gauteng, PretoriaDeadline : April 28, 2025Quick Recommended Links
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RESPONSIBILITIES:

It will be expected of the successful candidates to:

  • Teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules in the Department;
  • Supervise final year undergraduate project students and postgraduate Honours, Masters and PhD students;
  • Conduct research as a member of a research group in the Department and publish in leading accredited journals;
  • Raise and manage additional funding from national and international funding agencies and industry to support the activities of the relevant research group;
  • Expand existing research programmes or initiate new research programmes;
  • Perform assigned departmental duties (e.g. of an administrative nature)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Lecturer:

  • A BEng degree from a university of which the undergraduate programme is recognised by the Washington accord or is recognised by ECSA to be equivalent;
  • A Masters' degree in Engineering that follows on the previous qualification;
  • Teaching or industry related experience;
  • 1 Publication (peer reviewed article or peer reviewed conference paper) or
  • Book chapter(s), recognized articles outputs or industry recognized outputs in a commensurate field.

Senior Lecturer:

  • Same as for Lecturer, plus;
  • A PhD degree in Engineering that follows on the previous qualification;
  • At least three years tertiary education experience or three years industry experience with some involvement in tertiary education;
  • At least 2 articles published in DHET accredited journals or a DHET accredited book;
  • At least 2 other publication outputs (peer reviewed conference paper(s) / book chapter(s) / industry recognized outputs in a commensurate field;
  • Supervision / co-supervision of Master's students to completion or proven management experience in industry.

Associate Professor:

  • Same as for Senior Lecturer, plus;
  • At least 6 years tertiary education experience or 6 years industry experience with some involvement in tertiary education;
  • Experience in curriculum / strategy development and innovation;
  • Evidence of sustained publications output;
  • Majority of recent publications should be in WoS / Scopus / IBSS journals (past 7 years);
  • Evidence of at least 3 research Master's OR 6 coursework Master's mini-dissertations successfully completed (supervised or co-supervised);
  • Evidence of Doctoral student supervision;
  • Evidence of conducting reviewer duties for journals and/or conferences.

Professor:

  • Same as for Associate Professor, plus;
  • At least eight years' experience at a tertiary academic institution or industry related
  • experience;
  • Evidence of successful doctoral student completion;
  • Evidence of conducting reviewer duties for ISI/Scopus indexed journals;
  • A record of previous undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching experience.
  • A well-established and internationally recognised research record supported by
  • publications in high quality peer reviewed journals.

VACANCY-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS (SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE):

Structural Mechanics vacancy (1 post) 

  • Expertise in structural mechanics at the postgraduate level, such as the finite element method.
  • Advanced modelling of mechanical structures and systems.
  • Advanced computational skills (e.g. Python or MATLAB).
  • Keen interest in experimental techniques relevant to mechanical system response measurement.

Mechatronics vacancy (1 post) 

  • Advanced instrumentation, testing, data processing and analysis for field testing.
  • Measurement using advanced sensors such as Lidar, Radar, vision, digital image correlation etc.
  • Good computer skills (e.g. Matlab, C++, simulation)
  • Electronics interest and background in control, measurement and actuation
  • Embedded controller programming (e.g. C++, Linux etc.)

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:

  • Keen interest in physical asset integrity management
  • Keen interest in signal processing and machine learning
  • Keen interest in vehicle dynamics and control
  • Evidence of teaching excellence
  • Preference will be given to candidates who have teaching and research expertise that complement the Department's needs
  • Related industry work or consulting experience
  • Candidates registered or registerable as Professional Engineer with ECSA
  • NRF rating or have applied for one.
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