Aerospace Structures Fellow — Teaching & Research

Cranfield University; Cranfield; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Cranfield University invites applications for a Teaching and Research Fellow in Aircraft Structural Design. Based at Cranfield Campus, you will combine postgraduate teaching with high‑level research in aircraft structures and design, spanning metallic and composite structures and modern CAD/FEA tools.

Working with senior colleagues, you will deliver postgraduate modules, supervise research projects, and contribute to industry‑funded contracts and academic proposals, with opportunities to publish

Qualifications

• Significant aeronautical structural analysis and design skills, ideally from industry.
• Ability to develop and deliver postgraduate teaching modules in aircraft structures.
• Experience with CAD/FEA tools and research project supervision.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high‑quality postgraduate teaching in aircraft structures topics.
• Manage academic course delivery, supervise postgraduate research and design projects.
• Develop industry‑sponsored projects, proposals and research contracts.

Skills

Aerospace structural analysis

Aircraft design

FEA/cad tools

Tools

3DEXPERIENCE

CATIA

ABAQUS

NASTRAN

Job description

Cranfield University invites applications for a Teaching and Research Fellow in Aircraft Structural Design. Based at Cranfield Campus, you will combine postgraduate teaching with high‑level research in aircraft structures and design, spanning metallic and composite structures and modern CAD/FEA tools.

Working with senior colleagues, you will deliver postgraduate modules, supervise research projects, and contribute to industry‑funded contracts and academic proposals, with opportunities to publish