Aerospace Structures: Teaching & Research Fellow

Cranfield University; Cranfield; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Cranfield University’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences invites applications for a Teaching and Research Fellow in Aircraft Structural Design at Cranfield, Bedfordshire. The role merges postgraduate teaching with cutting‑edge research across zero‑emissions propulsion, advanced aerostructures, and modern design methods.

You will develop and deliver high‑quality courses, supervise research projects, pursue externally funded contracts, and help grow a portfolio of publications while

Qualifications

• Significant aeronautical structural analysis and design experience.
• Experience in industry or academia is welcomed.
• Postgraduate teaching experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver postgraduate teaching in aircraft structures topics.
• Supervise postgraduate research projects and design work.
• Manage courses, collaborate with sponsors and industry partners.
• Develop research proposals and deliver research contracts and consultancy.
• Contribute to publications portfolio and institutional research activities.

Skills

Aerospace design

FEM analysis

Aeroelasticity

Composite design

Airworthiness

Tools

3DEXPERIENCE

CATIA

ABAQUS

NASTRAN

PATRAN

Job description

Cranfield University’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences invites applications for a Teaching and Research Fellow in Aircraft Structural Design at Cranfield, Bedfordshire. The role merges postgraduate teaching with cutting‑edge research across zero‑emissions propulsion, advanced aerostructures, and modern design methods.

You will develop and deliver high‑quality courses, supervise research projects, pursue externally funded contracts, and help grow a portfolio of publications while