Teaching Fellow in Robotics Engineering

Economics Network; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

30 days leave per annum

Season ticket loan scheme

Personal and professional development

Flexible working arrangements

Campus facilities

Job summary

Queen Mary University of London’s School of Engineering and Materials Science invites applications for a 9-month Teaching Fellow in Robotics Engineering. The post offers early-career academics broad teaching experience across undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with opportunities to supervise projects and contribute to module development, assessment and student support.

The successful candidate will have postgraduate qualifications in Robotics Engineering, with an undergraduate degree in

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in Robotics Engineering or closely related discipline.
• Undergraduate degree in Robotics Engineering; PhD desirable.
• Strong subject knowledge.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to engage students and manage time effectively.
• Experience teaching, assessment and project supervision is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Supervise student projects.
• Contribute to module development, assessment and student support.
• Engage in wider academic activities within SEMS.
• Deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Robotics Engineering.

Skills

Subject knowledge

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Student engagement

Time management

Organisational skills

Collaborative approach

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Robotics Engineering

Undergraduate degree in Robotics Engineering

PhD desirable

Job description

About the Role

The School of Engineering and Materials Science at Queen Mary University of London invites applications for a 9-month Teaching Fellow in Robotics Engineering.

This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career academic to gain broad teaching experience within a research-intensive Russell Group university. The successful candidate will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Robotics Engineering. Experience of teaching within Biomedical Engineering, or at the interface between robotics and biomedical applications, would be advantageous.

The role also includes supervising student projects and contributing to module development, assessment, student support and wider academic activities within the school.

About You

You will hold a postgraduate qualification in Robotics Engineering or a closely related discipline. An undergraduate degree in Robotics Engineering and a PhD is desirable.

You will demonstrate:

• Strong subject knowledge
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• The ability to engage students
• Effective organisational and time-management skills
• A collaborative and professional approach

Experience of undergraduate teaching, assessment and project supervision are advantageous.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) is a large, research-intensive School within the Faculty of Science and Engineering, comprising over 110 academic staff and a vibrant community of approximately 2,700 undergraduate and taught postgraduate students, alongside more than 250 PhD researchers. The school is supported by a dedicated team of administrative and technical professionals, creating a strong and collaborative higher education environment.

SEMS is part of Queen Mary University of London, one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities, recognised for delivering world-class education and impactful research. The School offers a dynamic and interdisciplinary research culture, ranked 7th overall in the UK for research excellence in REF2021, and 2nd nationally for world-leading research outputs.

With more than £35 million invested in recent years, SEMS benefits from extensive state-of-the-art experimental and computational facilities, supporting research and teaching across a broad range of engineering and materials science disciplines. Following a recent education review, the School is further strengthening its undergraduate and postgraduate provision, with a strong emphasis on skills development, professional practice, and the education of future professional engineers.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

£45,174 to £52,790 per annum.