Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Music Technology

Maynooth University; Maynooth; Vor Ort; EUR 66.000 - 105.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Maynooth University’s Department of Music invites applications for an Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Music Technology. The successful candidate will contribute to both teaching and research, with a track record in computational and interactive music technologies.

The appointee will teach across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, supervise MA and PhD students, and help develop the Music Technology curriculum, including recording, DAW workflows, and new interfaces for musical expression.

Qualifikationen

• Proven record of teaching, research and publication.
• Expertise in computational and interactive music technologies.
• Ability to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Aufgaben

• Teach on the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
• Supervise MA and PhD students.
• Develop and shape Music Technology curriculum and teaching in studio and audio-production topics.

Jobbeschreibung

Department: Music

Vacancy ID: 044063

Closing Date: 14-Oct-2026

We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as an Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Music Technology. The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research and publication, appropriate to career stage, and will contribute to the development of Music Technology across the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

The appointee will have a track record of research and publication demonstrating substantive technical expertise in computational and/or interactive music technologies, with particular expertise in areas such as interactive music systems and new interfaces for musical expression, including haptic, gestural and sensor-based interaction, physical computing; embedded systems audio programming; real-time signal processing; digital audio systems; spatial and immersive audio technologies.

The appointee will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching programme of the Department and undertake teaching duties on the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, as well as the supervision of MA and PhD students. They will play an active role in developing and shaping the Music Technology curriculum in response to developments in the field and to their own areas of expertise. They will also be expected to contribute to teaching in core studio and audio-production techniques, including recording, microphone techniques, mixing and DAW-based workflows. Candidates with research or creative-practice expertise in recording and music production will be well placed to contribute to the development of this area.

The appointee will be expected to build a strong research profile, that supports the University’s research strategy including affiliating to the Research Institutes, where appropriate and working with colleagues on national and international research. The appointee will be expected to sustain and conduct research, engage in scholarship of quality and substance and generate publications of international standard.

Salary Scale

• Assistant Professor / Lecturer: €66,055 – €104,600 p.a. (7 points)
• Assistant Lecturer: €43,025 – €73,445 p.a. (14 points)

Closing Date 23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Wednesday, 14th October 2026.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer

The position is subject to the Statutes of the University