This fixed-term role focuses on teaching product/industrial design subjects, supporting students across design thinking, CAD, prototyping skills and final-year project work.

You will join a dynamic team dedicated to delivering innovative, practice-led design education that prepares students for careers in product and industrial design in a university focused on maximising the employability of its students and will, as such, be expected to pick up all the standard duties of a lecturer within the department. You will have a keen interest and experience in teaching students, and have experience which supports you in this mission, this could be either academic research or industrial experience. 

For additional information you can contact Ian Storer, i.storer@aston.ac.uk.

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 30 days bookable leave and a further 13 days bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

This role may meet the requirements for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

If you require sponsorship, Aston University will assess eligibility if you are shortlisted for the role. 

Please note we are unable to confirm individual eligibility before shortlisting.

See here for more information on Skilled Worker visa eligibility: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Closing Date: 25 Sep 2026

Unit: Teaching & Research

Salary: £47,389 to £56,535 per annum

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and collaborative engineering community and to help shape Aston University's emerging research and education agenda in aerospace. The successful candidate will provide academic leadership in an area aligned with the future of air and space systems, working across disciplinary boundaries and building strong partnerships with industry, government and other academic institutions.

We are particularly interested in candidates whose expertise aligns with one or more of three complementary avenues of Future of Flight:

• Integrated Systems including model-based systems engineering (MBSE), model-based and test-informed development, digital engineering, systems integration, verification and certification, and the design of complex aerospace missions across air and space, including satellites and space exploration systems.

• Sustainable Systems including net-zero propulsion technologies, particularly hydrogen and battery-electric systems, energy systems, and sustainable approaches to aerospace manufacturing.
• Frontier Systems including intelligent and autonomous flight systems and decision-making, alongside advanced flight regimes such as hypersonic flight.

About the Role

As a senior academic leader, you will develop and lead an internationally recognised programme of research in the Future of Flight, connecting engineering fundamentals with the design, manufacture and operation of aerospace systems. You will deliver high-quality research outputs with academic, industrial and societal impact, and play a key role in shaping Aston's research profile in aerospace through strategic leadership, collaboration and innovation.

You will build strategic collaborations across Aston University and with external partners, including aerospace and advanced engineering companies, technology organisations, government and international research institutions. Through these partnerships, you will develop a diverse and impactful collaborative research programme and secure competitive external funding, creating new opportunities for research, innovation and impact.

You will also contribute to the design, delivery and continuous enhancement of undergraduate and postgraduate education, including the recently launched BEng Aerospace Engineering and the development of a future MEng programme. Curriculum development will reflect the Department's research vision across one of the three themes: Integrated, Sustainable and Frontier Systems. This will ensure students benefit from a research-informed, industry-relevant education that is closely connected to Aston's aerospace research agenda.

You will also help foster a strong, inclusive and collaborative academic community, mentoring and developing early-career researchers and doctoral students, supporting colleagues, and contributing to the strategic development of research and education across the Department, School and wider University.

If you would like an informal discussion regarding this position, please contact Prof. Damien Foster, d.foster1@aston.ac.uk

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 30 days bookable leave and a further 13 days bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

This role is likely to qualify for endorsement under the Endorsed Funder route of the Global Talent visa. This visa is for talented or promising individuals in academia or research in fields such as science, engineering, medicine, social sciences, or humanities.

See the Home Office guidance: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent

Closing Date: 30 Sep 2026

Unit: Teaching & Research

Salary: £58,225 to £67,468 per annum

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and collaborative engineering community and to help shape Aston University's emerging research and education agenda in aerospace. The successful candidate will provide academic leadership in an area aligned with the future of air and space systems, working across disciplinary boundaries and building strong partnerships with industry, government and other academic institutions.

We are particularly interested in candidates whose expertise aligns with one or more of three complementary avenues of Future of Flight:

• Integrated Systems including model-based systems engineering (MBSE), model-based and test-informed development, digital engineering, systems integration, verification and certification, and the design of complex aerospace missions across air and space, including satellites and space exploration systems.
• Sustainable Systems including net-zero propulsion technologies, particularly hydrogen and battery-electric systems, energy systems, and sustainable approaches to aerospace manufacturing.
• Frontier Systems including intelligent and autonomous flight systems and decision-making, alongside advanced flight regimes such as hypersonic flight.

About the Role

As a senior academic leader, you will develop and lead an internationally recognised programme of research in the Future of Flight, connecting engineering fundamentals with the design, manufacture and operation of aerospace systems. You will deliver high-quality research outputs with academic, industrial and societal impact, and play a key role in shaping Aston's research profile in aerospace through strategic leadership, collaboration and innovation. You will establish and maintain international recognition through original, innovative and distinguished contributions to research, scholarship and professional practice.

You will build strategic collaborations across Aston University and with external partners, including aerospace and advanced engineering companies, technology organisations, government and international research institutions. Through these partnerships, you will develop a diverse and impactful collaborative research programme and secure competitive external funding, creating new opportunities for research, innovation and impact.

You will also contribute to the design, delivery and continuous enhancement of undergraduate and postgraduate education, including the recently launched BEng Aerospace Engineering and the development of a future MEng programme. Curriculum development will reflect the Department's research vision across one of the three themes: Integrated, Sustainable and Frontier Systems. This will ensure students benefit from a research-informed, industry-relevant education that is closely connected to Aston's aerospace research agenda.

You will also help foster a strong, inclusive and collaborative academic community, mentoring and developing early-career researchers and doctoral students, supporting colleagues, and contributing to the strategic development of research and education across the Department, School and wider University.

If you would like an informal discussion regarding this position, please contact Professor Damien Foster, d.foster1@aston.ac.uk

What we offer:

• Aston University is a dynamic and vibrant campus located within Birmingham city centre, which has excellent transport links via bus or train.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• A generous annual leave scheme with 31 days bookable leave and a further 13 days bank holiday and University Closure days.
• Everyday discounts to a number of activities and retailers.
• Great family friendly policies.
• On site gym and pool with discounted staff membership available
• Further information on our Benefits and Rewards can be found here.

This role is likely to qualify for endorsement under the Endorsed Funder route of the Global Talent visa. This visa is for talented or promising individuals in academia or research in fields such as science, engineering, medicine, social sciences, or humanities.

See the Home Office guidance: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent

Closing Date: 30 Sep 2026

Unit: Teaching & Research

Salary: £67,280 to £104,712 per annum

With the growing recognition that DC systems are set to replace traditional AC systems due to their superior energy efficiency for modern electronic loads, industry interest in novel DC power solutions is rapidly increasing. This offers an excellent career opportunity to directly address that demand by creating next-generation fault-managed DC power systems and establishing yourself in the field.

Candidate Profile: 

A PhD in Power Electronics is desirable or a minimum Masters level qualification with some industry experience (both in power electronics).

Skills/ experience required include:

Essential for the role:

• Design, build and test of high-frequency DC-DC converters up to 600 V.
• Use of software tools such as PSCAD, Spice, MATLAB/SIMULINK.
• Embedded control design using Digital Signal Processors, microcontrollers and/or Field Programmable Gate Arrays.
• Project management skills.
• Excellent communication skills to maintain a meaningful dialogue between stakeholders including end users, clients and distributors.

Desirable for the role:

• Familiarity with domestic wiring regulations.
• Experience in the power electronic industry, and a commercial-oriented approach to problem solving.
• Experience with Gallium Nitride (GaN) MOSFETs in switched-mode power supplies.

Main responsibilities: 

• To integrate new technical capabilities into a small agile company like ISTL and ensure that developments are well understood and embedded. 
• To apply electrical/electronic design skills to create a prototype including circuit analysis, computer aided design and complex simulation tools, e.g. MATLAB/SPICE/SIMULINK.
• To select an appropriate micro-controller (balancing performance and cost) and applying software development skills for compliant control systems.
• To project manage a complex, innovation-focused project to produce a commercially viable outcome.
• To assimilate knowledge of high-speed, low-loss Gallium Nitride transistor technology and/or novel, multilevel converter circuits.

Personal attributes:

• Strong interpersonal skills to successfully work with various stakeholders.
• Strong communication and presentation skills. 
• Leadership qualities, maturity, good self-organisation, and time management skills to deliver agreed milestones and objectives.  
• Highly motivated and adaptable.
• Ability to work independently, as well as part of the team and use initiative.
• Strong desire to pursue innovative approaches, demonstrate creative and analytical thinking and problem solving.

Additional Benefits and support:

• Up to £4,000 for personal and professional development for the duration of the project
• Annual leave (25 days p/a).
• Professional support and mentorship.
• Mental Health and wellbeing support: https://www.aston.ac.uk/staff-public/hr/Benefits-and-Rewards/health-wellbeing 

Career prospects: 

60% of our KTP associates are offered employment by their host companies at the end of the KTP. 

This is a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) funded by ISTL and Innovate UK. It is essential you understand how KTP works and the vital role you will play if you secure this position. To learn more please visit: www.aston.ac.uk/ktp.

The Company: ISTL are global pioneers in the design and delivery of smart building technologies that help global organisations significantly reduce their carbon footprint, through innovative smart lighting and building management solutions. Web page: ISTL – Experts in Smart Building Technologies and IoT Integration.

Aston University: You will work in a project team with Drs Andrew Cross and Faisal Mehmood Shah from Aston University and the Senior Management Team at ISTL, with the support of an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Adviser.  

Location: You will be based at ISTL, Staffordshire, but will have access to facilities at Aston University in central Birmingham. Some travel to Aston University and key clients may also be required. Flexible working can be arranged.

For informal enquiries about this role please e-mail: Andrew Cross: a.cross1@aston.ac.uk. 

If you think this isn’t the right opportunity for you, please explore other KTP vacancies across the country: https://www.ktp-uk.org/jobs/.

This role is likely to qualify for endorsement under the Endorsed Funder route of the Global Talent visa. This visa is for talented or promising individuals in academia or research in fields such as science, engineering, medicine, social sciences, or humanities. See the Home Office guidance: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent  It is an Innovate UK requirement that candidates hold a visa or immigration permission to cover the full duration of the contract. The successful candidate is therefore expected to apply for a visa as necessary in line with their contract duration.

Aston University is committed to the principles of the Athena SWAN Charter http://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charter-marks/athena-swan. We pride ourselves on our vibrant, friendly, supportive working environment and collaborative atmosphere.

Please visit our website https://jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancies.aspx for further information and to apply online.  

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

Closing Date: 16 Sep 2026

Unit: Teaching & Research

Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 per annum