Job description

Job summary

The post is funded by ATI Project RACHEL. You will have the opportunity of working within one of the world leading research groups on structural integrity and health monitoring SI&HM. The research will be part of an ATI project lead by Rolls-Royce Plc with consortium of partners and suppliers from the UK aerospace industry to work towards Robustly Achievable Combustion of Hydrogen Engine Layout.  The Imperial College group will work primarily on the structural health monitoring (SHM) and contribute towards the digital twining applications.

Duties and responsibilities

You will develop SHM technologies (based on combination of electronic sensors, fibre optic sensors and piezoelectric sensors) and methodologies for strain sensing, load monitoring, structural diagnosis and prognosis for composite structures. You will work in an active group working on structural integrity and health monitoring and will combine data-driven methods with advanced computational models to develop a digital twin concept for composite structures for in-service environment. You will work with other collaborators within the project and engage in meetings and presentations within the project and beyond.

Essential requirements

Those appointed at Research Associate level

Hold a PhD (or equivalent) in Engineering (Aeronautics, Mechanical, Electrical) or a closely related discipline.

Those appointed at Research Assistant level

A first / masters degree (or equivalent) in in Aeronautics, Mechanical or Electrical engineering or a closely related discipline

Further information

This is a full time, fixed term position for 24 months, you will be based at South Kensington Campus. 

Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as a Research Assistant within the salary range £38,194 - £41,388 per annum.

Informal enquiries regarding the position can be made to Professor Zahra Sharif Khodaei: z.sharif-khodaei@imperial.ac.uk   or Professor Ferri Aliabadi m.h.aliabadi@imperial.ac.uk

For queries regarding the recruitment process please contact Lisa Kelly: l.kelly@imperial.ac.uk

The College is currently trialling a Work Location Framework until early 2023.  Hybrid working may be considered for this role and the role holder may be expected to work 60% or more of their time onsite, with 40% the minimum time spent onsite.  The opportunity for hybrid working will be discussed at interview.

The College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-evaluation/

The College believes that the use of animals in research is vital to improve human and animal health and welfare. Animals may only be used in research programmes where their use is shown to be necessary for developing new treatments and making medical advances. Imperial is committed to ensuring that, in cases where this research is deemed essential, all animals in the College’s care are treated with full respect, and that all staff involved with this work show due consideration at every level. http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-integrity/animal-research/

Documents

• Job Description - Research Assistant-Associate in Structural Health Monitoring.pdf