Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Salary: £47,389 to £56,535 per annum (Assistant Professor) / £58,225 to £67,468 per annum (Associate Professor)

About the Role  

Informal Queries

• For informal queries about the role, please contact Professor Mike Chappell, Professor and Research Cluster Leader for Biomedical & Biotechnology, at m.j.chappell@warwick.ac.uk.

Flexible Working

• We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis (e.g. job share), despite the position being advertised as full-time.

Diversity Statement

• We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, and in particular those currently underrepresented in the Engineering sector.
• The University aims to promote work life balance for all employees and the School of Engineering will consider a range of possible flexible working arrangements in order to recruit the best candidate.

We invite applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor position in the field of Biomedical Engineering. We particularly welcome candidates with expertise in Biomechanics, and/or Medical Device Design, Design of Prosthetics and Orthotics. The post is on the Research and Teaching Pathway.

The successful applicant is expected to pursue research that makes fundamental contributions to their field, while also addressing real-world challenges with practical relevance – potentially working across disciplines and with a broad range of funders including industry. Applicants should demonstrate how their work complements existing strengths within the School, or brings new and strategically aligned research directions.

Consideration will also be given to alignment with the University’s Research Technology Platforms and established research infrastructure. We are especially interested in candidates whose work can leverage or contribute to the School’s collaborative, translational, and industrially engaged research environment.

Candidates will be expected to teach to the highest quality on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes offered by the School of Engineering.

About You  

You will have a PhD in a relevant discipline. For an Assistant Professor appointment, you must be able to demonstrate the capability to establish an independent research activity, which has the ambition and potential to become internationally leading.

If appointed as an Assistant Professor, you will be appointed for a probationary period (usually five years) during which you will be given a reduced teaching and administration load to enable you to establish your research group. Successful completion of probation will coincide with promotion to a permanent Associate Professor position.

For an Associate Professor appointment, you will have already established a high-quality independent research activity and have been awarded substantial research funding from external sources, while having experience in successful delivery of teaching activities.

At either level, you will initiate, develop and deliver high quality research, publish top-tier journal papers and demonstrate the potential for impact from your research. You will also engage with higher education pedagogy and be willing to develop novel teaching methods, embracing changes in teaching technology and expectations.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description as a PDF below.

JD - Assistant or Associate Professor (Biomedical Engineering) (111552).pdf – 110KB

CLOSING DEADLINE: Sunday 21 June 2026 at 11:55pm (UK Time)

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.