Role: Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering
Grade: G7
Salary: AED 260,000 – 320,000 per annum including housing allowance (Depending on Experience)
FTE and working pattern: Full-time (1FTE); 35hrs per week
Contract Type: Open Ended
Department: School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS)
Location: Dubai Campus
Heriot-Watt University (HWU) has five campuses: three in the UK (Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Orkney), one in Dubai and one in Malaysia. The University offers a highly distinctive range of degree programmes in the specialist areas of science, engineering, design, business, and languages.
With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot‑Watt University has established a reputation for world‑class teaching and practical, leading‑edge research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for business and industry. We connect with industry at every level and develop programmes to match their needs – so employers get work‑ready industry‑fit graduates.
Heriot‑Watt is also Scotland's most international university, boasting the largest international student cohort.
We have an established set of values that help us to nurture innovation and leadership and show our commitment to continuous improvement and development in all our activities.
About our Team
Heriot‑Watt University established a campus in Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) in 2005 and moved in 2020 to a state of the art, digitally enabled campus within Dubai Knowledge Park. The Dubai campus now has nearly 4000 students. The School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS) in Heriot‑Watt University Dubai offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in Automotive, Chemical, Mechanical, Energy, Renewable Energy, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Robotics, Autonomous and Interactive Systems, and Global Sustainability Engineering. Staff based in EPS Dubai also contribute to the development and delivery of courses to students based in Edinburgh and Malaysia.
Detailed Description
Heriot‑Watt University Dubai is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic academic with experience of teaching and research in Electrical or Electromechanical/Mechanical engineering who is expected to deliver and assess a range of undergraduate and postgraduate engineering courses that include but are not limited to: Electrical Power Systems, Electronics, Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Automation and Digital Transformation. Candidates with a Mechanical Engineering background with multidisciplinary expertise in Machine Dynamics, Control, and Vibrations can also be considered.
Successful candidates are expected to have a broad knowledge of a range of topics within electrical and electronic or electromechanical engineering and an interest in research activities in AI, Robotics, Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, Machine Learning, Dynamics and Control, or related areas. They will also be expected to develop strong links to colleagues based in Edinburgh and Malaysia campuses to deliver high‑quality learning and teaching and contribute to the continued development of the programmes offered to students. We expect academic staff to have an existing research interest in a relevant area and to contribute to developing research on the Dubai Campus.
An Assistant Professor must hold a PhD degree in Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical Engineering or a similar field, and tertiary teaching and research experience is highly desirable.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Please note that this job description is not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post and its general responsibilities. Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and/or priorities and requirements evolve.
Education, Qualifications & Experience
Applicants must meet the following essential criteria:
The following criteria are desirable:
Heriot‑Watt University Values
With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot‑Watt University has established a reputation for world‑class teaching and professionally relevant, leading‑edge research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for business and industry.
We are a vibrant, forward‑looking university, well known for the quality of our degrees with employers actively seeking out our graduates. Heriot‑Watt is also Scotland’s international university with an unsurpassed international in‑country presence. We deliver degree programmes to circa 30,000 students in 143 countries around the world, have a further overseas campus in Dubai and boast the largest international student cohort in Scotland.
We are proud of our collegiate atmosphere and integrated teaching and research approach which has helped to build a community of committed academics and highly motivated students. Our focus on careers delivers results and we’ve an excellent reputation for graduate employability.
In addition to the Edinburgh campus, we currently have campuses in the Scottish Borders, Orkney, Dubai and Malaysia. For all of our campuses we aim to provide stimulating, supportive environments conducive to effective learning and research, where staff and students can excel. At Heriot‑Watt, we have an established set of values that help us to nurture innovation and leadership, and show our commitment to continuous improvement and development in all our activities.
Our values describe our deeply held beliefs and our community spirit. They characterise not only how we are as a higher education institution but also frame how we want to be.
Our values are:
As learning, living and working institution, we use our values as the building blocks of how we go about doing our work and how we each conduct ourselves as members of Heriot‑Watt University. They represent what binds us together as a University community and help us to become the best at what we do.
For full details on our University, please view our website About
We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We therefore encourage you to submit your application promptly
At Heriot‑Watt we’ve created an environment that nurtures innovation and leadership - where our researchers, staff and students can realise their potential and develop their ambitions.
At Heriot Watt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team.
Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with well-being and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.
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