RESPONSIBILITIES:
It will be expected of the successful candidates to:
Teach postgraduate modules on the programme's focus areas of the GSTM;
Supervise postgraduate Master's and Doctoral students;
Consistently publish research articles in the foremost internationally accredited journals;
Conduct research in a highly productive manner;
Raise and manage additional funding from national and international funding agencies and industry to support the activities of the relevant GSTM research areas;
Expand existing research programmes or initiate new research programmes;
Perform assigned departmental duties (e.g. of an administrative nature).
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Professor
A BScEng or BEng degree;
A MEng degree;
A relevant PhD degree that follows on from the previous qualification;
Industry experience, especially within the field of Engineering Management
Expertise and research experience in one or more of the specialist areas of the Engineering Management research groups in the Department;
A well-established and internationally recognised record of research supported by publications in high-quality peer-reviewed journals;
At least eight years' experience at a tertiary academic institution or industry-related experience;
A record of previous undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching experience, including graduation of Doctoral students;
ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:
Demonstrated capability to teach core Systems Engineering content across the system life cycle, including systems principles and systems thinking.
Evidence of applied Systems Engineering process expertise, including need and requirements analysis, functional analysis, system architecting, and system integration.
Familiarity with contemporary Systems Engineering topics, including sociotechnical systems, human system integration, systems of systems engineering, enterprise system engineering, artificial intelligence, digitalisation, sustainability, services engineering and enterprise architecture.
Evidence of teaching excellence in large postgraduate classes;
Preference will be given to candidates who have teaching and research expertise that complement the Department's research focus area;
Related industry work or consulting experience;
Candidates registered or registerable as a Professional Engineer with ECSA.
NRF rating.