Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Transport Engineering
About the role
The successful candidate will contribute to high-quality research and education in transport engineering while helping to shape the future of sustainable, intelligent, and connected transport systems.
The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at UNSW seeks an emerging or established academic to join as a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in a Teaching and Research role.
Responsibilities
- Conduct research in areas including network modelling, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs), their supporting infrastructure and systems, and AI-based traffic control, monitoring, and maintenance systems.
- Deliver high-impact outcomes and strengthen the School’s growing reputation in transport engineering and mobility innovation.
- Engage with industry and government partners, contribute to work-integrated learning initiatives, and address emerging challenges in transport engineering and mobility systems.
Requirements
- A PhD and/or relevant work experience with network modelling, Intelligent Transport and Systems (ITS), Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs), their infrastructure and systems, and AI-based traffic control systems.
- Proven commitment to proactively keeping up to date with discipline knowledge and developments.
- Demonstrated experience in teaching and learning design, development and delivery at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
- Experience using and/or designing with educational technologies and online delivery methods.
- Evidence of teaching effectiveness and passion for educational excellence (e.g. relevant discipline-based curriculum design and development at a variety of levels and scales).
- Experience with industry or work-integrated learning (desirable).
- Evidence of ability to support and inspire students from diverse backgrounds and support student equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- Demonstrated track record in research with outcomes of high quality and high impact with clear evidence of the desire and ability to continually achieve research excellence as well as the capacity for research leadership.
- Experience in successfully recruiting and supervising high calibre students.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team, collaborate across disciplines and build effective relationships.
- Evidence of highly developed interpersonal and organisational skills.
- An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
- Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.
Qualifications
- A PhD and/or relevant work experience with network modelling, Intelligent Transport and Systems (ITS), Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs), their infrastructure and systems, and AI-based traffic control systems.
- Proven commitment to proactively keeping up to date with discipline knowledge and developments.
- Demonstrated experience in teaching and learning design using a range of pedagogical approaches, development and delivery of courses and programs, at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
- Experience of implementing educational technologies and online delivery methods.
- Evidence of teaching effectiveness and passion for educational excellence and fostering this in others.
- Demonstrated success in initiating curriculum development and improvement.
- Experience with industry or work-integrated learning.
- Evidence of ability to support and inspire students from diverse backgrounds and support student equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- Demonstrated track record in research with outcomes of high quality and high impact with clear evidence of the desire and ability to continually achieve research excellence as well as the capacity for research leadership.
- Experience in successfully recruiting and supervising high calibre students.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team, collaborate across disciplines and build effective relationships.
- Evidence of highly developed interpersonal and organisational skills.
- Demonstrated ability to interact with the profession and industry and attract funding for learning and teaching initiatives.
- An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
- Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.
Skills
- PhD and/or relevant work experience with network modelling, Intelligent Transport and Systems (ITS), Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs), their infrastructure and systems, and AI-based traffic control systems.
- Proven commitment to proactively keeping up to date with discipline knowledge and developments.
- Demonstrated experience in teaching and learning design, development and delivery at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
- Experience using and/or designing with educational technologies and online delivery methods.
- Evidence of teaching effectiveness and passion for educational excellence (e.g. relevant discipline-based curriculum design and development at a variety of levels and scales).
- Experience with industry or work-integrated learning (desirable).
- Evidence of ability to support and inspire students from diverse backgrounds and support student equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- Demonstrated track record in research with outcomes of high quality and high impact with clear evidence of the desire and ability to continually achieve research excellence as well as the capacity for research leadership.
- Experience in successfully recruiting and supervising high calibre students.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team, collaborate across disciplines and build effective relationships.
- Evidence of highly developed interpersonal and organisational skills.
- An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
- Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.
Benefits
The successful candidate will be offered a salary commensurate with experience, ranging from AUD $127,947 to $150,830 per annum for a Lecturer (Level B) and AUD $155,403 to $178,290 per annum for a Senior Lecturer (Level C), plus 17% superannuation.
Pay
The successful candidate will be offered a salary commensurate with experience, ranging from AUD $127,947 to $150,830 per annum for a Lecturer (Level B) and AUD $155,403 to $178,290 per annum for a Senior Lecturer (Level C), plus 17% superannuation.
Schedule
The successful candidate will be offered a full-time position with a two-year convertible tenure track.
Contact
If you are an emerging academic looking to build your research and teaching profile, or an established academic seeking to further your career, this opportunity offers the chance to contribute to impactful research, deliver engaging teaching, and help shape the future of transport engineering through innovation and industry engagement. We encourage you to click the “Apply Now” button and submit your CV, cover letter, and responses addressing the Skills and Experience criteria. If you have had any interruption in your career, you are encouraged to include a ROPE statement as part of your application. For information on ROPE please check: https://www.arc.gov.au/about-arc/program-policies/research-opportunity-and-performance-evidence-rope-statement
To Apply
Click the “Apply Now” button and submit your CV, cover letter, and responses addressing the Skills and Experience criteria.
Note: Applications will not be accepted if sent to the contact listed below.
Contact: Eugene Aves – Talent Acquisition Consultant
E: eugene.aves@unsw.edu.au
Applications close: 11:55 pm (Sydney time) on Wednesday, 22 July 2026