Career Opportunities | School of Marine Engineering and Technology of Sun Yat-sen University

Founded in May 2017 at Zhuhai Campus, the School of Marine Engineering and Technology mainly serves our country’s Belt and Road Initiative, the construction of Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area, and the Marine Power Strategy. To meet the development needs of both national and local marine economic industries, the school has formed a distinct disciplinary development chain of “fundamental theory–key technology–engineering equipment” focusing on deep sea science. Making full use of the advantages of the university’s distinct marine-related disciplines and carrying out multi-disciplinary integration, the School of Marine Engineering and Technology concentrates on the discipline of deep-sea engineering, and has become an important part as well as a key developing field in the discipline cluster of marine science in Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU).

Aiming at extending the academic frontiers and highlighting its features, the School of Marine Engineering and Technology focuses on developing the four subject categories including Marine Engineering Equipment and Technology, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Underwater Communication and Detection Technology, and Estuarine and Coastal Science and Reef Engineering under the first-level discipline of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering. It mainly carries out talent cultivation, scientific research and social services in fields including Marine Renewable Energy Utilization, High-Performance USV with Multiple Buoyancy Bodies, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Offshore Oil and Gas Exploitation Equipment and Technology, Marine Mineral Resources Exploitation Equipment and Technology, Underwater Communication and Detection Technology, Deep-Sea Fishery Equipment, and Estuarine and Coastal Science and Reef Engineering.

To develop the first-level discipline of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, the school will build various research platforms for the research and development of ocean engineering and technology, and provide the corresponding platforms for deep-sea engineering and ocean equipment. Currently, the school boasts disciplinary characteristics and traditional advantages in Estuarine and Coastal Science and Reef Engineering. It has various research platforms at national and provincial levels, including the Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Research of SYSU (founded in 1964), Guangdong Coastal and Reef Engineering & Technology Research Center (founded in 2017), Guangdong Estuarine Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory (cofounded in 2010), and National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Estuarine Hydraulic Technology (cofounded in 2011).

The School of Marine Engineering and Technology is developing rapidly and in urgent need of a large number of young research fellows. To successful candidates, SYSU will offer support in scientific research and other aspects. From 2020, the new school buildings in Zhuhai campus will be delivered one after another, which will provide spacious teaching space as well as sufficient public experiment platforms and practice bases for our school. We sincerely invite outstanding young talents at home and abroad to join us!

I. Research Teams and Fields

1. Ocean Engineering Equipment and Technology

On the basis of research on equipment and key technologies of ocean engineering, the research team focuses on developing deep-sea equipment and technology and conducts research on four major fields including Offshore New Energy Equipment and Technology, High-Performance USV, Marine Resources Exploration and Exploitation Equipment and Technology, and Cross-media High-Speed UAV.

Besides, the team focuses on the research and development in fields including Tidal Current Power Equipment, Wave Power Equipment, Offshore Floating Wind Power Equipment, Offshore Integrated Energy Production and Recharge System, Deep-Water Fishery and Aquaculture Equipment and Technology, High-Performance USV with Multiple Buoyancy Bodies, Cross-media High-Speed UAV, Offshore Oil and Gas Exploitation Equipment and Technology, and Deep-Sea Mineral Resources Exploitation Equipment and Technology.

2. Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

The Research Institute of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle conducts research on System Design and Integration of Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle), Dynamic Analysis and Control, Intelligent Sensing and Decision-Making, and Coordination of Multiple Unmanned Systems, which is mainly applied in marine observation, marine resources exploitation and national security.

3. Underwater Communication and Detection Technology

To meet the country’s strategic needs, the research team, on the basis of research on hydroacoustics, mainly focuses the equipment and technologies of ocean acoustic communication, navigation and positioning, submarine tiny target detection, topographic and geomorphic imaging, acoustic observation of marine environmental parameters, and multi-objective collaboration.

4. Estuarine and Coastal Science and Reef Engineering

As a traditional discipline of SYSU, the discipline of Estuarine and Coastal Science and Reef Engineering boasts a long history and dates back to 1964. It has undertaken lots of key and major projects at national levels including the 863 Program and the National Key R&D Program. Focusing on Estuarine and Coastal Science and Engineering, the research team mainly conducts research in fields including Estuarine and Coastal “Dynamics–Sedimentology–Geomorphology”, Estuarine Environment and Ecology, Nearshore Resources and Environment, Environmental Oceanography, Coastal Engineering, and Artificial Reef Shoreline Safety and Engineering Protection Technology. Considering the unique features of estuaries and coasts, such research is also integrated with research on the chemical process, biological process, geochemical process and geomorphic evolution in estuaries, so as to establish a multi-processes and multi-disciplinary integrated research system on Estuarine and Coastal Science and even extend to the “basin–estuary–shelf–reef” system.

II. Positions and Qualifications

1. Talents in the “100 Top Talents Program” (Plans to recruit 20 candidates in 2020)

A. Leading Talents: Candidates are expected to be under 50 years old, be engaged in research on innovative, promising and key generic technologies, and have made innovative achievements with significant impact. They should meet the requirements of the Organization Department’s “Thousand Talents Plan” (including the Long-Term Recruitment Program for Innovative Talents and the Recruitment Program for Foreign Experts), the “Chang Jiang Scholars Program” (Distinguished Professor Category), and the “Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of National Natural Science Foundation of China”; or have equivalent academic level, influence, and status at home and abroad.

B. Outstanding Middle-aged and Young Talents: Candidates are expected to be under 40 years old, have outstanding potential in scientific research and technological innovation, be engaged in innovative and promising research, and have obtained internationally recognized achievements or published in top international journals as first or corresponding author. They should meet the requirements of the “Recruitment Program for Young Professionals”, the “Chang Jiang Scholars Program” (Young Scholar Category), the “Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars of National Natural Science Foundation of China” and the “Ten Thousand Talent Program” (Top-notch Young Scholars); or have equivalent academic level.

C. Excellent Young Scholars: Candidates are expected to be under 35 ages old. They should demonstrate their ability in active thinking and innovation as well as their potential, and have obtained high-level and innovative professional achievements.

D. Assistant Professors: Candidates are expected to be under 35 years old and have received the doctoral degree within the past three years. They should have finished their undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies and obtained a doctoral degree in prestigious universities, research institutions or universities where the candidates’ field of study is a preponderant discipline. They should have obtained research achievements on their field of study under the discipline and demonstrate great potential.

2. Full-time Researchers (Plans to recruit 25 candidates in 2020)

A. Postdoctoral Researchers: Candidates should hold a doctoral degree or have successfully defended their doctoral dissertations in prestigious universities or research institutions. They should respect academic ethics and have good academic performance. They are expected to be under 35 years old and have received the doctoral degree within the past three years. Candidates who demonstrate strong ability in scientific research and have obtained remarkable achievements are preferred.

Note: In-service staff shall not engage in postdoctoral research work. Doctoral graduates of SYSU shall not apply for the position of postdoctoral researcher in the research station under the same first-level discipline.

B. Full-time Research Fellows: Candidates to be employed for the first time are expected to be under 38 years old.

1) Distinguished Research Fellows: Candidates are expected to have assumed a position not lower than Postdoctoral Researcher, Lecturer, Assistant Professor or other equivalent positions in prestigious universities or research institutions. They should have published no less than three influential academic papers, and have presided over at least one research project at provincial and ministerial level and above (not required for overseas applicants).

2) Distinguished Associate Research Fellows: Candidates should hold a doctoral degree or have assumed the position of Postdoctoral Researcher in prestigious universities or research institutions. They should have published no less than two influential academic papers.

III. Remuneration

A. To introduced talents, SYSU offers competitive salary, benefits, housing subsidy, research start-up fund and enrollment quota of doctoral students;

B. To full-time research fellows, SYSU offers competitive salary and annual performance bonus. Successful candidates can apply for research projects with a vice-senior title. Postdoctoral researchers who have passed the final assessment on leaving the research station can apply for a three-year re-engagement as Distinguished Research Fellow or Distinguished Research Associate Fellow;

C. All successful candidates for the above positions enjoy subsidies provided by Zhuhai Campus of SYSU.

IV. Contact Information

Address: Party & Administration Joint Office, School of Marine Engineering and Technology, Seaside Red Building No. 11 (Office Area), Sun Yat-sen University (Zhuhai Campus), Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China

Contact: Ms. Wang

Tel: +86-756-3668513

E-mail: wangjing27@mail.sysu.edu.cn

School of Marine Engineering and Technology

Sun Yat-sen University

April 21, 2020