Assistant Professor in Extended Reality

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Job Title: Assistant Professor in Extended Reality

Reference: 375

Department: WMG - Research

Contract Type:Indefinite

Hours: Full-time (1.0 FTE)

Closing Date: Sunday 1 November 2026, 11:59pm

Full time Salary Range: £47,389.00- £56,535.00 per annum

The University of Warwick is one of 12 institutions awarded funding from the prestigious Global Talent Fund to attract world‑class international researchers who are passionate about working at the intersection of Creative Technologies and Advanced Manufacturing.

This is an opportunity to build your own independent research profile while contributing to the research of WMG and its partners, in the areas of Extended Reality, Visual Computing, Human‑Computer Interaction, Human‑AI Interaction, and Applied (Generative) AI. You will conduct research on interactive, immersive experiences for everyday personal and professional contexts, and on the AI methods that enable them in real‑world settings, such as scene understanding, object recognition, and language‑based interfaces.

You will work as part of an interdisciplinary research group, collaborating with colleagues across the University and with external partners. Application domains include manufacturing, health, and the creative industries.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).

• The successful candidate will hold a PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Human‑Computer Interaction, Engineering, or a closely related discipline, with a publication record in leading Extended Reality, Human‑Computer Interaction, or AI and visual computing venues on the design, implementation, or evaluation of immersive, interactive systems.
• They will have expertise in developing and evaluating interactive immersive systems that use state‑of‑the‑art XR and AI technology, such as generative models, vision‑language models, or computer vision.
• The successful candidate will work effectively in an interdisciplinary research team, combining leadership with excellent written and oral communication skills, and will encourage and mentor the next generation of talent.

The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) is the largest department at the University of Warwick, with over 800 staff and nearly 3,000 students across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in management, technology, and applied engineering.

We are globally recognised for our world‑class research, innovative industry partnerships, and teaching excellence, and we are proud holders of the Athena SWAN Silver Awardand the Institutional Silver Award.

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information.

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