Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering

Job title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering

Location: Shanghai or New York – hybrid working model

Closing date: 1st July 2025

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About The Role

Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering (https://www.nature.com/natrevelectreng/) is recruiting a full-time Associate or Senior Editor. This is an exciting opportunity to join the editorial team of the newly launched Nature Portfolio journal in electrical engineering. We are particularly interested in applicants with a background in robotics, signal processing, power and energy, but we would welcome applications from outstanding candidates in any area of electrical engineering.

Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering aims to cover the traditional core subjects of the field — power, electronics, control systems, signal processing and telecommunication engineering — providing insight to researchers, engineers and industry experts as well as non-specialists interested in specific areas related to electronics and electrical engineering. The topics may include but are not limited to: power grids, renewable energy generation and storage, electronic circuits, wireless communications and robotics. The journal also aims to bring to the attention of its readers topics beyond engineering research with particular focus on societal, ethical, environmental and commercial aspects of electrical engineering. Our broad scope and accessible formats ensure that work published in our journal reaches the widest possible audience.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Associate or Senior Editor with broad scientific knowledge and an interest in the practice and communication of electrical engineering.

Role Responsibilities:

• Commission journal content including narrative Reviews and short opinion pieces
• Work closely with authors throughout the writing and revision process by providing feedback on synopses, developmentally editing first drafts, and line-by-line editing final manuscripts before acceptance
• Organize and manage peer-review
• Liaise between authors and the internal Art editors to ensure the best visual communication of ideas in figures and other display items
• Write Research Highlights and other editorial content
• Interact extensively with the scientific community through laboratory visits and international conferences, virtually or in-person

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

• A PhD (and ideally post-doctoral experience) in any topic relevant to the journal; the preferred areas of expertise are robotics, signal processing, power and energy 
• Ability to absorb new areas of research, and identify new developments and research trends in fields beyond their immediate speciality
• Demonstrable ability to edit text for sense, clarity, factual correctness and language (which will be assessed during the interview process)
• Strong writing ability
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Willingness to travel to meet scientists, discuss their research and Review ideas, and advocate for the journal 
• Editorial experience is not required but is an advantage.

The position is offered on a full-time, permanent basis, and will be located in our Shanghai or New York office. All employees will be expected to be based in the office in line with Springer Nature’s hybrid working policies. As Springer Nature is committed to our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy, we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds.  

To apply, please submit a CV, a research highlight (approximately 400 words) on a recent relevant paper in the literature, and a cover letter explaining why you are interested in the role and including your salary expectations and notice period.

At Springer Nature, we value the diversity of our teams and work to build an inclusive culture, where people are treated fairly and can bring their differences to work and thrive. We empower our colleagues and value their diverse perspectives as we strive to attract, nurture and develop the very best talent. 

Springer Nature was awarded Diversity Team of the Year at the 2022 British Diversity Awards. Find out more about our DEI work here https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/taking-responsibility/diversity-equity-inclusion 

If you have any access needs related to disability, neurodivergence or a chronic condition, please contact us so we can make all necessary accommodation. 

For more information about career opportunities in Springer Nature please visit https://springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatureCareers 

US employees are eligible for benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, life and AD&D insurance, tuition assistance, employee assistance program, paid vacation and sick time, flexible spending accounts, and a 401k retirement savings plan.

In order to comply with various pay transparency laws and legislations in the United States, the salary range and benefits for this position are included. This information is only applicable to US-based candidates and the actual salary offer may vary based on work experience, education, skill level and equity. Salary ranges differ by country due to various local market considerations. The US salary range does not align with the salary ranges in other countries when converted to the currency of that country. 

US Annualized Base Salary Range: Associate Editor: $80,000 / Senior Editor: $95,000.

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