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Vacant positions as Professor or Associate Professor in Robotics

jobbeskrivelse:

SDU Robotics, part of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, located in Odense, invites applications for positions as Professor, alternatively as Associate Professor, which will be vacant from February, 1, 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Further information is available from the Head of Section professor Henrik Gordon Petersen at email: hgp (at) mmmi.sdu.dk

The candidate will be integrated in the SDU-Robotics Section specialized in robot solutions involving sensorial processing, mathematical modeling, learning and simulation targeted at advanced robot systems, for industrial but also other application domains. The group is involved in a variety of national and European projects. The aim of the group is to solve challenging research problems from real applications and to participate in implementing the achieved results into real solutions with end users. We are looking for candidates to extend our research activities in Robotics with a focus on industrial applications. More specifically, we seek candidates that can contribute to facilitating the process of the design and implementation of highly flexible robotic solutions for industry involving the combination of advanced mechanical design and advanced robot programs based on e.g. mathematical models, simulation and learning.

The candidate is expected to have most of the following qualifications:

• Documented practical experience with advanced applications involving robotic manipulators  
• Documented knowledge in a broad scope of the robotics domain
• Good machine learning competences
• Strong programming skills (C++, Matlab)

The candidate will be part of the SDU-Robotics section and is expected to participate in activities of the section including current and future research projects. This involves for example

• To be able to collaborate with our experts in the further development of our core technologies
• To participate in the practicalities of actual industrial applications
• To be deeply involved in our regular coordination and joint evolvement of research and project activities

The candidate will be involved in teaching courses on our BSc and MSc Program in Robot Systems Engineering enrolling approximately 140 students per year and to supervise BSc, MSc and PhD theses.

Application, salary, and condition of employment etc.
The candidate should have a Ph.D. degree within the mentioned research area and will be expected to teach and instruct students who participate in bachelor and master courses.

Owing to the increasingly international focus of the degree programs, applicants must demonstrate ability to teach in English. If the successful applicant is not fluent in Danish, he or she will be expected to learn Danish within a period of approximately two years.

All non-Danish documents must be translated into English.

Applications will be assessed by an expert committee. Applicants will be informed of their assessment by the Faculty.

Shortlisting may be used. Shortlisted applicants will be assessed by an assessment panel.

As part of the overall assessment of the applicant’s qualifications, the applicant may be called for interview.

Employment shall be on the terms specified in the labour market agreement with the opportunity for individual negotiation. 

Applications must be submitted online using the link "Apply online". Attached files must be in Adobe PDF or Word format. Each box can only contain a single file of max. 10 Mb.

Read the guideline for applicants.

An application must include:

• Curriculum vitae
• Certificates/Diplomas (MSc, PhD) - Danish or English transcripts
• Teaching portfolio (please see below)
• Documentatation for research management
• List of publications indicating the publications attached
• Examples of the most relevant publications. Please attach one pdf-file for each publication, a possible co-author statement must be part of this pdf-file

Applicants for a professorship at the Faculty of Engineering are requested to submit a teaching portfolio with the application as documentation for teaching experience as well as supervision qualifications. Please read more here.Since not all members of the appointment committee are Danish-speaking, it is recommended that all your documents are submitted in English.

Further information for international applicants about entering and working in Denmark.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background. 

Send applicationDeadline 2018-Dec-01

You can apply for the job at Faculty of Engineering by completing the application form

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