Associate Professor and Tenure Track Assistant Professor Positions in Electrical Engineering

As part of an ambitious agenda within deep digital growth technologies, Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering is opening several associate professor and tenure track assistant professor positions within Electrical Engineering. The growing electrification of all sectors, with added intelligence on all product and systems levels, is pushing novel technologies aggressively forward. They all require enhanced processing power and efficiency. Therefore, many of the sub-domains within Electrical Engineering, like advanced computing benefitting from novel chip designs, sensors and embedded intelligent systems as well as next generation communications are all potential core research pillars for us. We already today benefit from a strong support and interest for this agenda from the industry, and the institute is currently experiencing a rapid increase in both educational, research and innovation activities in the field. We aim to accelerate that even further. The new positions will help establish the research direction and secure and grow international competitiveness within one or more of these specialized subdomains.   

What we offer

As associate professor or tenure track assistant professor at the Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering you will be a part of the team that will expand and deepen our growing and ambitious Electrical Engineering domain. In this position, you will: 

• Evolve or participate in dynamic research groups working in areas of disruptive breakthroughs with tremendous potential and societal relevance.
• Be part of expanding the research and educational environment of the campus in either Odense or Sønderborg.
• Participate in multidisciplinary research.
• Participate in collaborations with the wider university, national and international research partners as well as industrial partners.
• Contribute to the further development of the existing electrical engineering programs at the highest level for bachelor and master-level students.
• Guide and inspire PhD-fellows and Post Docs.
• Participate in research groups with members at all academic levels.
• Join a harmonious workplace environment that is conducive to productivity, promotes creativity, and rewards and recognizes individuals and group achievement.
• Contribute to driving innovation in close collaboration with industry and the local society.
• An associate professorship position is a tenured/permanent position.
• An appointment as assistant professor lasts for three years, and contingent on successful completion of a lecturer training programme and a positive performance evaluation, a permanent position for associate professor is normally opened, for which the assistant professor can apply.
• The opportunity to live and work in one of the happiest countries in the world that also offers excellent and free health and education systems.

What we expect

Associate professors and tenure track assistant professors will be building up research and educational activities within their electrical engineering subtopic. Examples of relevant subtopics are: 

• Semiconductor Devices & Microelectronics (advanced CMOS, 3D ICs, heterogeneous integration, cryogenic CMOS)
• Intelligent Systems & Edge Computing (Hardware acceleration for AI, neuromorphic computing, Spiking Neural Networks)
• Power & Energy Systems (renewable energy integration, power electronics, smart grids, grid code, harmonics mitigation)
• Advanced Signal Processing & Communications (wireless networks, 6G, optical and quantum communication, IoT architecture, RADAR technology, modern antenna designs)
• Sensors and Embedded & Cyber-Physical Systems (real-time actuation, robotic hardware/software architectures, and real-time onboard processing for autonomous systems)
• Experimental Power electronics (converter technology, converter build up, multi-level converter)
• Electronic packaging and integrated electronics
• Passive components and energy storage (capacitors, Batteries, Magnetic components/Transformer)
• Health technology (body scanners, chip design for sample analysis, body sensor networks, ultrasonic analytics)

It is expected that:

• You have a PhD degree in an area related to electrical engineering.
• You have a promising record of research impact.
• You are an enthusiastic and highly motivated teacher and supervisor. 
• You have achieved funding success commensurate with the targeted rank (associate professor or tenure track assistant professor). 
• You are an excellent collaborator, able to work in complex international multi-stakeholder environments.
• You are an effective and inspiring communicator end attentive listener.
• Talent, experience, and success with industrial cooperation is a plus.

The University of Southern Denmark

The University of Southern Denmark is one of the youngest universities in Denmark, founded in 1966. The university is founded around the goal of providing the right knowledge at the right time to support society. The university targets major, complex societal problems of a cross-disciplinary nature such as climate, welfare, health and technology, tackling these in collaboration across faculties.

The Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering is driven by the urge to create value for and with society, by curiosity and by the will to create that which only a few could imagine would be possible. Through research, education and collaboration it is the ambition of the faculty to nurture talent, address challenges, create possibilities, and promote sustainable development. The faculty is strongly engaged with national and international industries and organizations over a broad range of technical domains.

Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering 

The Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering is an internationally recognized institute with contributions to society through research, education, and industrial collaboration. Within electrical engineering we have strong research groups at two campuses.

In Odense, our section on Digital and High Frequency Electronics focuses on conducting research in digital and high-frequency electronics, embedded systems, control, and communication, utilizing cutting-edge reconfigurable computing and sensors. The aim is to develop next-generation electronics and computing solutions that solve technology-related challenges in fields such as autonomous robots, drones, IoT, smart grid, and healthcare.

In Sønderborg the Centre for Industrial Electronics has a strong mission to advance electrification, digitalization and energy efficiency bridging applied research, technology development for sustainable development and innovation. A strong focus is put on the development of next generation electronics, such as active and passive components, power electronic devices, EMC and intelligent systems.

If you are interested in learning more about the position, please contact Christian T. Veje (Head of Department) [email protected].

If you experience technical problems, please contact [email protected]. 

Application procedure

Applicants are advised to read the SDU information on how to apply.

Assessment of the candidates is based on the application material, and an application must include: 

• Motivated application.
• Curriculum Vitae. 
• Master’s and PhD degree or equivalent (copy of original/official English translation). 
• Complete list of publications.
• Publications most relevant to the position (must be attached as PDF-files).
• Teaching Portfolio
• Research plan
• References/reference letters may also be included.
• A statement/documentation of other qualifications relevant to the position may also be included.

All documents must be in English and PDF format, no more than 5 MB per file. Documents should not contain a CPR number (civil registration number) – in this case, the CPR number must be crossed out.

UPLOAD GUIDE: Motivated application shall be uploaded as ‘Cover letter’, Curriculum Vitae shall be uploaded as ‘Resume’. All other documents shall be uploaded as ‘Miscellaneous documents’. 

The application deadline is April 25, 2025, at 11.59 PM/23.59 (CET/CEST) 

Assessment and selection process

Applications will be assessed by an assessment committee. Shortlisting may be applied, and only shortlisted candidates will receive a written assessment. Read about shortlisting at SDU.  Interviews and tests may be part of the overall evaluation.

Read about the Assessment and selection process.  

Danish Tenure Track employment

For tenure track assistant professors, applications from promising early-career talents are highly encouraged. The Danish tenure-track employment is a focused assistant professorship with a guaranteed assessment for a tenured position as an associate professor; it is expected that, within the fourth year of employment and with no advertisement of the position, the tenure track assistant professor will be offered permanent position as associate professor provided that the tenure track assistant professor receives a positive academic assessment. The criteria for academic assessment upon transition from assistant to associate professor include excellence in research, teaching, and knowledge exchange, compared to the associate professor level and the specific academic criteria described for associate professors in the job advertisement. 

Applicants for tenure track positions are assessed based on an evaluation of their potential to, during the course of employment as assistant professor, meet the criteria for transition to associate professor level during the tenure track progress, and the assessment is conducted based on information concerning the applicant’s proven record of scientific achievements, teaching experience and other relevant details as specified in the job advertisement.

During employment, the tenure track assistant professor will complete the Lecturer Training Programme. 

Conditions of employment

Appointment as associate professor is permanent. 

Appointment as tenure track assistant professor is temporary for 4 years with a guaranteed assessment for permanent (tenured) position as associate professor within the fourth year of employment.  

The preferred start date is as soon as possible and will be agreed with the successful candidates. 

Employment will be in accordance with the collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations for academics in the state with the associated circular on the protocol for the job structure for academic staff at Danish universities and the provisions for associate professor or tenure track assistant professors as described herein. Further information on salary and taxation.

The person employed in the position may, based on a specific individual managerial evaluation, be exempted from time registration, also known as a “self-organiser”.

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The University of Southern Denmark wishes our staff to reflect the surrounding community and therefore encourages everyone, regardless of personal background, to apply for the position. SDU conducts research in critical technologies, which, due to the risk of unwanted knowledge transfer, are subject to a number of security measures. Therefore, based on information from open sources, background checks may be conducted on candidates for the position.

Further information for international applicants about entering and working in Denmark. You may also visit WorkinDenmark for additional information.

Further information about The Faculty of Engineering.