Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering foremost in Digital Integrated Circuits and Systems

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Department of Electrical and Information Technology (EIT) Faculty of Engineering Lund University is recruiting an Assistant Professor.

The employment is within the Divison of Integrated Electrocnis Systems (IES) in the Department of Electrical and Information Technology (EIT). IES has for a long time conducted high-quality research and teaching activites within integrated circuits (ICs) and systems. The research activities include - but are not restricted to - wireless communication signal sensing energy-efficient computing systems artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) which has resulted in many collaborations with industry and other research institutes. Most of our research projects are industry-oriented and applied and our graduate students are a sought after resource in the academic as well as industrial sectors.

The employment subject area is connected to the strategic research area within IT and mobile communication ELLIIT (). ELLIIT in Lund is a part of the profile area Pillars of AI and Digitalisation and the position is in line with the overall research strategy at LTH. The department hosts three competence Centers related to circuit design and wireless systems: ClassIC Nextg2Com ACT providing a dynamic and collaborative research environment.

Computing systems and ICs are the backbone for the sustainable digitalisation of industry and society. Future wireless systems and AI/ML applications place stregent requirements in terms of performance energy-efficiency flexibility and scalability. Energy- and performance-optimized digital circuits and systems are indispensable to meet the high demands from the system level. Therefore EIT intends to hire an assistant professor specialized in digital IC and systems design for but not limited to the aforementioned applications.

Electrical Engineering foremost in Digital integrated circuits and systems.

This employment has a special focus on domain-specific processor accelerator multi-chip/chiplet architectures advanced very-large scale integration (VLSI) circuits and systems and/or digital IC implementation. The subject also includes cross-layer optimization with system and circuit codesign to achieve overall balanced trade-offs between for instance system performance and energy efficiency.

Employment as an assistant professor is a tenure track position which aims for the holder to develop their independence as a researcher and educator. The work duties mainly involve research and teaching. The position includes the opportunity to undertake five weeks of training in teaching and learning in higher education.

• Research within the subject area.
• Teaching in the first second and third cycles of studies.
• Supervision of degree projects and doctoral students.
• Actively seeking external research funding.
• Collaboration with industry and wider society.
• Administration related to the work duties listed above.

Qualification requirements for employment as an assistant professor are fulfilled by someone who has been awarded a doctorate or has the corresponding research competence.

Primary consideration should be given to someone who has been awarded a doctorate or achieved the equivalent competence within seven years of the deadline for application for employment as an assistant professor. However someone who has been awarded a doctorate or achieved the equivalent expertise at an earlier date may also be considered if there are special grounds. Special grounds are sick leave parental leave or other similar circumstances.

For appointment to assistant professor the following shall form the assessment
criteria:

• A good ability to develop and carry out high quality research.
• Teaching ability.

• Very good oral and written proficiency in English.
• The duties require you to comply with US export restrictions (EAR)
• Collaborative skills initiative and the ability to solve work tasksindependently as well as a demonstrated interest in leadership.

• Documented experience of national/international research projects.
• Documented experience of teaching at academic level.
• Documented experience of supervision of students at different levels.

The extent to which the applicant through their experience and skills may complement and strengthen ongoing research undergraduate education departmental innovation and how they can contribute to the future development of the department will also be taken into consideration.

This is a full-time fixed-term employment of 6 years. The employment is regulated in accordance with Chapter 4 Section 12a HEA. The purpose of the appointment is for the teacher to be given the opportunity to develop research autonomy and acquire the scholarly and teaching qualifications required for eligibility for appointment as a senior lecturer.

Lund University is a public authority which means that employees get particular benefits generous annual leave and an advantageous occupational pension scheme.

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Applications shall be written in English. Please draw up the application in accordance with LTHs Academic qualifications portfolio see link below. Upload the application as PDF-files in the recruitment system. Read more:
to Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering foremost in Digital Integrated Circuits and Systems.

During the period of employment an assistant professor can apply for promotion to a permanent position as Senior Lecturer if he or she has the required qualifications listed below and is deemed suitable. An assistant professor can only apply for promotion once.

Appointment to senior lecturer requires that the applicant has:

• A PhD or corresponding research competence or professional expertise considered important with regard to the subject matter of the post and the work duties it will involve.
• Demonstrated teaching expertise.
• Completed five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning or acquired equivalent knowledge by other means.

The assessment criteria specify the aspects to be considered and the level to be achieved for the assessment criteria to be deemed fulfilled. The following assessment criteria must be fulfilled for appointment to senior lecturer:

• A good national and international standing as a researcher. The requirement for international experience shall be assessed with consideration to the character and traditions of the subject.
• Good teaching ability including a good ability to conduct develop and lead teaching and other educational activities on different levels and using a variety of teaching methods.
• An ability to supervise doctoral students to achieve a PhD.
• An ability to collaborate with wider society and communicate his or her activities.
• A general ability to lead and develop activities.

• Good ability to collaborate independence and drive.
• Progression in research and teaching expertise.

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