Electronics - Tenure Track Assistant Professor

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Aarhus University (AU) invites applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in Electronics.

We seek a talented and ambitious researcher who can contribute to strengthening and further developing our research and education activities in electronics. The position is broadly defined within electronics, with particular interest in candidates working with sensors, instrumentation, and electronic measurement systems, as well as electronic technologies for healthcare and medical applications, industrial systems, energy conversion, and energy-efficient electronics. The position offers an opportunity to establish an independent research profile in a flourishing interdisciplinary environment with strong links across engineering disciplines and to industrial and healthcare partners.

Expected start date and duration of employment

01.12.2026

Job description

The successful candidate is expected to develop an independent and internationally recognized research profile within electronics. The candidate will be encouraged and supported in establishing a research activity based on competitive external funding and in developing collaborations within and outside the department. Research is expected to combine strong fundamentals in electronics with experimental development, implementation, and validation of novel electronic technologies and systems. We particularly value research that bridges electronic components and circuits with complete measurement and instrumentation systems. The candidate will contribute to teaching within the department's Bachelor's and Master's degree programs, including existing courses as well as the development of new teaching activities. Teaching and supervision of Bachelor's and Master's thesis students are integral parts of the position, with PhD supervision becoming relevant as the candidate's research activities develop. The position provides an academic career opportunity within a competence-rich and interdisciplinary environment with ambitious and collaborative colleagues and access to research activities spanning electronics, electrical energy technology, biomedical engineering, signal processing, communication, robotics, and related engineering fields.

Applicant profile

We welcome candidates with a strong background in electronics and particularly encourage applicants with research activities related to sensors, instrumentation, and electronic measurement systems. Relevant areas of expertise may include, but are not limited to:

• Sensor technologies, sensor electronics, and instrumentation
• Analog and mixed-signal circuit and system design
• Analog front ends, low-signal electronics, signal conditioning, and data acquisition
• Low-power and energy-efficient electronics
• Embedded electronics, control, and hardware-software integration
• Electronic interfaces and integrated measurement systems
• Electronic system architecture, implementation, testing, and validation

We are particularly interested in candidates who can develop and apply novel electronic technologies within healthcare and medical technology. Relevant areas may include biomedical sensors, physiological monitoring, medical instrumentation, wearable technologies, and electronic systems for diagnostics, monitoring, and treatment.

We also particularly welcome candidates whose research addresses electronics for energy and industrial applications, including energy conversion, low-power and energy-efficient electronics, sensing, instrumentation and monitoring of electrical and energy systems, power electronic interfaces, embedded control, and intelligent electronic systems.

Strong candidates from other application areas within electronics are also encouraged to apply, including robotics and autonomous systems, communication, IoT-enabled instrumentation, and other emerging applications of electronics.

Applicants should demonstrate strong fundamental knowledge of electronics and the potential to establish an independent research profile. Experience with experimental research, electronic design and prototyping, system integration, and collaboration with industrial, healthcare, or clinical partners will be considered an advantage.

A relevant PhD is required. Postdoctoral research experience or equivalent research and development experience will be considered an advantage. Applicants should demonstrate a strong research record appropriate to their career stage, a clear vision for their future research, and the potential to attract external research funding and establish national and international collaborations.

The candidate should be able to contribute to teaching in fundamental electronics, including analog electronics and electronic circuit design. Depending on the candidate's expertise, teaching may also include sensors and instrumentation, low-power analog and digital electronics, mixed-signal systems, embedded electronics, data acquisition, or electronic system design.

The candidate must have excellent communication skills and be able to teach and supervise students in English. For non-Danish-speaking applicants, Danish language skills are expected to be developed over a five-year period to enable teaching and supervision in Danish.

The applicant should be motivated to collaborate across disciplines, contribute actively to the development of the department's research and educational activities, and contribute positively to the social and professional working environment.

Application

Your application must be in English and include a Curriculum Vitae including research activities, R&D experience, a complete publication list as well as your teaching and funding experience. Also, a research plan and a teaching plan/statement (length of 2-3 pages each, including your planned future teaching and research directions) are required. Please provide your Researcher ID/Scopus ID, Google Scholar profile link, and/or a unique search query in Web of Science to retrieve your publication and citation track record. Also, please provide names of references (minimum 3) whom the search committee may contact directly. All applications must be made online.

The position is available from December 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Place of Employment and Place of Work

The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Finlandsgade 22, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark.

Further information

For more information, please contact Head of Electrical Energy Technology Section Björn Andresen, [email protected], Head of Biomedical Engineering Section Peter Johansen, [email protected], or Head of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mikael Bergholz Knudsen, [email protected]

Technical Sciences Tenure Track

Aarhus University offers talented scientists from around the world attractive career perspectives via the Technical Sciences Tenure Track Programme. Highly qualified candidates are appointed as Assistant Professors for a period of six years with the prospect of performance-based advancement to a tenured Associate Professorship. The aim of the Technical Sciences Tenure Track Programme is to:

• attract outstanding talented individuals that are competitive at an international level
• to promote the early development of independent research success early in the career of scientists
• to create transparency in the academic career path

As part of the tenure track position, the candidate is offered:

• access to research infrastructure
• capability development, including postgraduate teacher training
• a mentoring programme
• support to develop scientific networks and to secure interdisciplinary research at the highest level

As part of the Aarhus University Tenure Track Programme, the University carries out a mid-way evaluation to review the progress of the tenure track candidate after three years, according to the same criteria used in the final tenure review. The final tenure review is conducted after five and a half years. If the review is positive, the candidate will be offered a tenured position as Associate Professor at Aarhus University.

Please refer to the tenure track guidelines for the tenure review criteria and for the tenure review process.

Application procedure

Shortlisting is used. This means that after the deadline for applications - and with the assistance from the assessment committee chairman, and the assessment committee if necessary, - the head of department selects the candidates to be evaluated. The selection is made on the basis of an assessment of who of the candidates are most relevant considering the requirements of the advertisement. All applicants will be notified within 6 weeks whether or not their applications have been sent to an expert assessment committee for evaluation. The selected applicants will be informed about the composition of the committee and will receive his/her assessment.

Formalities and salary range

Technical Sciences refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The application must be in English and include a curriculum vitae, degree certificate, a complete list of publications, a statement of future research plans and information about research activities, teaching portfolio and verified information on previous teaching experience (if any). Guidelines for applicants can be found here. Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities. Salary and terms as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Professional Unions at basic salary steps 4-8. Aarhus University's ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. Research activities will be evaluated in relation to actual research time. Thus, we encourage applicants to specify periods of leave without research activities, in order to be able to subtract these periods from the span of the scientific career during the evaluation of scientific productivity. Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Read more here. Please find more information about entering and working in Denmark here.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University's recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.