In the Science, Engineering and Technology Group of KU Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Science, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), on campus Arenberg (Heverlee), there is a part-time (10%) academic vacancy in close collaboration with imec.
We are looking for internationally oriented candidates with strong educational competence and with an excellent interdisciplinary research record in one or more of the following domains:
• photonics for communication and sensing
• semiconductor devices including optoelectronic devices
• electrical engineering technology including materials and devices
• renewable energy and storage including photovoltaic applications
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Duties
Research
- You develop a research program in one or more of the domains mentioned above.
- You are capable of acquiring competitive funding.
- You strive for excellence in your research and thus provide a contribution to the continued development of the department.
- You publish at the highest scientific level, acquire resources for fundamental and applied research, develop international collaborations and supervise PhDs at an international level.
Teaching
- You ensure high-quality education in the domains mentioned above, with a clear commitment to the quality of the programme as a whole. Your teaching task is determined in consultation and based on your specific profile.
- You also contribute to the pedagogic project of the faculty/university through the supervision of master theses and as a promoter of PhD students.
- You develop your teachings in accordance with KU Leuven’s vision on activating and researched-based education and make use of the possibilities for the educationalist professionalization offered by the faculty and the university.
Service
In addition to research and education-related tasks, you are prepared to take on administrative, organizational, or promotional tasks within the division, department and faculty, as well as tasks of scientific and social service.
Profile
- You have a PhD. You have a strong research profile. The quality of your research is proven by publications in international leading journals. You are currently full-time (at least 80%) employed at imec.
- You have demonstrable qualities related to academic education. Teaching experience is an advantage.
- You possess organisational skills and have a cooperative attitude. You also possess leadership capacities within a university context.
- A good command of English is required. KU Leuven provides courses in academic English.
- The official administrative language used at KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch (or do not speak it well) at the start of employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in meetings.
- Before teaching courses in Dutch, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch to the required level.
Offer
- We are offering a part-time (10%) employment in an intellectually challenging environment.
- KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research. Our university is highly inter- and multidisciplinarily focused and strives for international excellence. In this regard we actively work together with research partners in Belgium and abroad and provide our students with an academic education that is based on high-quality scientific research.
- You will work in Leuven, a historic, dynamic and lively city located in the heart of Belgium, within 20 minutes from Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and less than two hours from Paris, London and Amsterdam.
- Depending on your record and qualifications, you will be appointed to or tenured in one of the grades of the senior academic staff: assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor.
Interested?
For more information on the contents of the job, please contact:
Prof. Dr. ir. Vincent Rijmen, chair of the department of Electrical Engineering, +32-16-321068,
[email protected]You can submit your application only through our online application system. If you have problems submitting your application online, please contact
[email protected].
Add to your application following documents (more information is available on the KU Leuven job site):
- your biosketch in which you indicate your added value as an academic for research, education and service to society of your past career and of your future activities (maximum 2 pages);
- a file on your five most important publications or realizations;
- an extensive cv including a full publication list and if applicable a portfolio of your architectural projects;
- your research plan with focus on the development of your research line and research team in relation with the colleague-researchers of the entity of employment (maximum 5 pages);
- your vision on academic education and its organization (maximum 2 pages);
- your contribution to society by outreach and public communication on science and technology, internal representation in boards and councils and service activities directly in relation to your developed expertise (maximum 1 page);
- your vision on leadership (maximum 1 page).
All documents are to be submitted in English.
KU Leuven places great importance on research integrity and ethical conduct and will therefore ask you to sign an integrity statement upon appointment.
KU Leuven strives for an inclusive, respectful and socially safe environment. We embrace diversity among individuals and groups as an asset. Open dialogue and differences in perspective are essential for an ambitious research and educational environment. In our commitment to equal opportunity, we recognize the consequences of historical inequalities. We do not accept any form of discrimination based on, but not limited to, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, ethnic or national background, skin colour, religious and philosophical diversity, neurodivergence, employment disability, health, or socioeconomic status. For questions about accessibility or support offered, we are happy to assist you at this email address.
