Research professor in mechatronic systems and machine design (BOFZAP)

In the Science, Engineering and Technology Group of KU Leuven, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the group of Science Engineering and Technology at KU Leuven Kulak has a vacancy for a professor with expertise in mechanical engineering. We are looking for internationally oriented candidates with an excellent research record and with teaching competence in mechatronics and machine design. Junior profiles will be appointed as tenure track assistant professor with an evaluation after 5 year. Senior candidates can either start at the level of associate professor, professor or full professor depending on the candidate’s qualifications and academic experience.As a member of the senior academic staff of the Science, Engineering & Technology Group of KU Leuven Kulak at Kortrijk, you will also belong to the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering Science in the Science, Engineering & Technology Group of KU Leuven.

• We are offering a full-time employment in a multidisciplinary and 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.
• All tasks related to this position are primarily localized and carried out at KU Leuven Kulak at Kortrijk, and require an active presence at this campus. The Science, Engineering & Technology Group of KU Leuven Kulak at Kortrijk organizes the Bachelor programs in Sciences (Mathematics, Physics, Informatics, Biology and Chemistry), including options towards pharmaceutical, engineering and bio-engineering study programs. Hence, it is a very multidisciplinary environment, both from educational point of view as for research. There is close interaction between students and lecturers across all disciplines. Kulak emphasises the optimal guidance, support and supervision of students.
• 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. In principle, junior researchers are appointed as assistant professor on the tenure track for a period of 5 years; after this period and a positive evaluation, they are permanently appointed (or tenured) as an associate professor.
• KU Leuven offers attractive start-up funding (110 k€) during the first 2 years of appointment to professors, subject to eligibility criteria set by KU Leuven