Professor in Mechanical Engineering : Advanced Control of Aeronautic Systems

KU Leuven offers a full-time professor position in the area of Mechanical Engineering and is looking for internationally orientated candidates with an excellent interdisciplinary research record in the field of advanced control of (unmanned) aeronautic systems. The candidate should also possess excellent educational competences in Engineering curricula. As a successful applicant you will be appointed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering Technology of KU Leuven. The vacant position is located at Bruges Campus and the research activities will be embedded in the co-located Mechatronics Group (M-Group). The M-Group focuses on developing dependable interconnected mechatronics. Members from the M-Group operate in an interdisciplinary environment and conduct research on topics such as safety-critical systems, software testing, renewable energy drone propulsion systems and drone composite structures. The group has access to state-of-the-art infrastructure and a vast network of national and international connections. They are involved in various research projects and collaborate with technology transfer services. The M-Group has invested in two innovation labs at the Bruges Campus and can also utilize the new infrastructure at Droneport West-Flanders for research purposes.As one of the 10 most innovative universities in the world, KU Leuven has been very successful in the creation of spin-off companies, illustrating the socio-economic relevance of its research. Many of these spin-off companies are technology leaders within their domain, and their products and services are renowned internationally.We offer a full-time employment as professor 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 focused on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and strives for international excellence. In this regard, the university actively works together with research partners in Belgium and abroad and provides its students with an academic education that is based on high-quality scientific research. Recently, KU Leuven has been selected as one of the 10 most innovative universities in the world. At the campus you can have the innovation labs at your disposal concerning the Ultimate Factory and the Ultimate machine. To facilitate scientific onboarding and accelerate research in the first phase, a starting grant of 110.000 Euro is offered to new professors without substantial other funding, appointed for at least 50%.You will work and teach at the KU Leuven Bruges Campus, a young and dynamic environment within a historic city with a seaport and modern industrial activities. Bruges has a 70-minute rail connection to Brussels, capital of the European Union, and about three hours to 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. In principle, junior researchers are appointed as assistant professor on the tenure track for a period of 5 years. At the end of this period and a positive evaluation, they are permanently appointed (or tenured) as associate professor.KU Leuven welcomes foreign professors and their family and provides practical support regarding immigration & administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, …