Engineering and planning team lead Vacatures in Leuven

You have a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, or a similarly qualified degree, and have experience in a research field related to dynamics and acoustics in automotive engineering.

• You have the ambition to contribute to the valorisation of research in industry and society.
• Industrial experience or an extended network in the relevant industrial sector is an important advantage. A strong record with collaborations with industry is a plus.
• You have a strong (applied) research profile. The quality of your research is evidenced by publications in leading international journals, books and proceedings of international conferences. Successful project applications and valorisation in cooperation with industry is a benefit. International experience is an important advantage.
• 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.
• Proficiency in English is required. The official 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 or English, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch, respectively English, to the required standard.

KU Leuven is seeking a full-time professor in the area of Mechanical Engineering and is looking for internationally orientated candidates with an excellent interdisciplinary research record within the field of automotive engineering, with specific focus on vibration and acoustic analysis and control of mechatronic systems, including vehicle and drivetrain dynamics. In addition to a strong research record, the candidate possesses excellent teaching competences relevant to engineering education. The successful candidate will be appointed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering Technology of the Science, Engineering and Technology Group at KU Leuven. The research linked to this vacancy will be located at the De Nayer Campus, where it will be integrated in a broader cross-disciplinary research group on green and smart mobility, encompassing other engineering disciplines in automotive technology supporting future mobility, including vehicle mechanics and design, manufacturing, materials and electronics engineering. Topic-wise, the research activities will also be embedded in the activities of the Mecha(tro)nic System Dynamics (LMSD) research division. The LMSD division aims to create added value during each phase of the life cycle of mechanical and mechatronic systems (design, validation, production, operational phase) by understanding, designing, monitoring and controlling their dynamic (noise, vibration, motion) behaviour. It thereby builds upon solid research infrastructure, an extensive network (national as well as international), and connections with companies and non-profit organisations in Belgium and abroad. The research group and the department are involved in a large number of regional, national and international research projects and are strongly linked to the technology transfer services of the university. This is done in cooperation with Flemish as well as European and worldwide research institutes for technology transfer.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.To facilitate scientific onboarding and accelerate research in the first phase, a research position will be made available equivalent to a PhD scholarship for 4 years. If you have no other substantial funding available to you, you can apply for a start-up grant of EUR 100.000, on the condition that you are appointed for at least 50%.You will work and teach at the KU Leuven De Nayer Campus (close to Mechelen) and (for teaching) Group T Campus (Leuven), two young and dynamic environments with a 45 minutes connection by car or train. Both are also close to Brussels (20 minutes by train), capital of the European Union, and about two 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 is well set to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration & administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, …