SCIENTIFIC ENVIRONMENT

The professorship will be assigned to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the TUM School of Engineering and Design. An affiliation to the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence as well as to the TUM School of Medicine and Health is intended.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for candidates who have demonstrated excellent achievements in research and teaching in an internationally recognized scientific environment, relative to the relevant career level (please see www.tum.de/en/faculty-recruiting-faq/ for further information).
A university degree and an outstanding doctoral degree or equivalent scientific qualification, as well as pedagogical aptitude, are prerequisites. Substantial research experience abroad is expected.
Our Offer
Based on the best international standards and transparent performance criteria, TUM offers a merit-based academic career path for tenure track faculty from Assistant Professor through a permanent position as Associate Professor, and on to Full Professor. The regulations of the TUM Faculty Recruitment and Career System apply.
TUM provides excellent working conditions in a lively scientific community, embedded in the vibrant research environment of the Greater Munich Area. The TUM environment is multicultural, with English serving as a common interface for scientific interaction.
TUM offers attractive and performance-based salary conditions and social benefits.
The TUM Munich Dual Career Office (MDCO) provides tailored career consulting to the partners of newly appointed professors. The MDCO assists the relocation and integration of new professors, their partners and accompanying family members.

The responsibilities include research and teaching as well as the promotion of early-career scientists. We seek to appoint an expert in the research area of Biomechanical Engineering with a focus on at least two of the following research fields: Sports Technology and Wellness, Sports Equipment Engineering, Human Factors Engineering, Rehabilitation Engineering, Robotics.
Teaching responsibilities include courses in the university’s bachelor and master programs, explicitly in the newly established M.Sc. program Human Factors Engineering.