Tenure track position (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professo

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TENURE TRACK POSITION (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OR PROFESSOR) IN RF & ANTENNA TECHNOLOGY/ TENURE TRACK -TEHTÄVÄ, RF- JA ANTENNITEKNOLOGIA (APULAISPROFESSORI TAI PROFESSORI)

Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences create a unique environment for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and education. Our universities community has its competitive edges in technology, health and society. www.tuni.fi/en

We are seeking a highly motivated and accomplished academic who will be an active and innovative co-builder of the research and teaching in the broad field of RF and antenna technologies. The final profile of the position can be tailored according to your specific expertise and can include, for example, the following themes:

• RF engineering, circuit design, simulations, electromagnetic field propagation and interactions
• Antenna design, modeling, fabrication and measurements, and integration with RF systems

You will be expected to pursue and supervise world-class scientific research in your topic area. Active collaboration with local, national, and global research partners is expected. You will be expected to secure substantial national and international external funding for your research group as well as nurture interactions with relevant stakeholders for societal impact. The successful candidate is also expected to actively participate in teaching and supervision of students. The successful candidate will collaborate with research groups on information searching and information practices, collaborate between units and faculties, and commit to the strategy of the faculty and Tampere University. The specific objectives will be set based on the level and previous experience of the candidate.

SITE DESCRIPTION

The position is placed in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at Tampere University in the Unit of Electrical Engineering (EE). The EE Unit is a hub of expertise with roughly 200 faculty and staff members, of which 15 professors and 7 tenure track professors. We confer about 90-110 master’s degrees and 14-20 doctoral degrees annually. Our teaching and research activities are based on a profound understanding of electrical and electromagnetic phenomena and their modelling and applications. We work in close collaboration with several industrial partners and maintain an active presence in the international scientific community. We also offer an excellent research infrastructure with state-of-the-art laboratories. The new position is located within the Electronics and Embedded Systems and the Communications Engineering and Radio Systems research areas, with excellent direct collaboration opportunities with our existing faculty members.

In relation to this open tenure track position, we have strong research portfolio covering for example

• Printed and other advanced electronics manufacturing technologies
• Microelectronics circuit design
• RF transceiver systems
• Mobile communication technology
• Radar and other radio sensor technology

We host world-class research infrastructures comprising versatile campus-wide 5G, pre-6G and mesh-IoT test networks, as well as state-of-the-art RF measurement laboratories with over-the-air signal generation, transmission and analysis capabilities up to 110 GHz. Additionally, we host a large state-of-the-art anechoic chamber allowing high-performance antenna measurements up to 70 GHz. Furthermore, we host state-of-the-art additive and thin-film fabrication facilities including different 2D and 3D printing and deposition technologies, evaporation, and atomic layer deposition.

REQUIREMENTS

You should have a doctoral degree in the field of Electrical Engineering or a related field and have experience in research in academia in the respective field or fields. You need to be fluent in English in order to succeed in the required tasks. Further requirements for each tenure track level are as follows:

Please refer the Job description for details