The Department of Landscape, Water and Infrastructure, Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering is
currently seeking a

Required skills and qualifications

• Diploma degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Informatics, Earth Sciences or othe

Desirable skills and qualifications

• Doctorate degree / PhD
• Background/interest in geomorphology, gravitational mass flows, earth science
• Good presentation skills, stress resilience, creativity and reliabilit

• Implementation of constitutive flow resistance relations specific for debris-flows
• Developing specific debris-flow modules (options of input hydrograph and erosion)
• Processing and analyzing monitoring data to constrain input parameters
• Close interaction with collaboration partners of the project
• Support of project management
• Writing scientific publications

Required skills and qualifications

• Diploma degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Informatics, Earth Sciences or other

equivalent university degree

• Language skills: English
• Background in hydraulics
• Programming skills (ideally R and Python)
• Open source development / GIT Project experience
• Ability to work in a team and independently
• Motivation and the enthusiasm for scientific work

Desirable skills and qualifications

• Doctorate degree / PhD
• Background/interest in geomorphology, gravitational mass flows, earth science
• Good presentation skills, stress resilience, creativity and reliability

Applications can be submitted until: 21st of February 2025
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna seeks to increase the number of its female
faculty and staff members. Therefore, qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. In case of
equal qualification, female candidates will be given preference unless reasons specific to an
individual male candidate tilt the balance in his favour.
People with disabilities and appropriate qualifications are specifically encouraged to apply.

Please send your job application incl.

• Motivation letter
• CV
• Scan of degrees and certificates
• Send as a single pdf-file (˂ 5 MB)

to E-Mail: ian@boku.ac.at, Reference Code “DebrisFrame”.
We regret that we cannot reimburse applicants travel and lodging expenses incurred as part of the
selection and hiring process.