Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) of Scientific Computing in Computational Engineering

Role and salary

The field of research and teaching of the Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) is Scientific Computing in Computational Engineering. The field of research includes, e.g., scientific computing, large-scale simulation, signal and image processing, time-series analysis, optimization and control, computational inverse problems, and artificial intelligence methodologies. The field of teaching is computational engineering, including both methodological and applied themes related to research.

The duties include conducting, developing and leading research in the field and related national and international education. The position also involves responsibility for scientific postgraduate education in accordance with the job title. The Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) will be responsible for the acquisition of external funding and for international research cooperation and networking in the field. The post also includes societal expert and interaction activities.

The post of Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) will be filled for a fixed four-year term starting on 1 April 2026 (or as agreed). The position is filled for a fixed term due to it being a fixed-term research and teaching position (Tenure Track). A probationary period is applied to all new members of the staff.

The criteria, goals and results to be achieved during the term in order to proceed to the next level of the Tenure Track will be agreed upon in detail with the person appointed as Assistant/Associate Professor when signing the contract of employment. Meeting the criteria specified in the contract is a requirement for proceeding to the next level of the Tenure Track. At the end of the term, the achievements of the person will be evaluated to determine whether they can proceed to the next level of the Tenure Track: from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, or from Associate Professor to Professor.

External expert evaluation will be used in the recruitment. Expert statements are part of the overall evaluation process. Interviews related to the filling of the position will be arranged separately.

The salary of the position is determined in accordance with the salary system for the teaching and research staff of Finnish universities. In the case of an Associate Professor (Tenure Track), the salary is based on level 7 of the job requirement level chart (EUR 4.428,24 /month) of the salary system for the teaching and research staff of Finnish universities and in the case of an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), on level 6 of the job requirement level chart (EUR 3.841,13 /month). In addition to the job-related salary element, the salary is supplemented with a personal salary element, which can be a maximum of 50% of the job-related salary element.

Our requirements and expectations

We expect you to

• hold a suitable doctoral degree
• have good teaching skills
• fulfil the qualification requirements of a Professor by the end of the Tenure Track term. The career stages of the Tenure Track (before a professorship) are Assistant Professor and Associate Professor. Both are fixed-term positions with the term lasting for four (4) years. The evaluation will be launched no later than six months before the end of the term, unless otherwise has been agreed upon with the party concerned. 
• the language of instruction in the post can be English

Teaching skills are evaluated based on the documents submitted by the applicant. The evaluation of teaching skills focuses on your teaching and supervision experience, as well as on your views related to the planning and implementation of teaching, as presented in your teaching portfolio (see the required attachments of the application).

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