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Tenure track position in Reliability Engineering in Machine Systems (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor) / Konejärjestelmien luotettavuustekniikan Tenure track -tehtävä (Apulaisprofessori tai Professori)

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Mechanical engineering is a broad and strongly evolving discipline, which is developing solutions for today’s societal challenges. Mechanical engineering has a leading role in the development of more sustainable and smart products and production methods. Mechanical engineering has a significant contribution to new technologies and methodologies in digital transformation of machines and systems.
The Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering Unit at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences conducts research and offers education in Automation Technology, Mechanical Engineering, and Robotics. In Mechanical Engineering, our research focuses on aircraft engineering, product development, machine design, production and manufacturing, mechatronics, and robotics. We have active collaboration with local and international industry and research organizations.

Job description
We are seeking highly motivated and accomplished candidates in the broad area of Reliability Engineering in Machine Systems for conducting high-level scientific and technological research with high societal impact. Your research in this field may focus on, for example,

• improving and developing methods for condition monitoring, diagnostics, and predictive maintenance of multi-technological machine systems, or
• improving and developing methods for modelling, simulation and analysis of reliability and availability of multi-technological machine systems, or
• improving and developing AI-assisted methods for fault and process data analytics of multi-technological machine systems

We are particularly interested in candidates whose application area is in aircraft systems and/or intelligent work machines. However, excellent candidates from other application areas are also welcome to apply.
Whilst you may have background in research or industrial applications, you are expected to develop your own scientific research profile. Similarly, you are expected to develop strong industrial networks to promote the societal impact of your research. Your research should strengthen and be complementary to our present research in The Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering Unit and to address recent and emerging scientific and societal grand challenges such as sustainability in industrial applications.
If successful, you will be placed at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor, based on your experience and expertise. While in the early stages of your career the focus is on research, in time you will be expected to contribute increasingly to teaching, curriculum development, and graduate and post-graduate student supervision.
Requirements
You should have a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering, aircraft engineering, automation technology, or a related field. You should also have experience in scientific or technological research in academia or in practice.
Further requirements for each tenure track level are as follows:
Assistant Professor
We require:

• applicable doctoral degree
• ability to undertake high-level scholarly activity and potential to establish an independent agenda of scholarly activity at international level of excellence
• teaching skills required to successfully perform the duties and functions of the position

Associate Professor
We require:

• applicable doctoral degree
• track record of independent scholarly activity on a high international level
• teaching skills required to successfully perform the duties and functions of the position
• ability to lead a research group and acquire external funding.

Professor
We require:

• applicable doctoral degree
• high-level scholarly or artistic expertise
• experience of leading scientific research activities
• ability to provide high-quality research-based education and instruction
• track record of winning external research funding
• track record of international scholarly activity

Please, read more on our Tenure track career path here.
We offer
Initial appointment as Assistant Professor and as Associate Professor is for five years and, subject to successful performance, you will become a tenured member of faculty in the end of the first five-year period. Full Professors will hold a permanent appointment from the outset. A trial period of six months applies to all our new employees.
You will be supported by a start-up package that will ease your transition to TAU and in setting up your research group. The start-up package will be negotiated on the basis of your individual needs and may contain several elements from our financial instruments.

Salaries are based on the job demands and employees’ personal performance in accordance with the Finnish University Salary System. A typical starting salary for an Assistant Professor is approximately 4400-4900 EUR/month and for an Associate Professor approximately 5100-5500 EUR/month and for a professor approximately 6200-6800 EUR/month. Higher salaries may be negotiated for candidates with exceptional experience and/or performance.
We are inviting you to be a part of a vibrant, active and truly international research community. The multidisciplinary research environment offers opportunities to develop research expertise via collaboration, e.g., with different fields of engineering and natural sciences. We are offering an advanced research infrastructure in many research fields of automation technology and mechanical engineering.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits, such as occupational health care, flexible working hours, excellent sports facilities on campus and several restaurants and cafés on campus with staff discounts. Please read more about working at Tampere University.
The city of Tampere is one of the major academic hubs in the Nordic countries and offers a dynamic living environment. Finland provides one of the most advanced and comprehensive social security systems in the world. It includes for example sickness benefits, various family benefits and a comprehensive healthcare system.
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How to apply
Please submit your application through our online recruitment system (link below). The closing date for applications is 10.10.2024 (at 23.59 EEST, UTC+3).
Please write your application and all accompanying documents in English and attach them in PDF format. Applications should include the following documents:

• A letter of application in which you set out the reasons why you are applying for the position and why you are particularly suited to it.
• Curriculum Vitae according to TENK guidelines
• List of publications according to Research Council of Finland. Please indicate your ten most important publications.
• A research plan (max. 5 pages), outlining your proposed research
• Teaching portfolio prepared according to TAU Guideline on the teaching portfolio
• The names, positions and contact details of two referees who can support your application. (Recommendation letters etc. are not asked at this point)

Candidates may be invited for a video interview during the first stage of the recruitment process. The most qualified candidates will be invited to Tampere University for an interview and may undergo an aptitude assessment. They will also undergo a review by external experts and may be required to give a demonstration of their teaching skills.
For more information, please contact:
Dean of the Faculty Martti Kauranen, martti.kauranen(at)tuni.fi
Prof. Matti Vilkko, matti.vilkko(at)tuni.fi

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Tehtävänkuvaus
Konejärjestelmien luotettavuustekniikan tenure track -tehtävän tavoitteena on koneiden luotettavuuden analysointiin ja ennakointiin liittyvien menetelminen parantaminen ja kehittäminen tutkimuksen ja opetuksen keinoin. Tehtävään liittyvä tutkimus voi painottua esimerkiksi konejärjestelmien kunnonvalvontaan, diagnostiikkaan ja ennakoivaan huoltoon, luotettavuuden ja käytettävyyden mallintamis-, simulointi- ja analysointimenetelmiin tai tekoäly-avusteiseen vika- ja prosessidatan analysointiin. Tehtävän ensisijaiset sovellutusalat ovat lentokonetekniikka tai älykkäät työkoneet, mutta myös muut sovellutusala-painotukset ovat mahdollisia. Tehtävän tavoite on vahvistaa automaatio- ja konetekniikan yksikön tutkimusta ja opetusta.

Edellytykset:
Apulaisprofessori (Assistant Professor)
Edellytämme:

• soveltuvaa tohtorin tutkintoa
• kykyä korkeatasoiseen tieteelliseen työhön ja potentiaalia luoda itsenäinen, kansainvälisesti korkeatasoinen tieteellinen profiili
• tehtävässä vaadittavaa opetustaitoa

Apulaisprofessori (Associate Professor)
Edellytämme:

• soveltuvaa tohtorin tutkintoa
• näyttöjä itsenäisestä tieteellisestä tutkimustyöstä
• tehtävässä vaadittavaa opetustaitoa
• kykyä johtaa tutkimusryhmää ja hankkia täydentävää rahoitusta
• näyttöjä kansainvälisestä tieteellisestä tai taiteellisesta toiminnasta

Professori
Edellytämme:

• soveltuvaa tohtorin tutkintoa
• korkeaa kansainvälisen tason tieteellistä tai taiteellista pätevyyttä
• kokemusta tieteellisen tutkimuksen tai taiteellisen toiminnan johtamisesta
• kykyä antaa korkeatasoista tutkimukseen perustuvaa opetusta ja ohjausta
• näyttöjä täydentävän tutkimusrahoituksen hankkimisesta
• näyttöjä kansainvälisestä tieteellisestä tai taiteellisesta toiminnasta

Hakuohjeet
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Hakuaika tehtävään päättyy 10.10.2024 klo 23.59.

Application period starts: 2024-08-30 15:45Application period ends: 2024-10-10 23:59