Associate Professor in Computer and Network Systems

We have openings for a permanent position at a vibrant, international and outward-looking work environment, in the lively city of Gothenburg on the west-coast of Sweden. We offer you rewarding tasks and the freedom for you to develop your research and teaching excellence in your goal towards making a real difference.

Information about the department and the research
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is a joint department at both Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg. Around 90 faculty members and 120 PhD students, hailing from around 40 different countries, are engaged in research and education across the full spectrum of computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, and interaction design, from foundations to applications. The department is organized into four academic divisions:
• Computer and Network Systems
• Computing Science
• Data Science and AI
• Interaction Design and Software Engineering.

The Division of Computer and Network Systems is recruiting an Associate Professor. The Division has strong research and teaching activities within the areas of Computer architecture, Computer graphics, Dependable systems, Distributed and parallel systems, Integrated circuits and VLSI, and Networking systems. The position is open to qualified applicants with research and teaching excellence in any of these areas but with a priority to candidates in the areas of Integrated circuits, System and network security, and Dependability.

Major responsibilities
The successful candidate will foster both independent and collaborative research in their chosen field, teach general and specialist courses at both bachelor’s and master’s level, attract research funding, supervise students at all academic levels, cooperate in exchange of knowledge and communication with external partners, and support our internal development work at the department.

Contract terms
Full-time permanent employment.

Your profile
You have a doctoral degree in Computer science or Computer engineering, or a related field, and a well-documented record of research in the area, including experience in conducting and leading research as member of a group. You have a strong documented experience in relevant teaching and have expertise according to the recommendations of the Association of Swedish Higher Education.

The position requires that you have sound verbal and written communication skills in English.

For a complete description of the qualifications and duties for the position of Associate Professor at Chalmers, please consult our Appointment regulations, section 6.3.

A clearly presented pedagogical portfolio will be an important part of your application.

Applicants who currently do not formally meet the pedagogical course requirements may be employed for a permanent position under the condition that the required pedagogical training is completed within the first two years of employment.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20230015 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as PDF-files, as below. Maximum size for each file is 40 MB. Please note that the system does not support Zip files.

Personal letter: (Please name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, Ref. number)
One page where you:
•  Introduce yourself
•  Describe your motivation for applying to this position and what attracts you about Chalmers
•  Describe how you support your colleagues and bring about a good working environment.
•  Include names and full contact information of two references that we can contact.

CV: (Please name the document as: CV, Family name, Ref. number)
• Your CV (guidelines that include Chalmers expectations of the content of your CV are found here).
• Include a list of publications (please also see the CV guidelines).

Research statement: (Please name the document as: Research statement, Family name, Ref. number)
One to three pages where you:
• Describe your previous research areas and main research results
• State your future research goals and focus.

Pedagogical qualifications: (Please name the document as: Pedagogical portfolio, Family name, Ref number)
• Please compile a pedagogical portfolio to describe your pedagogical and educational qualifications using the format specified in the Pedagogical Portfolio instructions.
• Teaching faculty at Chalmers are required to have education in higher education pedagogics in accordance with SUHF’s current recommendations. A description of how you meet these requirements needs to be presented in a separate dedicated document, “Pedagogical training qualifications”, or as part of the Pedagogical portfolio. Please follow the instructions in Pedagogical qualifications and SUHF requirements.
• Please append certificates for completed courses in pedagogical training and any other documents described in the portfolio instructions.

Other documents:
• Documents verifying awards and recognitions stated in your CV, and other documents relevant to support your application.
• Copies of a maximum of five relevant publications that cannot be accessed via your ORCID, Scopus ID or ResearcherID.

Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. 

Application deadline: March 12, 2023 

For questions, please contact:
Head of Department, Richard Torkar
Email: Richard.Torkar@cse.gu.se

Vice Head of Department, David Sands
Email: dave@chalmers.se