Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in THz electronics for Radio-Astronomy

Updated: 10 months ago
Deadline: 11 Jun 2023

We seek an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor to drive the development of future wideband mixers at the Chalmers Group for Advanced Receiver Development (GARD). You will be joining an acknowledged world-class group both in developing THz heterodyne detectors for mm/radio astronomy and delivering full receiver systems containing these detectors to major international radio telescope projects. GARD is currently developing frontier technology which positions it to be a major future contributor to upgrades to ALMA, EHT, future space missions and SKA; giving you the prospect of leading Swedish instrumentation deliveries to these projects. The position offers an outstanding working environment including close access to Chalmers state-of-the-art Nanofabrication Laboratory, workshop facilities and membership of a broad and creative local academic network of applied quantum physics researchers and astronomers. The position comes with allocated funding for the recruitment of a PhD student with the possibility for additional startup funding from Chalmers support programmes.

Contract terms - The position is aimed for Assistant professor or Associate professor level. Associate professor at Chalmers is a tenured and permanent faculty position. The appointment as Assistant professor is a four-year, entry-level, faculty position with tenure track, whereby you will acquire both pedagogical and research qualifications. An Assistant professor is expected to improve their ability to formulate and solve scientific problems, to publish scientific articles, and to develop their skills in teaching and supervision, by means of both practical training and independent study. The aim is to achieve the level of Associate professor within four years and, if successful, you will be offered a permanent faculty position at Chalmers. Regardless of level of the position, as starting package, you will get additional funding for a PhD student for a standard period of 4 years. The level of the position will be decided based on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

Application procedure - Please apply via the indicated URL at the Chalmers University of Technology vacancies webpage. 



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