Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

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Lund University, Faculty of Engineering, Electrical & Information Technology

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 46 000 students and 8 500 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

Department of Electrical and Information Technology (EIT), Faculty of Engineering, Lund University is recruiting an Assistant Professor.

Description of the workplace

The employment is within the Divison of Integrated Electrocnis Systems (IES) in the Department of Electrical and Information Technology (EIT). IES has for a long time conducted high-quality research and teaching activites within integrated circuits (ICs) and systems. The research activities include - but are not restricted to - wireless communication, signal sensing, energy-efficient computing systems, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML), which has resulted in many collaborations with industry and other research institutes. Most of our research projects are industry-oriented and applied, and our graduate students are a sought after resource in the academic as well as industrial sectors.

The employment subject area is connected to the strategic research area within IT and mobile communication, ELLIIT (elliit.se). ELLIIT in Lund is a part of the profile area Pillars of AI and Digitalisation and the position is in line with the overall research strategy at LTH. The department hosts three competence Centers related to circuit design and wireless systems: ClassIC, Nextg2Com, ACT, providing a dynamic and collaborative research environment.

Computing systems and ICs are the backbone for the sustainable digitalisation of industry and society. Future wireless systems and AI/ML applications place stregent requirements in terms of performance, energy-efficiency, flexibility, and scalability. Energy- and performance-optimized digital circuits and systems are indispensable to meet the high demands from the system level. Therefore, EIT intends to hire an assistant professor specialized in digital IC and systems design for, but not limited to, the aforementioned applications.

Subject

Electrical Engineering foremost in Digital integrated circuits and systems.

Subject description

This employment has a special focus on domain-specific processor, accelerator, multi-chip/chiplet architectures, advanced very-large scale integration (VLSI) circuits and systems, and/or digital IC implementation. The subject also includes cross-layer optimization with system and circuit codesign to achieve overall balanced trade-offs between, for instance, system performance and energy efficiency.

Work duties

Employment as an assistant professor is a tenure track position, which aims for the holder to develop their independence as a researcher and educator. The work duties mainly involve research and teaching. The position includes the opportunity to undertake five weeks of training in teaching and learning in higher education.

Work duties include:

• Research within the subject area
• Teaching in the first, second and third cycles of studies
• Supervision of degree projects and doctoral students
• Actively seeking external research funding
• Collaboration with industry and wider society
• Administration related to the work duties listed above

Qualification requirements

Qualification requirements for employment as an assistant professor are fulfilled by someone who has been awarded a doctorate or has the corresponding research competence.

Primary consideration should be given to someone who has been awarded a doctorate or achieved the equivalent competence within seven years of the deadline for application for employment as an assistant professor. However, someone who has been awarded a doctorate or achieved the equivalent expertise at an earlier date may also be considered if there are special grounds. Special grounds are sick leave, parental leave or other similar circumstances.

Assessment criteria

For appointment to assistant professor, the following shall form the assessment criteria:

• A good ability to develop and carry out high quality research
• Teaching ability

Additional requirements

• Very good oral and written proficiency in English
• The duties require you to comply with US export restrictions (EAR)
• Collaborative skills, initiative and the ability to solve work tasks independently, as well as a demonstrated interest in leadership

Other qualifications

• Documented experience of national/international research projects
• Documented experience of teaching at academic level
• Documented experience of supervision of students at different levels

The extent to which the applicant, through their experience and skills, may complement and strengthen ongoing research, undergraduate education, departmental innovation, and how they can contribute to the future development of the department will also be taken into consideration.

Terms of employment

This is a full-time, fixed-term employment of 6 years. The employment is regulated in accordance with Chapter 4 Section 12a§ HEA. The purpose of the appointment is for the teacher to be given the opportunity to develop research autonomy and acquire the scholarly and teaching qualifications required for eligibility for appointment as a senior lecturer.

We offer

Lund University is a public authority which means that employees get particular benefits, generous annual leave and an advantageous occupational pension scheme.

Read more on the University website about being a Lund University employee.

Instructions on how to apply

Applications shall be written in English. Please draw up the application in accordance with LTH’s Academic qualifications portfolio – see link below. Upload the application as PDF-files in the recruitment system.

http://www.lth.se/english/working-at-lth/to-apply-for-academic-positions-at-lth/

Promotion to Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering foremost in Digital Integrated Circuits and Systems

During the period of employment, an assistant professor can apply for promotion to a permanent position as Senior Lecturer if he or she has the required qualifications listed below, and is deemed suitable. An assistant professor can only apply for promotion once.

Qualification requirements (Senior Lecturer)

Appointment to senior lecturer requires that the applicant has:

• A PhD or corresponding research competence or professional expertise considered important with regard to the subject matter of the post and the work duties it will involve
• Demonstrated teaching expertise
• Completed five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning, or acquired equivalent knowledge by other means

Assessment criteria (Senior Lecturer)

• A good national and international standing as a researcher
• Good teaching ability, including a good ability to conduct, develop and lead teaching and other educational activities on different levels and using a variety of teaching methods
• An ability to supervise doctoral students to achieve a PhD
• An ability to collaborate with wider society and communicate his or her activities
• A general ability to lead and develop activities

Additional requirements

• Good ability to collaborate, independence and drive
• Progression in research and teaching expertise

About the Faculty

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Job details

Type of employment: Temporary position
Contract type: Full time
First day of employment: As soon as possible
Salary: Monthly
Number of positions: 1
Full-time equivalent: 100 %
City: Lund
County: Skåne län
Country: Sweden
Reference number: PA2026/1227
Published: 21 May 2026
Last application date: 09 August 2026

Contact

Per Andersson, per.andersson@eit.lth.se
Liang Liu, liang.liu@eit.lth.se

Union representatives

• SACO: Saco-s-rådet vid Lunds universitet, 046-2229364, kansli@saco-s.lu.se
• OFR/ST: Fackförbundet ST:s kansli, 046-2229362, st@st.lu.se

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