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The successful candidate will be employed under a regular employment contract.
The position is to be filled at the earliest possible date and offered for a fixed term of initially 2 years.
The option to extend the contract for additional 3 years is planned.
The fixed-term employment is possible as it constitutes one of the fixed-term options of the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (German Act on Fixed-term Scientific Contracts).
This is a full-time position.
The successful candidate has the opportunity to pursue a doctoral degree in this position.
The salary is based on the German public service salary scale (TV-L).
The position corresponds to a pay grade of EG 13 TV-L.
Unser Profil
The Institute of Automatic Control under the direction of Prof. Heike Vallery is part of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University. The institute is specialized in control and automation engineering and acts as a bridge between theory and various application areas of automation and control engineering. In addition to offering fundamental education in control theory, the institute's research focuses on mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, process engineering, energy engineering, and medical engineering.
For more information please see: www.irt.rwth-aachen.de
Ihr Profil
You have successfully completed a university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, automation engineering or computer science and have the following knowledge and skills:
Ihre Aufgaben
Within the scope of the doctoral position, you will research novel approaches for application-oriented automation and control together with interdisciplinary project partners from research and industry. Your activities will cover a wide range of research questions in the areas of:
You will present the results of your research at international conferences and in leading scientific journals. In addition, you share your knowledge with students in the context of teaching activities.
Über uns
RWTH is a certified family-friendly University. We support our employees in maintaining a good work-life balance with a wide range of health, advising, and prevention services, for example university sports. Employees who are covered by collective bargaining agreements and civil servants have access to an extensive range of further training courses and the opportunity to purchase a job ticket.
RWTH is an equal opportunities employer. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, particularly from groups that are underrepresented at the University. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability or age. RWTH is strongly committed to encouraging women in their careers. Female applicants are given preference if they are equally suitable, competent, and professionally qualified, unless a fellow candidate is favored for a specific reason.
As RWTH is committed to equality of opportunity, we ask you not to include a photo in your application.
You can find information on the personal data we collect from applicants in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at http://www.rwth-aachen.de/dsgvo-information-bewerbung.
Besoldung / Entgelt
EG 13 TV-L