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The University of Kassel is a modern and growing University with round about 22.000 students. The university’s wide range of expertise covers subjects in the natural, applied, cultural and social sciences.

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is seeking a highly qualified individual as of 01.04.2026 for the following position:

We are looking for a scientifically outstanding person to represent the subject of ‘Dependable Computer Systems’ in research and teaching and to complement the existing expertise in the faculty with the topic of computer architecture and functional safety as an interface between computer science and electrical engineering.

International visibility in one or more of the following subfields is required, as evidenced by published relevant work in high-impact journals, among others:

• Safety-oriented design of computer architectures,
• Functional safety in hardware architectures,
• Safety modelling in distributed systems,
• Mechanisms of hardware fault tolerance,
• Risk analysis for safety-orientated computer systems.

Experience in cooperative research and the acquisition of third-party funding from industry and public funding bodies are expected.

The professorship is involved in the teaching of compulsory and elective courses for the B.Sc. degree programmes in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, in particular with the basic lecture on computer architecture. In addition, the professorship is involved to an appropriate extent in international Master's degree programmes as well as in the teaching and further development of the ‘Functional Safety Engineering’ (FUSE) degree programme. Previous experience in the management of a degree programme is desirable. Pedagogical aptitude is a prerequisite. Responsibilities include teaching in German and English as well as participation in academic self-administration.

Special notes:

The faculty aims to increase the proportion of female professors and strongly encourages female academics to apply.

The prerequisites for employment and performance requirements are determined by §§ 67, 68 of the Higher Education Act of the Federal State of Hesse (HessHG). In particular, the qualification is proven by a habilitation or habilitation-equivalent additional academic achievements.

When applying, please submit a CV, certificates, diplomas, a list of academic work, three selected publications, a research and teaching concept (maximum three pages each) and a list of previous courses as well as any teaching evaluations and further training in higher education didactics.

If you have any questions, please contact Prof Dr Axel Bangert at bangert(at)uni-kassel.de, Tel. +49 561 804-6366.

In the event of any differences between the German and English versions of this call for application, the German wording is legally binding.

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