Tenure Track Position as Associate Senior Lecturer in Automatic Control - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Information Technology has a leading position in research and all levels of higher education. Today the department has 280 employees, including 120 academic staff and 110 full-time PhD students. More than 4000 students take one or several courses offered by the Department each year and around 30 research groups conduct their activities within it.

Description of Subject Area: Automatic control is a multi-faceted research area that comprises design and analysis of algorithms to control a system so that desired performance is guaranteed. Automatic control includes techniques for system analysis, simulation and system identification, and as well overlaps with machine learning and sensor fusion. Automatic control enjoys a wide range of applications in industrial automation, but also in medicine and the natural sciences.

Duties: The position includes teaching, research and administration. Teaching duties include course responsibility, course administration and supervision of second- and third-cycle students. The holder shall also keep abreast of developments within the subject area and the developments in wider community that are significant for the work at the university. A position as associate senior lecturer is intended to qualify the holder for a teaching position with higher qualification requirements.

Appointment Period: The position can be held for a maximum of four years. An associate senior lecturer can apply for promotion to senior lecturer. If the associate senior lecturer is deemed suitable and fulfills the criteria for promotion established by the Faculty Board he/she shall be promoted to and employed as senior lecturer.

Qualifications Required: According to the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance those qualified for appointment as associate senior lecturer are persons who have obtained a doctoral degree or achieved the equivalent competence.  Applicants who have obtained a doctoral degree or achieved the equivalent competence in seven years or less prior to the end of the application period will be given priority. 

According to Uppsala University´s appointments regulations, teaching expertise is an eligibility requirement for appointment as an associate senior lecturer. To obtain teaching expertise, the applicant should have participated in teacher training for higher education of relevance to operations at the University, comprising at least five weeks, or be considered to have acquired the equivalent competence. If it has not been possible to acquire this qualification prior to employment, qualifying training for teachers in higher education shall be completed during the first two years of employment. 

A general eligibility requirement is that the applicant must possess the personal capabilities necessary to carry out fully the duties of the appointment. 

Documented ability to teach in Swedish and/or English is a requirement unless special reasons prevail. The holder is expected to be able to teach in Swedish within two years.

Assessment Criteria/Ranking

Research Expertise and Teaching Expertise: The ranking of eligible applicants will be based primarily on research and teaching expertise, which will be given equal weight. Research expertise comprises research merits as well as the applicant´s potential to contribute to the future development of both research and teaching. In assessing research expertise special weight will be attached to research merits in automatic control and dynamical systems. As much attention shall be given to the assessment of teaching expertise as to the assessment of research expertise. Teaching expertise comprises educational and teaching qualifications. In assessing teaching expertise teaching quality must be the prime consideration. The scope of teaching experience, in terms of both breadth and depth, must also be afforded consideration. In assessing teaching expertise special weight will be attached to merits in Automatic Control and dynamical systems.

Other Expertise: The ability and desire to develop new undergraduate and graduate courses is important for the employment. 

All merits must be documented in a manner that makes it possible to assess both quality and scope. 

In filling this position the University aims to appoint the applicant who, following a qualitative holistic assessment of her/his competence and expertise, is judged to have the best potential to carry out and develop the relevant duties and to help advance operations. 

In an overall assessment of the applicant’s qualifications, parental leave, part-time work relating to care of children, union assignments, military service, or the like are to be regarded as work experience. 

Uppsala University aims for gender balance and diversity in all activities in order to achieve a higher quality at all levels of the organization. We therefore welcome applicants of any gender and with different birth background, functionality and life experience. Uppsala University strives for a more even gender balance in its research and teaching staff. Since most teachers of the Faculty are men, women are especially invited to apply for this position.

Salary: Individually negotiated salary.
 
Starting date: As soon as possible or as otherwise agreed.

Type of position: Temporary position four years.

For further information about the position please contact Bengt Carlsson, tel +46 (0)18-471 3119, bengt.carlsson@it.uu.se.

For further information about Uppsala University appointment regulations see
http://regler.uu.se/document/?contentId=92570&contentId=92570

For further information about Faculty appointment regulations see
http://regler.uu.se/digitalAssets/657/c_657462-l_1-k_guidelines-appointment-promotion-teknat.pdf

Please submit your application by June 5, 2018, UFV-PA 2018/1040.

In the event of any disagreement between the English and the Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.