To strengthen and expand the Software Science (SWS) group’s research, we seek a tenure-track assistant professor with experience and interest in model-based techniques for design and analysis of software. You will have the opportunity to develop your own research line in the context of the group’s future activities.

You will be expected to supervise a number of PhD candidates and to teach Bachelor’s degree courses in Computer Science (and, depending on your expertise, in AI), and Master’s degree courses in Software Science. You will also actively contribute to the supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s projects and will be involved in organisational tasks within the institute.

• You are an enthusiastic scientist (PhD) with a broad knowledge of computer science and model-based techniques for design and analysis of software, as evidenced by high-quality publications, invitations to scientific conferences, and/or research grants.
• Your expertise will broaden the group’s current expertise. Example areas include system performance, system evolvability, system architecting, software analysis tools, software analytics, empirical software engineering, correctness/fairness/bias of machine learning applications, cyber-physical systems, and HPC/Exascale computing.
• You have outstanding teaching skills and at least some teaching experience, a clear vision on teaching, and a willingness to teach a broad variety of courses in the Bachelor’s phase, as well as Master’s courses in Software Science relating to your research expertise.
• You are a team player who is eager to collaborate with other scientists and to build bridges between different research areas within and outside SWS and Radboud University, and within and outside academia, at national and international levels.
• You have excellent communication skills towards colleagues, students, and non- experts.
• You are able to contribute to, and preferably have experience in, the application of model-based techniques in industry and society.
• You have the ability to set up an independent line of research and successfully apply for external funding.

Fixed-term contract: the tenure track is six years, with an interim evaluation after three years, in accordance with the guidelines and procedures of the Faculty of Science.

• Employment: 32 - 40 hours per week.
• A maximum gross monthly salary of € 4.978 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 11).
• The exact salary depends on the candidate's qualifications and amount of relevant professional experience.
• In addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• Duration of the contract: the tenure track is six years, with an interim evaluation after three years, in accordance with the guidelines and procedures of the Faculty of Science.
• You will be appointed as Assistant Professor Level 2 and, if successful, you will be offered a permanent position as an Assistant Professor Level 1.
• You will be able to make use of our Dual Career Service: our Dual Career Officer will assist with family-related support, such as child care, and help your partner prepare for the local labour market and with finding an occupation.
• Daycare facilities for children aged 0-4 years are available on campus, next to our science faculty buildings. Parents are entitled to partly paid parental leave and Radboud University employees enjoy flexibility in the way they structure their work;
• This flexibility also extends to the conditions of employment. Some aspects of the conditions of employment can be fine-tuned to the employee’s wishes. Examples are a tax-free reimbursement of bicycle commuting related expenses and membership of a fitness club.
• Are you interested in our excellent employment conditions?

Radboud University has seven faculties, which together cover the full range of academic disciplines. Its teaching and research staff hail from more than fifty countries. With several brand new buildings and state-of-the-art facilities, the leafy modern campus in Nijmegen provides an open and welcoming environment with a personal touch, encouraging the sharing of knowledge among academics, across disciplines, and within and between research institutes. Radboud University firmly believes that a broad perspective is essential for generating new insights and solutions in both science and society.

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Radboud University's iCIS is an internationally recognised institute, consistently ranked among the top Computer Science departments in the Netherlands. The institute focuses its research on three themes: software science, digital security and data science. Each of these themes spans the full breadth from basic fundamental research to application-oriented research. We want to contribute scientifically at the highest levels in our areas of expertise and want to educate our PhD graduates to become independent leading researchers.

iCIS staff members are also responsible for the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Computer Science, the Master’s programme in Information Sciences, and about 30% of the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Artificial Intelligence at Radboud University. Notwithstanding the fast-growing student numbers, these study programmes have consistently been evaluated as very good and excellent (see e.g. Nationale Studenten Enquete, 2018).

The Software Science group of iCIS studies models for the design and analysis of software. Our group has expertise covering a broad range of topics concerning software construction and analysis, for example, foundations of software (type theory, proof assistants, concurrency, co-algebras, and term rewriting), model-based testing and model learning, combining formal verification and machine learning, and functional programming and domain-specific languages. We bridge the gap between theory and practice through collaboration with stakeholders from industry and other application areas.

iCIS comprises an enthusiastic and devoted team of excellent scientists that closely collaborate in a flat organisational structure. Our institute is housed in the modern Mercator building at Radboud University’s green leafy campus. iCIS employees have a high level of freedom to determine the way they structure the work they do at Radboud University. We work on the basis of trust and professional integrity. We focus on the individual, which means that we take each employee's phase in life and career into consideration. Radboud University offers customised facilities to better align work and private life.

The science faculty has made a strong effort in the past few years to increase the diversity of its staff. Furthermore, iCIS has been particularly active and successful in attracting female staff. This has also led to iCIS receiving the 2017 Minerva award for gender and diversity from Informatics Europe.