Do you want to work in our programming languages and compiler group, to help create next generation programming languages? Then apply to be an Assistant or Associate Professor of Software Technology. The Software Science department is looking for a new colleague with a keen interest in system software at the software/hardware interface, and a desire to transfer academic results to industry/society.

The SWS department seeks to strengthen and expand its research and is therefore looking for a new colleague with a keen interest in system software at the software/hardware interface and a desire to produce academic results that are beneficial to industry/society. Depending on your qualifications, you will either be appointed at tenure-track assistant professor level or at associate professor level. You will be expected 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 and Master's courses in Computer Science, such as New Devices Lab and Compiler Construction. You will also actively contribute to the supervision of Bachelor's and Master's projects and be involved in organisational tasks within the institute. All teaching is done in English.

• You should hold a PhD and be an enthusiastic scientist with a broad knowledge of software technology, as evidenced by publications and research grants.
• Your expertise in software technology should strengthen the group's research, with a focus on system software and the drive to produce academic results that are beneficial to industry/society. Example areas include programming languages, compiler technology, code generation, system performance, system architecture, software analysis tools, testing, correctness, software hardware codesign, systems of systems, cyber-physical systems, IoT, networks, HPC/Exascale computing, and low carbon computing. There is a clear potential for collaboration with the current group.
• You are an enthusiastic teacher with didactic skills and teaching experience, and you enjoy interacting with students.
• You are able to help the department by contributing to organisational and managerial activities related to the research and education programme of our department.
• You are a team player who is eager to collaborate with other scientists and to build bridges between different disciplines within and outside SWS/iCIS, nationally and internationally, and within and outside of academia.
• You have a strong interest in, and preferably also experience with, collaborating with stakeholders from industry and society. You also have excellent communication skills towards colleagues, students and non-experts.
• You are able to set up your own research line and successfully apply for external funding.

Fixed-term contract: You will be appointed for an initial period of 18 months. Upon a positive performance evaluation at the end of this period, the contract may be converted into a permanent one.

• It concerns an employment for 0.8 - 1.0 FTE.
• Depending on your scientific track record and experience you will be appointed as an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, potentially with career track criteria for future promotion.
• For an Assistant Professor the gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of €3,974 and a maximum of €6,181 based on a 38-hour working week, depending on previous education and number of years of relevant work experience (salary scale 11 or 12).
• For an Associate Professor the gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of €5,506 and a maximum of €7,362 based on a 38-hour working week, depending on previous education and number of years of relevant work experience (salary scale 13 or 14).
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• You will be appointed for an initial period of 18 months. Upon a positive performance evaluation at the end of this period, the contract may be converted into a permanent one.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 29 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions. You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

The position is available in the Software Science (SWS) group of the Institute for Computing and Information Sciences (iCIS) at Radboud University. The mission of the SWS group is to do world-leading research on the use of models for design and analysis of software. The group is well known for work on high productivity software, functional programming, code generation for High-Performance Computing, array computing, model-based software engineering, model learning, model-based testing, model checking, combining formal verification and machine learning, proof assistants, and mathematical foundations. We find it important (and inspiring!) to cover the full spectrum from theory to applications in a single research group. Through collaboration with stakeholders from industry and society, we obtain a better understanding of when and how software science can help solve real-world problems. We have joint projects with, for instance, Canon Production Printing, ASML, Alfa Laval, Philips Healthcare, Google, Intel, Defensieacademie (NLDA), and our spin-off TOP Software Technology.

Radboud University's iCIS is an internationally recognised institute, consistently ranked among the top Computer Science departments in the Netherlands. iCIS comprises an enthusiastic and devoted team of excellent scholars that closely collaborate in a flat organisational structure. The Institute focuses its research on three themes: data science, digital security and software science. Each of these themes spans the full breadth from basic fundamental research to application-oriented research. Our long-term drive is to contribute to both science and society. iCIS staff members are also responsible for the Computer Science Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes, the Information Science Master’s programme, and for about 30% of the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Artificial Intelligence at Radboud University. In spite of the fast-growing student numbers, these programmes are structurally evaluated as one of the best. For example, the Computer Science programme was rated best in its field in Keuzegids 2021. iCIS employees have a high level of freedom to determine the way they structure the work they carry out at Radboud University. The Institute has made a strong effort in the past few years to increase the diversity of its staff. Presently, more than half of our scientific staff has an international background.



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