Updates:

• 2024-06-11: Updated the salary rates (the salaries have increased by 5% recently) and added a link to a tax calculator.

• 2024-04-04: Associate/Assistant Professor Positions in Cyber-Physical Systems and the Computing Continuum - DTU Compute (Open Topics).

• 2024-04-04: Two postdoc positions in Cyber-Physical Systems (Open Topics). These positions are intended to create an internal pipeline for tenure-track assistant professors in our research section.

• 2023-11-28: updated this website with the new full professorship position, our hiring plans and information about ESE, DTU Compute and DTU.

• 2023-11-27: Full professor job ad out (Computer Engineering and Hardware Design), deadline 2024-01-14.

• 2023-08-11: The job ad for 1-2 assistant/associate professors in Computer Engineering and Hardware Design has closed.

Purpose:

• The Embedded Systems Engineering (ESE) section at DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), will hire 10 faculty positions over the next 5 years.

• This website is intended to inform about our plans and about the openings. See below our plans, and information about ESE, DTU Compute, DTU and working in Denmark.

Contact us and sign up for updates:

• Please contact Prof. Paul Pop, head of section for ESE for more information. Email: paupo@dtu.dk

• If you want to be notified when another position opens, you can sign up with your email here.

Plans:

• The plan is to hire 10 faculty positions over the next 5 years. When hiring, the goal will be to balance the research topics within ESE, such that no area becomes too large or too unrepresented, see the presentation of the ESE section. We cover the full computing continuum, device-edge-HPC, and the full platform stack, including methods and tools.

• We would like to strengthen our research on Dependable Edge Computing (including hardware architectures and networking) and on Edge AI.

• We would like to expand into new research directions, such as (but not limited to): Green computing (e.g., novel architectures for AI), Digital technologies for sustainability, Lab-in-a-Cloud (considering also biochips) to support life sciences in Denmark, Tools, sofware and programming for Quantum Computing (considering also the link to HPC, High-Performance Computing).

• 2023: We have opened 3 positions (full professor, associate professor, assistant professor) for stregnthening our Computer Engineering research and teaching. We're especially looking for people that have experience in IC design. Reason: DTU has approved a new B.Sc. in Computer Engineering and a couple of our colleagues working in the area have retired.

• 2024: We open 1-2 assistant/associate professor positions, open topics. We will hire the best candidates, with the aim to balance the topics in ESE and expand in new areas.

• 2025: We will open one faculty position per year starting from 2025.

Embedded Systems Engineering Section (ESE):

• ESE is one of the 10 sections at the DTU Compute department.

• The section of Embedded Systems Engineering (ESE) is one of the 10 research sections of DTU Compute. Our mission is to create the insights that enable new design technologies (models, methods, and tools) and computing platforms to facilitate the development of context-aware, distributed, and embedded cyber-physical systems, and to demonstrate their effectiveness, efficiency, and quality through building prototype implementations for real problems. 

• We conduct research in a broad range of topics central for the development of high-tech distributed and embedded systems, targeting the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and computing continuum eras. Our focus is on systems where close interactions between hardware and software components as well as between the system and its environment, including humans, are necessary, and where trade-offs between competing requirements have to be addressed. 

• Please see the presentation below for more details and visit ESE web pages.

Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (DTU Compute):

• DTU Compute is an internationally unique academic environment spanning the science disciplines mathematics, statistics, computer science, and engineering. We are focused on the theoretical and methodological frameworks needed to establish and exploit mathematical models of the physical and virtual worlds, and to understand their properties as a prerequisite to design, analyse, implement, and deploy complex engineered systems. 

• We are conducting fundamental research in mathematical, data science, computer engineering and computer science methods and models including their design, use, implementation, application, properties, and limitations. 

• Please see the presentation below for more details and visit DTU Compute web pages.

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is recognised internationally as a leading university in the technical and natural sciences. We are renowned for our business-oriented approach, our focus on sustainability, and our amazing study environment. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and solve the global challenges outlined in the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. DTU is a technical university providing world-leading research, education, innovation, and scientific advice. Our staff of 6,000 advance science and technology to create innovative solutions that meet the demands of society, and our 11,200 students are being educated to address the technological challenges of the future. DTU is an independent academic university collaborating globally with business, industry, government, and public authorities.

Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear vision to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That vision lives on today, and DTU is one of the foremost technical universities in Europe, ranked number one in the Nordic Region (World University Research Rankings) and 103rd globally (QS World University rankings 2021). 

The main campus is in Kongens Lyngby, north of Copenhagen, and there are campuses in Roskilde, Ballerup and Sisimiut in Greenland. The university has 2,200 researchers and 1,300 PhD fellows based across 22 departments and centres, promoting world-leading fields of research with strong relevance to society, business, and sustainability. Having an international focus is of vital importance to DTU. The university has close to 1,000 international students on its MSc Eng programmes, half of the PhD students are recruited from abroad, and more than one-third of scientific staff are highly qualified researchers of international backgrounds. In addition, the extent and intensity of the collaborations with other leading technical universities around the world continues to grow. 

DTU has international educational exchange programmes with over 200 universities around the globe and enjoys close research collaborations with partners, in addition to building research and educational programmes with the Nordic Five Tech Alliance, the Euro Tech Universities Alliance, KAIST in South Korea, the Sino-Danish Center in Beijing, and Nanyang in Singapore.

• Please see the presentation below for more details and visit DTU's web pages.

• Please visit this DTU page for key figures about DTU and DTU's strategy.

• Please visit  this page for information on working at DTU.

Salary levels and taxation:

• DTU uses a fixed salary scale with the following ranges (monthly salary before tax, excluding pension contribution, which is about 17% of the gross salary added on top of this), see also the taxation information below. The salary depends on your CV and role and it is negotiated with the head of department, HR and the union representative. Update 2024: the salaries at DTU have been increased with 5% due to inflation.

  • Assistant professor: 38,337.64 DKK to 41,235.63 DKK;

  • Associate professor: 42,393.09 DKK to 55,917.06 DKK;

  • Full professor: 56,220.47 DKK to 74,585.73 DKK.

• Special Tax Implications: As an international faculty recruited from abroad you will be eligible for reduced (researcher) taxation. DTU will apply for coverage by the researcher tax scheme on your behalf. Researcher taxation is set for a maximum period of 7 years, regardless of whether you are employed full time or part-time. Researcher taxation entails an 8% labour market tax and a subsequent flat-rate tax rate of 27%, equating to a total tax rate of 32.84%. You can use this tax calculator to check the tax rate after this special "researcher tax rate" expires.

Danish research environment

Denmark is a hub of research excellence. The country is among the best in the world in terms of its high academic impact, the number of students who go on to undertake a PhD, the monetary investments in research and development, and its success in attaining research funding/grants. The country has excellent funding opportunities from both public and private sources and compared to the size of the country, these opportunities are among the most plentiful globally. 

A recent report from the Danish Ministry of Research, compiled from statistics from the OECD, has identified the following successes in Danish research. Compared against other members of the OECD, Denmark ranks: 

• 1st for the share of publications co-authored with business partners;

• 1st for public R+D spending relative to GDP and within the top 10 for private R+D spending; 

• 2nd for the top 10% of most cited scientific publications;

• 2nd for EU funding per capita; 

• 4th for citations per publication;

• top 5 for PhD degrees per million capita;

• top 5 for field-weighted academic impact across science, technology, health, agricultural and veterinary sciences, community knowledge, and humanities;  

• top 10 for international co-publications (almost 60% of all Danish scientific publications are international co-publications);

• among the top EU countries for successfully receiving the most funding from the EU framework programme Horizon 2020, measured per capita.

Copenhagen has placed 1st in the top 10 European Regions for the Future by 2018/2019 FDI Intelligence, the largest FDI centre of excellence globally.

Danish companies in the ICT industry (IT, Electronics, and Telecommunications) produced in 2021 a turnover of €44B, an export of €13.6B and a record of 122,000 employed in Denmark. Many of the classical industrial companies are increasingly creating added value by making their products smart and interconnected or even fully digital. Having a healthy and expanding industry is clearly an opportunity, however, it also presents some challenges: attracting young talent for research, and industrial focus on surviving the needed digital transformation. We have created a new Computer Engineering bachelor to support Copenhagen-area companies, which hire about 20 new IC design engineers per year.

For more information on Denmark’s outstanding investment in research and development, please visit the Ministry of Higher Education and Science and OECD Research and Development Statistics.

Living in Copenhagen, Denmark

• Living in One of the Most Livable Cities: Copenhagen is a green city surrounded by water and parks. It is famous for its dedicated bike culture, but the city also has a very well-developed public transportation system. It is easy to get around in the city by bike, train, or subway. Additionally, Copenhagen Airport is a gateway to Europe, so you can easily explore the rest of Europe during weekends and holidays.

• An International Working Place: DTU is a multicultural research environment. It aims to recruit highly qualified global talent, and in most parts of the university, you will work with international colleagues from many different countries and backgrounds.

• Informal Working Atmosphere: The working atmosphere is characterised by being free and informal. There is an open dialogue based on the interaction between team members and team leaders, and the work culture strongly encourages creativity and independent decision-making.

• Focus on Family Life: Denmark is an appealing country for families. It has an excellent education system with public and private schools, attractive holiday schemes and low crime rates. All families in Denmark are offered public childcare and can choose between free state schools or private schools.

• Work-Life Balance:  DTU respects the family life of its employees and believes that there should be a balance between family and friends, alongside having a career at the university. According to OECD's Better Life Index (2017), Denmark ranks 2nd in terms of work-life balance.

• A City Filled with Activities: Copenhagen is a vibrant city with a wide range of culture and leisure activities, with clubs, sports facilities, and a wide range of associations. The work-life balance ensures that staff have enough time on weekends and holidays to refresh and come back to the workplace full of new energy.

• Please visit these links for more information: 

  • Moving to Denmark

  • DTU's Welcome Guide (DTU offers a discussion with a "Global mobility specialist" before moving to Denmark.)

  • Working in Denmark