Ausschreibungs-ID: 00826
Application Deadline:
31.08.2026
Salary:
W2
Fixed-term contract:
without
Scope:
100% fulltime
The University of Lübeck stands for excellent research and teaching. We are a modern foundation university with thematically focused degree programs. Under the motto “Focus on Life,” we offer a range of courses in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, and technology, as well as medicine, health sciences, and psychology.
The Institute of Computer Engineering of the University of Luebeck (ITI) is seeking a tenured
W2 Professor for Trustworthy Circuits and Computing Systems
Section MINT
ITI is a leading institute of computer engineering with currently over 50 researchers and PhDs and research groups in hardware and system design, trustworthy electronics, and embedded systems. ITI is involved in Computer Science, AI, Robotics, and IT Security bachelor’s and master’s programs. The institute participates in various national, European, and bipartite-funded cooperative projects with strong ties to the electronics industry.
Your responsibilities:
We are seeking an outstanding candidate who has demonstrated excellence in research in one of the fields of data synthesis or foundation models in medicine and is capable of representing this field in both research and teaching. To this end, the successful candidate must possess a PhD and a track record of outstanding scientific achievements in one of the following areas:
The university seeks an outstanding individual with demonstrated research excellence in trustworthy circuits and computing systems who can represent this field through research and teaching. The ideal candidate should have a proven excellent track record of publications in leading related conferences or journals as well as substantial experience in teaching. The successful candidate will possess scientific achievements in one or more of the following fields:
· Trustworthy Integrated Circuits (IC) from hardware design to actual implementation.
· Trusted computing architectures and platforms: root-of-trust, secure system-on-chip design, RISC-V based Secure processor extensions and systems.
· EDA tools for reliability and security evaluation spanning all layers from the Electronic System Level down to the gate-level phases.
· Machine learning across the hardware life cycle, covering design-time verification and runtime monitoring, threat detection, and adaptive countermeasures
The establishment of a dedicated research group at the Institute of Computer Engineering is expected. The successful candidate should have a proven track record of securing competitive third-party funding and, ideally, leading, managing, and coordinating such efforts. Furthermore, active participation in the university’s profile areas with a focus on the faculty’s and institute's research priorities is expected. Collaboration within the AnoMed competence cluster on anonymization in medical applications as well as with the Scientific Computing Center is strongly encouraged, e.g., via corresponding funding applications.
Teaching responsibilities include participation in the university’s bachelor’s and master's degrees and other STEM programs. A willingness to contribute to the further development of the program curriculum is expected. Candidates are expected to provide evidence of didactic aptitude and a substantial record of independent university teaching.
The university is committed to increasing the proportion of female professors and therefore strongly encourages qualified women to apply. The university is furthermore committed to employing people with disabilities.
We explicitly welcome applications from people with a migration background. As part of the process, you may be asked to complete an online assessment to evaluate your leadership skills.
We explicitly request that you refrain from submitting photographs/application photos.
For questions regarding the organizational process, please contact the Office of Central Committees and Appointment Law at the University of Lübeck at petra.niehoff@uni-luebeck.de.
Questions regarding the content of the professorship should be directed to the Chair of the Appointment Committee, Prof. Dr. Thomas Eisenbarth, at thomas.eisenbarth@uni-luebeck.de.
Ihr Kontakt für weitere Fragen:
Petra Niehoff
049451 31011009
Please submit your applications, including the standard supporting documents—such as a resume, copies of your doctoral degree certificate, academic transcript, list of publications (divided into peer-reviewed original papers and review articles), three selected reprints, a list of external grants secured, and statements on research and teaching—exclusively through this application portal by August 31, 2026.