Associate Professor or DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in High-Performance Computing

Do you want to advance high-performance computing?

Join the Embedded Systems Engineering section at DTU Compute and develop research on programming models, compilers, operating systems or computer architecture. We provide intellectual freedom, a balanced teaching load, state-of-the-art facilities, and proposal support.

Responsibilities and qualifications
We seek a tenure-track assistant professor or associate professor whose research advances parallel and high-performance computing. Relevant areas include computer architecture, operating systems, compilers and the intersection thereof. We are specifically interested in candidates that work with future and emerging technologies for HPC, including the post-exascale era. Energy efficiency and sustainable HPC are of high interest. We are also building a significant effort around the integration of HPC and quantum computing and therefore candidates who can bridge these domains with computer architecture are of high interest.

DTU has its own HPC systems, including the DTU Computing Centre, and and you can connect to our funded European projects, including EuroQHPC-I. The projects come with postdocs, PhD students, and access to European computing infrastructure. Experience with quantum computing software stacks or hybrid HPC-quantum systems is an advantage.

Your primary tasks will be to:

• Publish high-quality research in leading journals and conferences.
• Attract competitive research funding in Denmark and Europe.
• Teach and develop courses in parallel computer systems, parallel programming, and HPC, and supervise BSc, MSc, and PhD students.
• Build a strong research environment within ESE and with external partners.
• Represent ESE and DTU Compute in international projects, networks and academic committees.

You must be responsible for the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both.

As a formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent). If you are applying for the associate professor position you should also have academic qualifications equivalent to those obtained by holding an assistant professorship and documented didactic/pedagogic training.

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Experience and quality of teaching
• Research experience
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. In addition, supplements can be negotiated in accordance with DTU’s salary structure for scientific staff: www.inside.dtu.dk/en/human-resources/during-employment/salary/salary-structures.

The starting date is according to mutual agreement. The position is full-time and based at DTU Lyngby Campus.

The assistant professor position is part of DTU’s Tenure Track program. Read more about the program and the recruitment process here.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Prof Sven Karlsson and Prof Paul Pop.

Read more about the position, ESE, DTU Compute, and working in Denmark on our faculty positions information page.

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Please submit your online application no later than 10 January 2027 (23:59 Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• Vision for teaching and research
• CV including employment history, list of publications (applicants applying for the position as associate professor should indicate scientific highlights), H-index and ORCID (see http://orcid.org/)
• Teaching portfolio including documentation of teaching experience
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)
• Example grant proposals you have written (unsuccessful examples are welcome)
• A list of 5 selected publications highlighting your research field (titles or links are sufficient)
• 2 references whom we may contact for further details

You can learn more about the recruitment process here.

In the field “Please indicate which position you are applying for”, please indicate whether you are applying for the position as Associate or Assistant Professor.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

Embedded Systems Engineering is one of DTU Compute's research sections. We develop context-aware, distributed and embedded cyber-physical systems across the computing continuum. DTU Compute brings together mathematics, data science, computer science and computer engineering to create research and technology that benefit society.

DTU Compute – Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science – is an internationally recognised academic environment with over 400 employees and 10 research sections. We broadly cover digital technologies within mathematics, data science, computer science, and computer engineering, including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, internet of things (IoT), chip design, cybersecurity, human-computer interaction, social networks, fairness, and data ethics. Our research is rooted in basic research and centres on mathematical models of the physical and virtual world, as a basis for the analysis, design, and implementation of complex systems. We focus on ensuring that our research results contribute to creating a better society by supporting areas such as health, green transition, energy supply, and life science. We collaborate with universities, public and private organisations, and companies in Denmark and abroad, and through DTU’s startup ecosystem, we encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. We have a strong ethical, human, and sustainable approach that ensures integrity in our work. Therefore, we strive for and take responsibility for driving the democratisation of digital technologies, so that everyone has the opportunity to actively participate in the development, and we ensure a continued open, democratic, and inclusive society for the benefit of all. At DTU Compute, we value diversity, inclusion, and a flexible work-life balance.

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