University Professor (W3) and Director Rail System Technology, Co-Director of the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems (f/m/x)

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technische Universität Braunschweig and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are looking for a scientist in a joint appointment procedure (Jülich model) as a

At the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems with sites in Braunschweig and Berlin, the institute's directorate is to be filled as part of two joint appointment procedures (Jülich model) between DLR and Technische Universität Braunschweig. The aim of this procedure is to recruit a university professor to represent the field of rail system technology. Another procedure, which will be advertised at the same time, will focus on appointing a person for the area of road system technology. The future holder of the position of Director Rail System Technology will be appointed to the Technische Universität Braunschweig and at the same time be given leave of absence in order to take over the management of the Institute of Transportation Systems in the form of a co-directorship with reduced teaching duties (two semester hours per week) at the DLR together with the future Director Road System Technology. The Institute is to be managed and organised primarily from the Braunschweig site in a collegial manner. The appointment is planned for the earliest possible date.

The DLR Institute of Transportation Systems, located at the DLR sites Braunschweig and Berlin, conducts research on technologies to increase safety, efficiency and user-orientation for a sustainable transport system. As part of the DLR strategy, the institute is integrated into the Transport programme with a focus on the automation and networking of traffic processes, road and rail vehicles and intermodal transport. Within the network of DLR institutes from the research areas of aeronautics, space, energy, transport and their cross-cutting topics, civil security and defence research as well as digitalisation, the Institute of Transportation Systems is making significant technological contributions to the transformation of mobility. In future, the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems will use the full synergy potential of the institute with its two application domains "Road System Technology" and "Rail System Technology" while maintaining the research topic intermodal traffic management. A new management structure is therefore to be established for the directorate of the Institute of Transportation Systems, which will be divided into the two main areas road system technology and rail system technology. The two simultaneously advertised professorships form the interface between DLR and the Technische Universität Braunschweig and are embedded in the Lower Saxony Research Centre for Automotive Engineering (NFF), which coordinates and initiates internal and inter-university collaborations. An active, leading role is expected with regard to joint research between DLR, NFF and other institutes of the Technische Universität Braunschweig. The professorships will each be affiliated to one of the institutes specialising in Automotive Engineering and Mobile Systems.

• completed university studies
• pedagogical suitability proven by results of course evaluation
• special qualification for deepened independent scientific work, which is usually demonstrated by an above-average doctorate and
• Habilitation or habilitation-adequate qualifications

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Setting date: at the earliest possible date

Code number: 96490

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