Job Description:
TU Wien is Austria's largest institution of research and higher education in the fields of technology and natural sciences. With over 26,000 students and more than 4000 scientists, research, teaching, and learning dedicated to the advancement of science and technology have been conducted here for more than 200 years, guided by the motto "Technology for People". As a driver of innovation, TU Wien fosters close collaboration with business and industry and contributes to the prosperity of society.
The Faculty of Informatics, one of the eight faculties at TU Wien, plays an active role in national and international research and has an excellent reputation. The main areas of research include Computer Engineering, Logic and Computation, AI and Data Science, Cybersecurity, Visual Computing & Human-Centered Technology, as well as Information Systems Engineering. The TU Wien Faculty of Informatics seeks to fill the open tenure-track position of an Assistant Professor of Software Engineering. The position is affiliated with the Institute of Information Systems Engineering, Research Unit Software Engineering. The estimated starting date is March 2027. The work contract is initially limited to six years. The candidate and TU Wien can agree upon a tenure evaluation, which when positive, opens the possibility to change the position to Associate Professor with an unlimited contract.
Software-intensive systems are central to modern society and the foundation of nearly all digital infrastructures. Their increasing scale, interconnectedness, and complexity pose significant scientific and engineering challenges related to their development, evolution, quality, and trustworthiness.
The new tenure-track position strengthens TU Wien’s strategic focus on software engineering and its role in shaping technological landscapes and thus societies. The faculty aims to attract an excellent, internationally visible researcher with innovative ideas on advancing the foundations, methods, and tools for engineering reliable and trustworthy complex software systems in times of Agentic AI and beyond. The position will closely interact with ongoing initiatives in artificial intelligence, systems engineering, and human-centered technology across the university.
Tasks
The research directions of the successful candidate should cover some of the following topics, but are not limited to them:
- Software engineering with and for Artificial Intelligence, data-intensive, and machine-learning-based systems, including AI-assisted development, automation, debugging, and repair, as well as the engineering of trustworthy AI-enabled software
- Software testing, quality assurance, analysis, and evolution
- Empirical and data-driven software engineering, including large-scale data analysis and mining software repositories
- Secure, reliable, and responsible software engineering, addressing compliance, sustainability, robustness, and societal impact
- Human-centered aspects of software engineering, including developer experience, collaboration, and socio-technical processes
- Software architecture, design, and lifecycle management, including architectural principles, patterns, quality attributes, and the evolution of large software systems
- Software engineering for emerging computing paradigms, such as cyber-physical systems, and quantum software engineering
Research Tasks:
- Conduct internationally competitive research in software engineering
- Engage in research collaborations within TU Wien and with academic and industrial partners
- Develop and lead research projects and acquire third-party funding
- Contribute to interdisciplinary initiatives at the Faculty of Informatics
Teaching Tasks:
- To teach in the Bachelor's, Master’s, and Doctoral curricula in computer science, business informatics, and computer engineering. In particular, a compulsory undergraduate course on Web Engineering has to be taken over and further developed
- Teaching in the Bachelor's curriculum requires proficiency in German; corresponding requirements may be part of the qualification agreement
- Participating in the supervision of Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral theses
Besides research and teaching, the duties of an Assistant Professor at TU Wien include contributing to academic self-governance and faculty service tasks.
Your profile
Applicants are expected to have the following qualifications:
- PhD or doctoral degree in Computer Science, or closely related subjects
- Post-doctoral experience at a university or research institution
- Proven expertise in software engineering, evidenced by an excellent publication record and international visibility
- Strong potential for independent, high-impact research
- Experience in academic teaching and supervision of theses
- Experience in designing and conducting research projects; willingness and ability to lead a research group and acquire third-party funding
- If not yet proficient in German, willingness to learn the language within a reasonable timeframe to participate in teaching, committees, and faculty activities; English language proficiency at level B2 or higher is required
- Pedagogic and didactic skills
- Administrative and organizational skills
- Experience in working with companies or public administration
- Gender sensitivity and social skills
We offer
- A tenure-track position with a full career path, consisting of the following milestones:
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- At the beginning of the employment, a qualification agreement is signed with the university
- Upon successful fulfilment of the qualification agreement within 5 years, the candidate is promoted to associate professor with tenure
- Subsequent excellent achievements may lead to promotion to full professor
- A wide variety and exciting range of tasks in a collegial team
- Wide range of internal and external training opportunities, various career options
- Excellent working conditions in an international research environment
- An attractive salary, including additional contributions to a pension fund
- A mentoring program for assistant professors
- A position in a city with an exceptional quality of life
- A range of attractive employee benefits, which can be found at the following link: Benefits
General information can be found at the following links:
The employment starts as University Assistant with a minimum salary of EUR 5,014.30 gross (14 x per year) according to the collective bargaining agreement for a PostDoc. After signing the qualification agreement, the employment continues as Assistant Professor with a minimum salary of EUR 5,904.00 gross (14 x per year).We look forward to receiving your application until June 25th, 2026.
Applications have to include the following documents:
- A detailed curriculum vitae
- A letter of motivation
- A list of publications sorted by journals, conference papers, and other publications
- A teaching statement: 2 pages maximum
- A research statement: brief summary of past research activities, as well as a convincing outline of planned research activities, and an explanation of their contribution to the scientific profile of the Faculty of Informatics; 4-6 pages maximum; incl. abstract
- Certificates of doctoral and diploma degrees should be uploaded under the category: +add more documents
- Copies of the applicant’s three most important publications related to the position together with an explanation of their relevance should be also uploaded under the category: +add more documents
Contact:
TU Wien is committed to increasing the proportion of women in particular in leadership positions. Female applicants are explicitly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to women when equally qualified, unless reasons specific to a male applicant tilt the balance in his favour. People with special needs are equally encouraged to apply. In case of any questions, please contact the confidant for disabled persons at the university, Mr. Gerhard Neustätter.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us Carmen Keck | T: +43 1 588 01 406201 Here you can find also relevant information about the application process.
