Assistant Professor, Power Electronics

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The School of Electrical Engineering invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Power Electronics at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation.

The position is full-time and fixed-term at the assistant professor level of the Aalto University tenure track system . The tenure track offers a supported pathway towards a permanent professorship, with advancement based on achievements and potential assessed against Aalto's tenure track evaluation criteria .

Your research environment

You will join the Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation at Aalto University's School of Electrical Engineering . The department brings together expertise in electrical power systems and energy conversion, control and automation, robotics, and electronic and digital systems. We combine fundamental research with experimental work and close collaboration with industry to address scientific and technological challenges.

Power electronics is central to the department's research and education in electrical energy conversion. The department's research spans the whole chain from power semiconductor devices to electric machine drives and power system applications, offering opportunities for collaboration at every level of this chain. Across Aalto, further collaboration opportunities include electrochemical conversion and storage, m