Tenure Track Assistant Professor in "Airborne Sensors, Navigation and Mission Systems"

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) invites applications for the position of

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

in » Airborne Sensors, Navigation and Mission Systems «

to begin as soon as possible. The position is a W2 fixed-term (6 year) tenure-track professorship with the possibility for promotion to a tenured W3.

Scientific Environment

The professorship will be assigned to the TUM Department of Aerospace and Geodesy at the TUM School of Engineering and Design.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities include research and teaching as well as the promotion of early-career scientists. We seek to appoint an expert in the research area of Airborne Sensors, Navigation and Mission Systems with a focus on highly dynamic sensor-based navigation applications in aeronautics and the combination of cutting-edge sensor technologies, algorithms for highly dynamic applications, and real-time planning. Teaching responsibilities include courses in the university's bachelor and master programs, explicitly in the Bachelor and Master program Aerospace.

Qualifications

We are looking for candidates who have demonstrated initial scientific achievements and the capacity for independent research at the highest international level. A university degree and an outstanding doctoral degree or equivalent scientific qualification, as well as pedagogical aptitude, are prerequisites. Substantial research experience abroad is expected (please see www.tum.de / en / faculty-recruiting-faq / for further information).

Our Offer

Based on the best international standards and transparent performance criteria, TUM offers a merit-based academic career path for tenure track faculty from Assistant Professor through a permanent position as Associate Professor, and on to Full Professor. The regulations of the TUM Faculty Recruitment and Career System apply.

TUM provides excellent working conditions in a lively scientific community, embedded in the vibrant research environment of the Greater Munich Area. The TUM environment is multicultural, with English serving as a common interface for scientific interaction.

TUM offers attractive and performance-based salary conditions and social benefits.

The TUM Munich Dual Career Office (MDCO) provides tailored career consulting to the partners of newly appointed professors. The MDCO assists the relocation and integration of new professors, their partners and accompanying family members.

Your Application

TUM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from women. The position is suitable for disabled persons. Disabled applicants will be given preference in case of generally equivalent suitability, aptitude and professional performance.

Application documents should be submitted in accordance with TUM's application guidelines for professors. These guidelines and detailed information about the TUM Faculty Recruitment and Career System are available at www.tum.de / faculty-recruiting. Here you will also find TUM's information on collecting and processing personal data as part of the application process.

Please submit your application by 15 March 2026 via the TUM recruitment portal : www.recruit.tum.de

For any queries please contact faculty-recruitment@ed.tum.de.