The Department of Imaging Physics at TU Delft has a strong, long-standing tradition in the development and application of new methods and technologies for electron microscopy. To strengthen our research in this direction, we are inviting applications for a principal investigator (PI) at assistant, associate, or full professor level. As a PI, you are expected to establish an independent research line in electron microscopy instrumentation and contribute to public-private partnership programs with leading industrial partners. Topics of interest could be in the areas of MEMS electron optics, low energy microscopy, quantum electron microscopy and phase manipulation, electron-matter interactions, multi-beam microscopy, signal detection and data analysis, but innovative proposals in other directions are equally welcomed. The proposed research is expected to be challenging and aiming for fundamental scientific or technological breakthroughs, and to incite enthusiasm with peers, students, and the general public. An overview of our research and current team of scientists can be found at www.imphys.tudelft.nl.

We offer new faculty at any level financial support in setting up their research group.

We seek principal investigators with an outstanding scientific track record, researchers with a creative and collaborative mentality who have demonstrated the ability to identify and tackle scientific and engineering challenges in electron microscopy and electron beam technology. You are an active player in international scientific communities and have a clear eye for generating impact in science, industry, and society. You have experience in and a personal view on scientific leadership and can create and sustain a collaborative and inclusive work environment. You have a demonstrated ability to acquire external research funding and experience in setting up or working in public-private partnerships. You are committed to excellence in teaching at undergraduate (Dutch or English) as well as graduate level (English) and have experience in student supervision and the development of lectures, courses, and/or study programs.

Fixed-term contract: 18 maanden.

Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, discounts on health insurance, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged.

The salaries vary for the different academic ranks:

• Assistant professors earn between € 4332 – € 6737 per month gross depending on experience.
• Associate professors earn between € 6002 - €8025 per month gross depending on experience.
• Full professors earn between € 6.68 - € 11686 per month gross depending on experience.

Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. We expect you to obtain a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) within three years if you have less than five years of teaching experience. This is provided by the TU Delft UTQ programme.

TU Delft sets high standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. The TU Delft offers training to improve English competency. If you do not speak Dutch, we offer courses to learn the Dutch language.

For international applicants, TU Delft has the Coming to Delft Service. This service addresses the needs of new international employees and those of their partners and families. The Coming to Delft Service offers personalised assistance during the preparation of the relocation, finding housing and schools for children (if applicable). In addition, a Dual Career Programme for partners is offered. The Coming to Delft Service will do their best to help you settle in the Netherlands.

Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Applied Sciences

With more than 1,100 employees, including 150 pioneering principal investigators, as well as a population of about 3,600 passionate students, the Faculty of Applied Sciences is an inspiring scientific ecosystem. Focusing on key enabling technologies, such as quantum- and nanotechnology, photonics, biotechnology, synthetic biology and materials for energy storage and conversion, our faculty aims to provide solutions to important problems of the 21st century. To that end, we educate innovative students in broad Bachelor's and specialist Master's programmes with a strong research component. Our scientists conduct ground-breaking fundamental and applied research in the fields of Life and Health Science & Technology, Nanoscience, Chemical Engineering, Radiation Science & Technology, and Engineering Physics. We are also training the next generation of high school teachers.

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Imaging Physics Department
The department's ambition is to be leading in developing novel instrumentation and methodology in imaging science and sensing technology. As such the department's profile encompasses a mix of science, engineering, and design. In the domain of life and health we target the full range from pre-clinical life sciences oriented research and instrumentation/method development to direct clinical applications. We pioneer in optical neuro-imaging, super-resolution microscopy, MRI, ultrasound, OCT, and scattering and diffraction based diagnostics. In the domain of digital society we achieve impact on the semiconductor manufacturing sector by cutting edge tools for imaging, sensing and precision metrology, such as lensless imaging, optical system design, nano-photonic components, electron optics, and hybrid electron-optical imaging systems. In both sectors there is a prominent role for Artificial Intelligence and computational imaging techniques.