Associate Professor Position Announcement Space Systems Engineering Group, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University

Job description

Background of the recruitment and description of the project

The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics consists of four courses: the Thermophysics and Fluid Mechanics course, the Aerospace Structures and Structural Dynamics course, the Flight Dynamics and Controls course, and the Space Systems Engineering course.

The associate professor will be in charge of education and research in the field of Spacecraft Dynamics.

He/she will also play a role in promoting academic exchanges with domestic and international universities.

https://www.aero.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/home/

Work content and job description

Specialties: Spacecraft Dynamics (Orbital Mechanics, Attitude Dynamics, Control Engineering), Spacecraft Engineering

Teaching Responsibilities: Undergraduate and graduate lectures, international course lectures (English), Aeronautics and Astronautics experiments, and core education courses (university-wide education)

Assigned department

Existing departments

Space Systems Engineering Group, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University

Job type

• Associate Professor

Research field

• Frontier Technology - Aerospace engineering

Wages

• Annual Salary: 7 million yen ~

The annual salary system, which was introduced on 1st of April 2020, will be applied. The annual salary is determined in accordance with the university's pay scale based on experience, etc.

Working hours

• Working hours: 08:30-17:15
• Break time: 12:00-13:00
• Holidays: In addition to *annual leave, Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and the period from the 29th of December to the 3rd of January
• Overtime and other explanations: Based on the agreed-upon discretionary labor system for professional work, it is regarded that working hours are 7 hours and 45 minutes irrespective of how much time the employee actually spends on his/her work.

Application requirements

Qualifications

Education and Degree Requirements

Ph.D. / Doctor

Description

1. Doctoral or Ph.D. degree.
2. Have sufficient teaching ability (including instruction and lectures in English) and enthusiasm and ability to take charge of administration of the undergraduate and graduate doctoral programs.
3. Have particularly outstanding leading research achievements in the above-mentioned specialized fields.
4. The applicant should have the willingness and ability to actively engage in interdisciplinary research with other areas of specialization and the development of new research fields from a long-term perspective, in addition to the above-mentioned areas of specialization.
5. Have the ability and enthusiasm to actively develop education and research activities from an international perspective and social cooperation with industry, government, etc.

Employment Type

• Regular employee

Contract period

• Tenured - Non-tenure track
• Probationary period present
• Three months

Work location

• 819-0395 Fukuoka 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

Compensation

Various systems

• Pay increase system: available
• Bonus: available
• Retirement allowances: available
• Transportation expenses: available
• Retirement age: available

Insurance

• Employees' Health Insurance: available
• Employees' Pension Insurance: available
• Worker's accident insurance: available
• Employment insurance: available

Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

No smoking is permitted on the university premises.

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Job content supplemental explanation

As soon as possible on or after April 1, 2027

Application period

2026/08/01~2026/12/04 Deadline for receipt

Application method

Attached documents

Application Form: Online Submission, Mailing

(1)Curriculum vitae

（Include a photograph and a statement of education, employment history, and qualifications. Include contact information and e-mail address.）

Achievements and Activities: Online Submission, Mailing

(2)Application Documents

ⅠResearch achievements

(Classified into (1) Academic Papers (differentiated by refereeing), (2) Proceedings of International Conferences (differentiated by refereeing), (3) Books/Edited Works, (4) Review Papers/Academic Materials, etc., (5) Inventions, Devices, Patents, etc., and (6) Others (papers and works confirmed for publication, etc.)).

ⅡEducational accomplishments

（Including public lectures, in-house education, etc.）

ⅢAny other relevant information

（Memberships of academic societies and their officers, committee members, international conference committee members,committee member of national and local governments, foundations,etc.,organizer and chairperson of academic research meetings,awards received, etc.）

ⅣAcquisition of competitive research funds such as Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, joint research, and funded research (representative portion)

Other online application forms

(3)Summary of previous research (2,000 words or less)

(4)Future research plans (2,000 words or less)

(5)Motivation for application and aspirations for education and research (1,000 words or less)

(6)Reprints of Major Publications (up to five)

(7)Names and Contact Information of Two Referees

Upload the application documents electronically to the designated URL the application documents by the file-sharing system of Kyushu University: Please contact the e-mail address below with the subject line "Faculty Application". We will send you the URL for the shared folder, so please upload your application documents. Please upload your documents in a single PDF file.

Other Mailing Documents

(3)Summary of previous research (2,000 words or less)

(4)Future research plans (2,000 words or less)

(5)Motivation for application and aspirations for education and research (1,000 words or less)

(6)Reprints of Major Publications (up to five)

(7)Names and Contact Information of Two Referees

Sending the application documents by mail: Please send one printed copy of the above documents and a USB flash drive containing the PDF file of the documents in a sealed envelope with "Application for faculty positions" written in red ink, by registered mail to the faculty member indicated in the "Submission address/inquiry" below.

Return of application documents

We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

Please note that the submitted documents and data will not be returned.Personal data contained in the submitted material will not be used for any purpose other than selection.

Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

819-0395 Fukuoka 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University. Toshiya HANADA, Professor

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E-mail Application: Accept

hanada.toshiya.293(at)m.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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Recruiting Institution's Web application system: Not available

URL of this job posting

Selection / Notification of result

Selection

Initial document screening (1st round) followed by interviews (2nd round). The interviews may be conducted online.

Notification of result

You will receive an email from us informing you of the results.

Contact details

Kyushu University

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University

Toshiya HANADA

0928023047

hanada.toshiya.293(at)m.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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Notes

1. Candidates may be requested to come to the campus for an interview. The University does not cover travel costs or other expenses relating to interview attendance.
2. In line with the Basic Act for a Gender-Equal Society (Act No. 78 of 1999), Kyushu University is an equal opportunity employer.

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3. Kyushu University is an equal opportunity employer and follows the principle of the Act on Employment Promotion etc. of Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 123 of 1960, revised in 2013) and Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 65 of 2013).
4. The accompanying spouse employment system has been implemented at Kyushu University from July 2017.
5. If you have been disciplined in the past for sexual violence, including sexual harassment, against students, please be sure to enter the nature of the disciplinary action and the specific reasons for it in your resume or other documents. False statements may result in cancellation of employment or disciplinary action.
6. For more information on the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, please refer to the following URL

https://www.aero.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/