With over 15,000 students and 1,000 lecturers, researchers and employees in the heart of Frankfurt
am Main, we are one of the largest universities of applied sciences (HAW) in Germany. Our mission
is to support students on their way to becoming responsible designers of the future. We consistently
align our activities with our strategic guiding principles of practical relevance, interdisciplinarity,
internationality, sustainability, digitalization and social responsibility. Through excellent teaching
and research, we make a decisive contribution to the economy, politics and society in the region
and beyond. Together with our partners in the U!REKA University Alliance, we form a European
university.

We are looking to fill the following position in Faculty 2: Computer Science and Engineering
beginning by October 01, 2025:


Professor
„Electrical Engineering, especially Smart Electrical Drives“
(m/f/d)
Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in electrical engineering, conducted in both
German and English.

• You will be actively involved in supervising our students in their project works and Bachelor’s

and Master’s theses (ideally in collaboration with your and our industry partners).

• You will be head of our laboratory "Electrical Machines"
• You will be involved in applied and interdisciplinary research, particularly in the subject area

internationalization of our university, such as through the U!REKA initiative.


Your profile:

• You have a successfully completed a university degree in engineering, and ideally, you can

demonstrate your academic qualification through a Ph D in the relevant field.

• You have at least five years of professional experience including at least three years outside the

university sector in the field of electrical drives, and in at least one of the following areas:

journals), the acquisition of third-party funding and the successful implementation of research
projects.

• You already have experience with budget management and/or staff supervision.

Please enclose a teaching and a research concept that meets the requirements of the position with
your application.

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact the Chair of the Appointment Committee, Professor
Torsten Kolb, via email at tkolb@fb2.fra-uas.de or by phone on +49 (0) 69 1533-3949.

Further information on what makes a professorship with us so exciting, what requirements you need
to fulfill and what application documents you need can be found at:
university.de/karriere-prof.

Our offer

• We promote the compatibility of family and career through self-determined work with a large

amount of freedom in terms of content and time as well as our activities within the framework of
the “audit family-friendly university” certificate

• structured onboarding by the department's “Professorship” service team and our university

didactics week

• Internationally oriented environment to carry out joint teaching and research projects
• Support in the preparation of your national and international research proposals by our

bicycle-friendly facilities (including bicycle parking spaces, service stations and service
pedelecs)

• A lively campus in the heart of Europe with an extensive sports and events program

(Campus Sport, Campus Kultur)

The position is open-ended. When first appointed to a professorship, employment is initially in a
probationary civil servant relationship or in a permanent employment relationship with a three-year
probationary period. Further employment requirements and duties are set out in sections 67 - 69,
75 and 76 of the Hessian Higher Education Act (available at

We are actively committed to equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion. We expressly welcome
applications from people with a history of migration and attach great importance to family-friendly
working hours. Persons with a severe disability or equivalent will be given preferential consideration
if they have the same qualifications. Our university is also committed to increasing the proportion of
women employed in STEM professions and therefore strongly encourages women to apply.

Have we convinced you? Then please send your application with the usual informative documents
(incl. list of publications, projects, presentation of previous teaching and research activities) by
November 11, 2024, stating the reference number, by e-mail to info-prof@hr.fra-uas.de (please
send all documents in one PDF file):

To the President of the
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Human Resources and Personnel Development
Nibelungenplatz 1, 60318 Frankfurt