Job Opportunities
Bielefeld University stands for interdisciplinarity, high quality research and teaching, and the further development of a gender-equitable university culture. People from a wide variety of subjects and perspectives work together to promote innovative and interdisciplinary research and teaching at the highest level. A broad range of study opportunities in the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, technical sciences and medicine is open to the approximately 24,000 students. In addition to its international orientation, Bielefeld University is well connected to the medium-sized city and the region.
The Faculty of Technology has a vacancy for a
Professorship (W3) for Interactive Robotics
to be filled at the earliest opportunity.
You are internationally recognized with excellent qualifications in the field of Robotics, with a special focus on robotics engineering for real-time sensory perception, physical motion, learning and action control for autonomous, interactive robots.
As a professor, you will represent the field of Robotics in research and teaching. You will actively leverage the many opportunities for interdisciplinary research cooperations available at Bielefeld University. You will particularly cooperate with other research groups within the Faculty of Technology, in particular those within the area of AI / Intelligent Interactive Systems, as well as those at the Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC).
The faculty is actively participating in various collaborative projects and industrial cooperations, such as the Collaborative Research Centre TRR 318 "Constructing Explainability", with the Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation and Industrial Automation (IOSB-INA), or within the competence network Intelligent Technical Systems in East Westphalia-Lippe (it´s OWL). The CITEC is also associated partner in the Robotics Institute Germany (RIG). The Faculty of Technology and CITEC are key pillars of the university’s profile development process in the fields of human-AI teamwork and human-centered automation. Participation in these collaborative projects as well as in upcoming application initiatives that further strengthen the faculty‘s profile in Cognitive Informatics / Intelligent Interactive Systems is expected.
Participation in the bachelor and master programs of the Faculty of Technology, in particular the B.Sc. programs in Computer Science and „AI & Cognitive Informatics“ as well as the M.Sc. programs in „Intelligent Interactive Systems“ and „BioMechatronics“ is expected. Teaching at the undergraduate level takes place in German.
Possible thematic research areas of the professorship include (but are not limited to):
- Robotics engineering for realtime sensing, perception or motor control
- Modeling, planning and decision-making in open-world settings
- Design and control of humanoid robots
- Dexterous and complex manipulation skills
- Foundational models or digital twins for robot control
- Architectures and approaches for human-robot collaboration
- Interactive, cooperative, or collaborative robot learning
- Multi-robot systems and collaboration
- Real-world applications (e.g. in service robotics, automation, health, prothetics)
Active participation in the self-administration of the Faculty of Technology is expected.
The requirements for employment follow § 36 HG NRW.
Applications from qualified, severely disabled persons and persons with disabilities of equal status are expressly encouraged.
Bielefeld University has received several awards for its success in equal opportunities and is certified as a family-friendly university. Among other things, the University pursues a committed equal opportunities policy concerning the appointment of professorships and would expressly like to invite qualified female applicants to apply. Applications are treated in accordance with the State Equality Act. Family times are considered in the context of the selection decision.
The Faculty considers equality between women and men to be an important task, and the future jobholder will be involved in its implementation.
Bielefeld University supports dual-career constellations in the design of a common centre of work and life.
Applications should consist of: Cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications with identification of up to ten most important publications, two-page research and teaching concept, a list of courses taught and other teaching qualifications (e.g. current evaluations, if available), a list of research activities and third-party funds raised to date, copies of academic certificates.
Please submit your application in German or English by 28/02/2026 via the online appointment portal of the Bielefeld University:
https://berufungen.uni-bielefeld.de/
Contact:
Bielefeld University
Dean of the Faculty of Technology
P.O. Box 10 01 31
33501 Bielefeld
Germany
E-Mail: dekan@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
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