Associate Professor or DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Managemen

Do you want to shape the future of manufacturing and logistics through digitalisation and data-driven decision-making? Join our section to educate the next generation of engineers and conduct research on competitive, resilient, and sustainable manufacturing and logistics systems.


We invite you to join our section “Production, Transportation and Planning”, where you will have colleagues with a mix of research and industry experience. Our current team of researchers work with operations and supply chain management, LEAN manufacturing, life cycle assessment methods, remanufacturing, freight and logistics, among other.


We are looking for a colleague with a strong research profile in operations and supply chain management and an ambition to create impact through digital technologies, industry collaboration, and engineering education. You will contribute to the section’s research within these areas:

• Technology implementation and digital transformation in manufacturing and logistics organisations. 


• AI, data analytics, automation, and decision-support systems for operations and supply chain management 


• Manufacturing, operations, and supply chain management enabled by digital technologies, including planning, forecasting, inventory management, and performance improvement. 


• Sustainable, circular, and resilient manufacturing and supply chains enabled by digital technologies, for example remanufacturing, reverse logistics, and resource efficiency initiatives. 


• Organisational adoption, scaling, and management of digital technologies in industrial and logistics contexts.

Our section is diverse in culture, gender, nationalities, personality types, and career paths. We enjoy collegial idea generation, feedback and cooperation in an informal, safe and fun working environment. We are all motivated by contributing to a sustainable, livable future. If you have the same motivation, you will fit perfectly with our team.

Responsibilities and qualifications

Your overall focus will be to strengthen our teaching and research in the field of operations and supply chain management, including digital technology implementation in manufacturing and logistics. We expect you to take the lead in driving the academic agenda and delivering impact to society and our common future. To do so, you will:

• Develop your research field by defining ideas and concepts for future projects


• Write and collaborate on research proposals, incl. PhD projects


• Conduct and (potentially) lead research projects with partners across the globe     


• If associate professor, supervise PhDs; if assistant professor, co-supervise PhDs 


• Teach and supervise in engineering education and continuing education for professionals 

You must be responsible for the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both. 


As a formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent). If you are applying for the associate professor position you should also have academic qualifications equivalent to those obtained by holding an assistant professorship and documented didactic/pedagogic training.

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Experience and quality of teaching 


• Research experience 


• Research vision and potential


• International impact and experience 


• Societal impact


• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry


• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills


• Communication skills

Salary and terms of employment 

The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. In addition, supplements can be negotiated in accordance with DTU’s salary structure for scientific staff: https://www.inside.dtu.dk/en/human-resources/during-employment/salary/salary-structures.


The starting date is 1 December 2026 (or according to mutual agreement). 


The assistant professor position is part of DTU’s Tenure Track program. Read more about the program and the recruitment process here.


You can read more about career paths at DTU here.


The place of work is the Department of Engineering Technology, DTU Ballerup Campus.

Further information 

Further information may be obtained from Samuel Brüning Larsen, tel.: +45 9351 0784.


You can read more about DTU Engineering Technology at engtech.dtu.dk.


If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure

Please submit your online application no later than 20 August 2026 (23:59 Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)


• Vision for teaching and research 


• CV including employment history, list of publications (applicants applying for the position as associate professor should indicate scientific highlights), H-index and ORCID (see http://orcid.org/)


• Teaching portfolio including documentation of teaching experience


• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)

In the field “Please indicate which position you are applying for”, please indicate whether you are applying for the position as Associate or Assistant Professor. 


You can learn more about the recruitment process here.


Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.


All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

About DTU Engineering Technology
We work at the forefront of university-industry collaboration and develop tools and methods for technology implementation. We are organized in nine research groups all focused on technology implementation, engineering technology and engineering education within a wide range of engineering fields. 

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