Job type

• Associate Professor

Research field

• Informatics - Robotics and intelligent system
• Informatics - Intelligent robotics
• Informatics - Mechanics and mechatronics

Wages

• Annual Salary : 7 million yen ~ 8 million yen

  1).Salary：Annual salary based on the UEC Employee’s Salary Regulation
  2).Research fund：The associate professor’s research expenses according to the university rule.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

• Description

  1). Candidates must have a doctoral degree in the above-mentioned field at the time of appointment, and promote excellent research.
  2). Candidates must be capable of conducting independent and creative research.
  3). A doctoral degree was obtained approximately 8 years prior to application.
  4). Postdoctoral experience or equivalent is preferable.
  5). Candidates are expected to be capable of guiding students in Japanese.
  

Employment Type

• Regular employee

  Employment status: Full-time research and education employee

Contract period

• Nontenured - Tenure-track

  ・The tenure-track period will last 5 years from the date of hiring. Once tenure is granted, a candidates’ title will be associate professor. If the interim evaluation or research result shows that the candidate has made outstanding achievements, the tenure track period may be shortened to grant early tenure status.
  In case tenure is not granted at the 5th year, up to a maximum of 2 more years of non-tenure-track employment period can be added, which would serve as a preparatory period to look for outside opportunities.
  ・The tenure-track period can be extended if you take childcare, prenatal, postnatal, or nursing care leave. In this regard, the implementation of both the tenure interim evaluation and examination can be changed within the extended term. However, the total tenure-track period from the hiring date should be within a maximum of 10 years.
  

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 182-8585 Tokyo 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu

Compensation

• 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

  Measures for indoor passive smoking have been taken in UEC campus.

Application Considerations

• Considerations for conducting interviews (e.g., those who live far away, such as overseas)

  An online interview is available for applicants from outside of Japan.

Number of hired

1 person(s)

• Job content supplemental explanation

  Start of employment: 1st October, 2025 (or later at the earliest possible date.)
  

Application period

• 2025/01/15~2025/04/30 Deadline for receipt

Application method

• Attached documents

  Other online application forms
  1). Application form: (photo, resume, list of research achievements)
  Please download and fill in the Application Form.
  https://www.uec.ac.jp/about/basicinfo/jobs/pdf/oubo_sinseisyo_e3.pdf (PDF file)
  https://www.uec.ac.jp/about/basicinfo/jobs/data/oubo_sinseisyo_e3.docx (MS-word　file)
  2). Reprints or copies of five or less major research papers or articles
  3). Outline of research achievements up to two pages of A4-sized paper
  4). Research plan in UEC: up to 2 pages of A4 sheet
  5). Teaching experience and statement of resolution to carry out university education: up to 2 pages of A4 sheet
  6) References
  Submit three references, one of whom must be a resident of Japan, and one with a residence outside of Japan. Provide reference name, affiliation/company, your relationship, and contact information, including e-mail address.

  Other Mailing Documents
  Only when the online submission is unavailable, the required documents must be submitted both in hard copy and in digital media (USB flash drive or CD-R / DVD-R) storing the documents in PDF format. Applications should be sent to the following address via registered (postal) mail. We do not accept submissions via e-mail. Submitted application documents and digital media will not be returned. The application documents will not be used for purposes other than this selection.

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

• Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

  182-8585 Tokyo 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering
  Prof. Masafumi Uchida

  Precautions : Only when the online submission is unavailable, the required documents must be submitted both in hard copy and in digital media (USB flash drive or CD-R / DVD-R) storing the documents in PDF format. Applications should be sent to the address via registered (postal) mail. We do not accept submissions via e-mail. Submitted application documents and digital media will not be returned. The application documents will not be used for purposes other than this selection.
  (Please write Application documents for Robot Platform on the envelope in red ink, and sent by Simplified Registered Mail. Also, please notify the contact personnel shown in section 14 by E-mail that you have sent the application documents to us.)
  

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  The oral interview will be conducted for only those applicants who have passed their document screening.
  Please note that applicants are responsible for the expenses incurred for an interview.
  

• Notification of result

  Successful applicants will be contacted by email. Unsuccessful applicants will be notified of the results via JREC-IN Portal or email.

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