Job type

• Associate Professor
• Assistant Professor level

Research field

• Manufacturing Technology - Electron device and electronic equipment
• Informatics - Computer system
• Nanotechnology/Materials - Optical engineering and photon science

Wages

• Associate Professor

  Annual Salary : 7 million yen ~ 9 million yen

  The above amount is just an estimate.
  Compensation: It depends on the regulation of the Yokohama National University. The basic salary is determined in accordance with the regulations of YNU.

• Assistant Professor level

  Annual Salary : 6 million yen ~ 7 million yen

  The above amount is just an estimate.
  Compensation: It depends on the regulation of the Yokohama National University. The basic salary is determined in accordance with the regulations of YNU.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor / Others

  You have a doctoral degree or expect to obtain it before employment.

• Work experience

  The applicant should have a top-level achievement in the relevant field and be internationally active in the field.
  Have a passion for education and research.
  Ability to use Japanese and English to the extent that it does not interfere with education and research and work at the university.

• Description

  Field of specialization: Research fields in integrated electronics, quantum electronics, and optoelectronics, based on electronic and computer engineering

Employment Type

• Associate Professor

  Regular employee

  full-time Associate Professor

• Assistant Professor level

  Regular employee

  full-time Assistant Professor

Contract period

• Associate Professor

  Nontenured - Tenure-track

  Terms of employment; 5 Years. The tenure will be granted considering the performance of research, teaching, and administrative work during this period.
  ・Early tenure review may be conducted based on the candidate's performance.
  ・For those appointed as associate professors, a tenure review may be conducted concurrently with the selection process, based on the candidate's achievements at the time of selection. In the case of a tenure-track appointment, there will be no fixed term. Furthermore, the university enforces mandatory retirement at the end of the fiscal year at the age of 65.

  Probationary period present

  Trial period 6 months

• Assistant Professor level

  Nontenured - Tenure-track

  Terms of employment; 5 Years. The tenure will be granted considering the performance of research, teaching, and administrative work during this period.
  ・Early tenure review may be conducted based on the candidate's performance.
  In the case of a tenure-track appointment, there will be no fixed term. Furthermore, the university enforces mandatory retirement at the end of the fiscal year at the age of 65.

  Probationary period present

  Trial period 6 months

Work location

• 240-8501 Kanagawa 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, 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

  Smoking is prohibited indoors. Specific outdoor smoking areas available outside.

Application Considerations

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

  Web interviews are available upon request.

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2025/10/01

Starting date : 2025/10/01

• Job content supplemental explanation

  Hiring date: October 1, 2025 or the earliest possible date thereafter.

Application period

• 2025/02/26~2025/05/09 Deadline for receipt

Application method

• Attached documents

  Other online application forms
  Please send the following documents as one PDF file using NII File Sender (details specified).
  (1) Curriculum vitae (with photograph attached, academic, professional, research, and educational background, affiliations, and awards)
  Note: If you have been disciplined in the past for committing sexual violence including sexual harassment against a student, be sure to enter the details of the punishment and its specific reason in the "Award and Punishment" column.
  (2) Doctoral degree (copy: for those with a degree)
  (3) List of research achievements (distinguish between refereed papers, international conference papers, books, lecture papers, invited lectures, etc. If a journal has an Impact Factor, please indicate the value and the number of citations of the paper. h-index and total number of citations should also be indicated)
  (4) Reprints or copies of peer-reviewed journal papers and international conference papers (about 5 major papers)
  (5) Past research activities such as various competitive research funds, industry-academia-government joint research, international research activities, inventions, patents, etc. (distinguish between representative and subcontracted research activities)
  (6) Summary of research progress to date (1-2 pages of A4 paper including drawings)
  (7) Prospects for research after assuming the position (1-2 pages of A4 paper including drawings)
  (8) Opinions and aspirations regarding education and research at the university (about 1 A4 sheet including drawings)
  (9) Names, affiliations, relationship to the applicant, and contact information (telephone number and e-mail address) of two persons to whom you can ask reference opinions
  Note: The information in the application documents must be true and correct. If any false statements are entered in the application form, the applicant may be subject to cancellation of employment or disciplinary action.

  Other Mailing Documents
  One copy of each of the following documents (all paper should be A4) and a recording media such as CD or DVD recorded as a single pdf file by registered or simplified registered mail.
  (1) Curriculum vitae (with photograph attached, academic, professional, research, and educational background, affiliations, and awards)
  Note: If you have been disciplined in the past for committing sexual violence including sexual harassment against a student, be sure to enter the details of the punishment and its specific reason in the "Award and Punishment" column.
  (2) Doctoral degree (copy: for those with a degree)
  (3) List of research achievements (distinguish between refereed papers, international conference papers, books, lecture papers, invited lectures, etc. If a journal has an Impact Factor, please indicate the value and the number of citations of the paper. h-index and total number of citations should also be indicated)
  (4) Reprints or copies of peer-reviewed journal papers and international conference papers (about 5 major papers)
  (5) Past research activities such as various competitive research funds, industry-academia-government joint research, international research activities, inventions, patents, etc. (distinguish between representative and subcontracted research activities)
  (6) Summary of research progress to date (1-2 pages of A4 paper including drawings)
  (7) Prospects for research after assuming the position (1-2 pages of A4 paper including drawings)
  (8) Opinions and aspirations regarding education and research at the university (about 1 A4 sheet including drawings)
  (9) Names, affiliations, relationship to the applicant, and contact information (telephone number and e-mail address) of two persons to whom you can ask reference opinions
  Note: The information in the application documents must be true and correct. If any false statements are entered in the application form, the applicant may be subject to cancellation of employment or disciplinary action.

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

  All documents provided will only be used for application purposes. And they will be disposed of safely based on the rules of the university after the selection is completed. Submitted documents will not be returned.

• Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

  240-8501 Kanagawa 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Japan
  Nobuyuki Yoshikawa - Professor / Vice Director of Institute of Advanced Sciences, Yokohama National University

  Precautions : If you are applying from abroad, please submit your application online.

• * Out of application period.

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  After the initial screening through document review, we will conduct a second round of selection through presentations and interviews. If there are no suitable candidates, the finalists may not be selected (applicants are responsible for transportation, accommodation, etc. for interviews).

• Notification of result

  The results of the selection process will be will be notified by e-mail.

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