Detailed information

Now recruiting
Date of update : 2025/04/07 End date of accepting applications : 2025/06/13
Now recruiting
Date of update : 2025/04/07
End date of accepting applications : 2025/06/13

Work location : Hokkaido district - Hokkaido

Date of publication : 2025/04/04

Assistant Professor（Laboratory of Precision Metrology and Robotics）

D125031690

National university

Research field : Manufacturing Technology - Manufacturing and production engineering | Manufacturing Technology - Machine elements and tribology | Manufacturing Technology - Measurement engineering

Assistant Professor level : Regular employee - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period present

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    The Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University invites applications for the following faculty opening in Division of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

  • Work content and job description

    〔Research Area〕
    Research field related to development of new methods on precision measurement based on Precision Engineering and Precision Metrology

    〔Responsibilities〕
    (Immediately after employment)
    Duties as a Faculty/Course committee member, etc.
    Participate in Departmental, Faculty, Course and/or University service activities.
    (Scope of changes)
    Duties as determined by the University

    〔Scope of Work〕
    1. Teaching
    Graduate courses in Japanese/English (Division of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
    Undergraduate courses in Japanese/English (Department of Mechanical and Intelligent System Engineering)

    2. Supervising Duties
    Thesis supervision for undergraduate and graduate students

    3.Other Duties
    Duties (in Japanese) as Faculty/Course committee member, etc.

  • Assigned department

    Existing departments

    (Immediately after employment) Laboratory of Precision Metrology and Robotics, Research Group of Human Mechanical Systems, Division of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering　　　(Scope of changes) Location as determined by the University

Job type

  • Assistant Professor level

Research field

  • Manufacturing Technology - Manufacturing and production engineering
  • Manufacturing Technology - Machine elements and tribology
  • Manufacturing Technology - Measurement engineering

Wages

  • Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~

    The salary will be determined in accordance with the regulations of Hokkaido University

Working hours

  • Working hours :08:30-17:00

    Holidays : Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays (12/29 - 1/3)

    Overtime and other explanations : Overtime and other explanations: Discretionary work routine based on consent (standard 8:30-17:00, Deemed to have worked 7 hours and 45 minutes in a day.) or fixed working hour system
    Break time 45 minutes

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor

    (1) Ability to supervise the courses outlined above
    (2) Ph.D.

Employment Type

  • Regular employee

Contract period

  • Nontenured - Non-tenure track

    5 years (tenure track position may be appointed after an evaluation before this five-year term ends).

    Probationary period present

    Three months

Work location

  • 060-8628 Hokkaido Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University

Compensation

  • Various systems

    Pay increase system : available

    Retirement allowances : available.Resignation/retirement lump sum will be determined in accordance with the regulations of Hokkaido University　

    Transportation expenses : available.Commuting Allowance will be determined in accordance with the regulations of Hokkaido University

    Retirement age : available.The age of mandatory retirement will be determined in accordance with the regulations of Hokkaido University

  • Insurance

    Employees' Health Insurance : available（Mutual Association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and 　Technology）

    Employees' Pension Insurance : available

    Worker's accident insurance : available

    Employment insurance : available

  • Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

    Smoking in designated areas only

Application Considerations

Number of hired

    1 person(s)

    Hiring date : 2025/10/01

    Starting date : 2025/10/01

  • Job content supplemental explanation

    1st October 2025, or as soon as possible after this date

Application period

  • 2025/04/04~2025/06/13 Deadline for receipt

Application method

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Online Submission , Mailing
    Including picture, date of birth, nationality if other than Japanese, current address, contact in-formation (postal address, phone number and e-mail address), educational history after univer-sity, degrees acquired, qualifications, employment history.
    Achievements and Activities : Online Submission , Mailing
    (1)Research Achievements
    A) Research achievements (listed in chronological order) as demonstrated by publication in research journals (showing impact factor and times cited if any), other publications such as commentaries, reviews, invited lectures, proceedings from international symposiums, works produced, patents, etc.
    B) Research funds listed in chronological order and separated into the following categories: scientific research grants such as KAKENHI (PI or co-PI), research funded by private entities as either collaborative research or contract research (PI only), and other public research grants (PI only).
    C) Membership and involvement in professional organizations, societal contributions (including collaborations with industry), and honors awarded

    (2) Educational Accomplishments
    A) Supervision (noting courses supervised and separated into the following categories: undergraduate and graduate levels, adjunct positions, and positions
    outside the university
    B) Improvement of Education: textbook authorship/translations, books/papers on the improvement of education, grants/awards received concerning education
    C) Miscellaneous: history of participation and activity in educational committees with notable events mentioned

    Other online application forms
    (3)Three journal publications accompanied by copies of each journal publication.
    (4)Summary of recent research and research plan (3-4 pages of A4-sized paper sheets including figures and tables)
    (5)Education plan (approximately 500 words)
    (6)Contact information of two references (name, institution, phone number, e-mail
    Please download designated formats for Curriculum vitae and, (1), (2) from the following site: https://www.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/english/recruit/

    Other Mailing Documents
    Same as above

  • Return of application documents

    We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

  • Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

    060-8628 Hokkaido Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University
    Personnel Office

JREC-IN Portal web application
Accept
E-mail Application
Not available
Recruiting Institution's Web application system
Not available

URL of this job posting

Selection / Notification of result

  • Selection

    Please note that an interview may be conducted if necessary. If an interview is required, the applicant is responsible for any travel expenditure.

  • Notification of result

    The faculty member in charge will notify the successful candidate by phone or e-mail.

Contact details

Hokkaido University

Division of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hokkaido University

Masahiro Todoh

0117066404

todoh@eng.hokudai.ac.jp

Notes

The requested documents should be submitted via registered mail to the postal address indicated above. Please write on the envelope "Position for Division of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, No.2024-42" in red ink. Applicants are asked to submit the above documents both in print on A4-sized paper and in electronic format stored in CD, DVD or USB flash memory.
Or Applicants should submit the requested documents (assuming A4-sized paper sheet, in general) via PDF files via
JREC-IN Portal web.(https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekTop).
Applications will not be used for purposes other than this job posting.

Back
About JREC-IN Portal
Outline Usage notice Regulation Global Privacy Policy Privacy policy
List of research fields List of job types Requests and Inquiries Links Sitemap Help Recruiting Institutions sign-up/sign-in