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Job Description
High-voltage components will determine whether future power systems can integrate more renewable energy while remaining reliable, resilient and efficient. At DTU, you can build an ambitious research and teaching portfolio spanning high voltage, equipment, insulation systems, diagnostics, modelling and real-world system performance.
We invite you to join DTU Wind and Energy Systems and help shape our future activities in high-voltage engineering. You will have the opportunity to develop your own scientific profile, contribute to the growth of the research area and educate the engineers who will design, operate and maintain tomorrow’s energy infrastructure.
You will join the Power and Energy Systems Division, a large and international academic environment with more than 125 colleagues, including PhD students. Each year, more than 100 students graduate from the division, creating a strong connection between research, education and talent development. Research, innovation and collaboration with industry are closely connected and supported by the experimental facilities of PowerLabDK.
Depending on your career stage, you will either take a leading role in developing the research area or be supported in building an independent academic profile through DTU’s tenure-track programme.
Your research opportunity Your overall focus will be to advance the understanding, design, assessment and utilisation of high-voltage equipment and insulation systems for future AC and HVDC grids and plants.
We welcome candidates with a strong profile in high-voltage engineering, spanning areas such as high-voltage equipment and insulation systems, diagnostics and condition assessment, reliability and lifetime, modelling and dynamic utilisation of equipment, and emerging high-voltage technologies and materials. We are particularly interested in work that connects fundamental methods with experimental validation, field data or implementation in power systems.
The scope is intentionally broad, allowing you to bring a distinctive scientific vision and complement and develop our existing activities.
Experimental facilities and research environment You will have access to the High Voltage Lab within PowerLabDK. The laboratory supports experimental research on both AC and DC equipment and includes stationary AC voltages up to 800 kV, lightning impulse voltages up to 1.2 MV, and a range of diagnostic and simulation tools. Current activities include corona testing, electro-thermal model validation, cable technologies and lightning protection for wind turbines. PowerLabDK is supported by a dedicated team of technicians and engineers.
The wider Power and Energy Systems environment provides opportunities to collaborate across power-system stability and control, HVDC, power electronics, resilience, advanced modelling, data and AI, energy markets, distributed systems and e-mobility. This enables high-voltage research to be connected with the broader challenges facing future power systems.
You will be able to build on ongoing research activities, PhD projects and collaborations with academic and industry partners, providing a strong starting point for developing your own research programme.
Your primary responsibilities You will:
- Develop internationally recognised fundamental and applied research within high-voltage engineering.
- Teach and supervise BSc and MSc students and contribute to course and curriculum development.
- Supervise PhD students and support the development of early-career researchers.
- Initiate and lead research projects in collaboration with academic and industrial partners.
- Attract external research funding and translate research challenges into coherent project portfolios.
- Use and contribute to the development of the High Voltage Lab and related PowerLabDK facilities.
- Contribute to innovation, scientific advice and the collegial development of the section, division and department.
Your qualifications 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) in high-voltage engineering, electrical engineering, power engineering, power components, dielectric materials or a closely related field.
Your research background should align with one or more of the scientific areas described above. We will additionally value your ability or potential to:
- Formulate an original and credible research vision.
- Connect theory, modelling or diagnostics with experimental or field-based validation.
- Publish and communicate research at an international level.
- Collaborate across disciplines and with external partners.
- Contribute to research-based education and effective student supervision.
- Develop research proposals and participate in externally funded projects.
We do not expect applicants to cover every research direction or method listed in the advertisement. We encourage you to apply if your expertise provides a strong foundation for contributing to the overall field and you can articulate how your research vision would complement and develop our activities.
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.
For appointment as Associate Professor, we expect an established independent research profile, demonstrated research leadership, experience with teaching beyond student supervision, successful external collaboration and a record of attracting research funding. For appointment as DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor, we place particular emphasis on the quality and originality of your research, your potential to establish an independent research programme and your motivation to develop as an educator and academic leader.
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: www.inside.dtu.dk/en/human-resources/during-employment/salary/salary-structures
The assistant professor position is part of DTU’s Tenure Track program. Read more about the program and the recruitment process here.
The position is full-time, and the starting date is according to mutual agreement.
You can read more about career paths at DTU here.
Further information Further information may be obtained from Associate Professor and Head of Section Chresten Træholt at +45 21 21 26 40 or [email protected] and Professor and Head of Division Jacob Østergaard at +45 25 13 05 01 or [email protected]
You can read more about DTU Wind and Energy Systems and PowerLabDK.
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 5 January 2027 (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)
You can learn more about the recruitment process here.
Please indicate whether you are applying for the position as Associate or Assistant Professor.
You can learn more about the academic assessment and recruitment process.
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.
Gearing up for a global energy transformation DTU Wind and Energy Systems aims to take renewable-energy technology and its integration into energy systems to the next level. Our goal is to create impact for people and society through research, education and innovation and to collaborate with the entire energy sector to develop effective technologies for the energy transition. DTU Wind and Energy Systems is recognised for its international network and participation in global research initiatives.
DTU – For the benefit of society since 1829 DTU is one of Europe's leading elite technical universities. Through research and education at an international top level, we create solutions to the major societal challenges of our time and help secure Europe's global leadership in sustainable technological development. Since Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU almost 200 years ago, our mission has remained the same: We develop and create value through the natural and technical sciences for the benefit of society. DTU has 13,800 students, 1,600 PhD students, and 6,500 employees. We work in an international environment and have an inclusive, stimulating, and informal work culture. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland and collaborates with the best universities around the world.
