Responsibilities

• Teaching (in German and English) in subject-related courses for Bachelor's and Master's degrees programmes (Bachelor's program in Geodesy, Master's program in Geodesy, Geospatial Technologies, Space Science, and Earth from Space). This also includes supervising students in the preparation of bachelor's and master's theses.
• Scientific activities in the field of integrated navigation and in the area of multisensor systems with a focus on optimal filtering (Bayesian filters, e.g., Kalman/particle filters) in the context of indoor/outdoor navigation as well as in the application areas of autonomous platforms and cooperative navigation. Active participation in research projects of the Navigation Working Group and authorship of publications.
• All members of the permanent staff are involved in various administrative tasks. The successful candidate is therefore expected to play an active role in the administration of the institute and university, as well as in university and non-university committees, and to acquire third-party funding projects.

Admission Requirements

• Completed master's or diploma degree in geodesy or an equivalent qualification.

Desired Qualification

• Proven experience and expertise in the field of integrated navigation and multisensor systems.
• Strong teaching skills and experience in university teaching and supervising student work.
• Excellent German and English language skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of an integrated research team.

We Offer

We offer an annual gross salary of at least € 52,007.20 for a fulltime position. An overpayment based on qualification and experience is possible.

Graz University of Technology aims to increase the proportion of women, in particular in management and academic staff, and therefore qualified female applicants are explicitly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to women if applicants are equally qualified.

Graz University of Technology actively promotes diversity and equal opportunities. Applicants are not to be discriminated against in personnel selection procedures on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, religion or ideology, age, sexual orientation (Anti-discrimination).

People with disabilities and who have the relevant qualifications are expressly invited to apply.

About us

Graz University of Technology is the longest-established university of technology in Austria. Here, successful teams of students, talented up-and-coming scientists, ambitious researchers and a lively start-up scene enjoy an inspirational environment as well as access to top-quality equipment. And all this in one of the most innovative and livable regions in Europe. TU Graz offers an inspiring working environment with outstanding infrastructure and service-oriented university management.

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Organisational Unit

The Working Group Navigation at the Institute of Geodesy has been highly successful for many years, both nationally and internationally, in the research areas of precise and robust positioning and navigation and can refer to a corresponding number of publications. In addition to the fields of satellite-based positioning (global navigation satellite systems), software-based receivers, interference analysis in the field of jamming and spoofing as well as signals of opportunity, the working group has many years of experience and expertise in the fields of integrated and inertial navigation. The working group deals with multisensor systems, i.e. the sensor fusion of GNSS (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou), INS (inertial navigation system), cameras, LiDAR (light detection and ranging), radometry, etc., as well as optimal filtering (Kalman filter, particle filter and factor graph optimisation). The optimal combination of the sensors used in terms of accuracy, reliability, robustness and integrity, using a wide variety of filter algorithms, has in the past led to the development of navigation systems for a wide range of autonomous applications (e.g. autonomous driving, autonomous drones, autonomous compost turners, robots). The working group has a high-precision inertial measurement unit (IMU) that can be used as a sensor in multi-sensor environments and contributes to the verification of more cost-effective and smaller sensors (MEMS, etc.). There is also an indoor navigation laboratory with a camera-based tracking system which can be used to evaluate developed indoor navigation solutions.

Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Jussi Behrndt

Univ.-Prof. Dr.techn. Philipp Berglez