W2 Professor of Technical Mechanics and Dynamics of Machines Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal
Reference No.: 058/2026
The Department of Engineering and Industrial Design is seeking to fill the following post by 01.04.2027:
W2 Professor of Technical Mechanics and Dynamics of Machines
- Remuneration:
W2 - Working hours:
16 WHS (full-time) - Campus:
Magdeburg - Term:
unlimited
The University
With its modern facilities, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences offers excellent studying and working conditions and prospects for ground-breaking research in the heart of Saxony-Anhalt. As a university of applied sciences that is entitled to award doctorates in its own right, we are proud of our interdisciplinary departments that are distinguished by high quality standards. Our two campuses in Magdeburg and Stendal benefit from excellent transport, academic and research links. Enjoy the family-friendly and healthy working environment as well as a culturally varied and liveable infrastructure.
Contacts
Concerning the professorship
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Christian-Toralf Weber
Dean: IWID Dept.
christian-toralf.weber@h2.de
Concerning the appointment process
Antje Völker
Appointments Officer in the Rector’s Office
antje.voelker@h2.de
Information on how to apply can be found in the application portal.
Join our team!
The Department of Engineering and Industrial Design has a particularly strong research focus together with an interdisciplinary and practical orientation and offers a broad spectrum of undergraduate Bachelor’s study programmes as well as a consecutive Master's programme.
Your new challenge
- You will be responsible for teaching, continuing education and research with a specific application orientation in the following subject areas:
- Applied Mechanics
- Dynamics of Machines
- There will be a special focus on basic education. The professorship is integrated into almost every undergraduate engineering programme. On the courses in the Bachelor’s study programmes in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics and Industrial Engineering, the Master’s study programme in Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences and the English-language Bachelor’s programme in Sustainable Resources, Engineering and Management, it will be particularly important to you to convey the importance of mechanics and dynamics in an interdisciplinary and application-oriented manner in the context of current engineering challenges such as lightweight construction, energy efficiency and sustainability.
- You will be committed to strengthening the specialist profile of the Department, will work on an interdisciplinary basis in the context of cross-departmental cooperation predominantly on the Magdeburg campus and will be involved in the development of the range of international programmes offered.
- We expect you to successfully develop areas of research emphasis in the field of Technical Mechanics and, if the conditions are met, to participate in our Doctoral Centre for Environment and Technology. This will be supported by a research-friendly environment.
- It goes without saying that you will be committed to technology and knowledge transfer and cooperation with regional and national stakeholders as well as to contributing to the development of the university.
- Moreover, it is important for you to be involved in academic self-governance (official language German).
What you offer
You are a good fit for us if you are enthusiastic about teaching and research activities and you meet the conditions of appointment as set out in § 35 of the Saxony-Anhalt Higher Education Act. For the advertised professorship, these criteria are as follows:
- You hold a university degree, preferably in the field of Mechanical Engineering or a comparable engineering discipline.
- You have a particular aptitude for scientific work, which will generally be evidenced by a qualifying doctorate, preferably in the field of Technical Mechanics.
- You have pedagogic skills and experience, ideally with experience teaching in universities. You will be familiar with modern teaching methods in both face-to-face and online formats.
- You are able to demonstrate particular achievements in the application or development of scientific knowledge and methods in at least two of the following areas:
- Experimental modal analysis and structural diagnostics
- Non-linear dynamics and stability of structures
- Rotor dynamics
- Numerical methods and simulation.
You will have accomplished these in professional practice of at least three years’ duration outside of the higher education sector. Publications in the area of the appointment, experience in the acquisition of third-party funds and the management of research projects as well as international experience all are highly desirable.
Furthermore, the following qualifications are expected:
- You will have both German and English language skills that enable you to communicate confidently in teaching and research and in everyday life at a German-speaking university.
- Your profile will be completed by the ability to communicate confidently, empathy, leadership experience and team skills.
Modern teaching and equipment
Research and doctoral centres
International networking
Democratic committee structure
Sustainable campus
University events
University sport
Dual career
Library / Online Multimedia Library
Possibility of becoming a civil servant
(if requirements are met)
Reference number
058/2026
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