Job Information
- Organisation/Company: Kyushu University
- Research Field: Technology, Engineering, Other, All
- Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), Established Researcher (R3)
- Application Deadline: 30 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (UTC)
- Country: Japan
- Type of Contract: Permanent
- Job Status: Not Applicable
- Hours Per Week: See description
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?: Not funded by a EU programme
Offer Description
[Background of the recruitment and description of the project]
* Background of the recruitment and description of the project
The Department of Marine Systems Engineering consists of three chairs: Ship and Marine Dynamics (Marine Hydrodynamics, and Marine Dynamics and Control), Structural Engineering of Ship and Marine Systems (Structural Systems, and Fatigue, Fracture, Welding Mechanics and Production Systems), and Marine Systems Design (Functional Systems Engineering, Ship Design and Maritime Intelligence Technology, and Ocean Energy Resources). Additionally, the department has a chair, Systems Planning, in an endowed course of Naval Architecture and Marine System Engineering Human Resource Development which was established at the urging of related industries.
The associate professor or assistant professor will belong to the chair of Structural Engineering of Ship and Marine Systems and will be in charge of teaching and research related to structural strength estimation, safety assessment including structural reliability and structural optimization and vibration of ships and offshore structures, and their structural components.
The role will also be to promote academic exchange with universities at home and abroad and collaborative research with domestic private companies.
[Work content and job description]
Specialties: Structural Mechanics of Ship and Offshore Structures, Estimation of Structural Strength, Structural Optimization, Vibration of Ship and Offshore Structures
Teaching Responsibilities: Undergraduate lectures (Structural Mechanics, Practice of Numerically Structural Analysis, Mechanics of Materials, Vibration Theory), Graduate lectures (Structural Mechanics of Ship and Offshore Structures, Theory of Numerically Structural Analysis), Core Education courses (Dynamics, Programing Seminar, and Introduction to Data Science) and so on.
* Assigned department
Existing departments
[Work location]
* Address
819-0395 Fukuoka 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
[Number of hired]
Number of hired: 1 person(s)
Starting date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits
[Compensation]
* Recognised Researcher (R2)
Annual salary: 5 million yen
Wages description: The annual salary system, which was introduced on 1st of April 2020, will be applied. The annual salary is determined in accordance with the university's pay scale based on experience, etc.
The above annual salary are general guidelines and may be less than the above annual salary in some cases.
Working hours: 08:30-17:15
Break time: 12:00-13:00
Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and the period from the 29th of December to the 3rd of January
Overtime and other explanations: Based on the discretionary labor system for professional work based by consent, it is regarded that working hours are 7 hours and 45 minutes irrespective of how much time the employee actually spends on his/her work.
Employment type: Regular employee
Contract period: Nontenured
Contract period description: Full-time (5-year term (*)). Converted to full-time (no term of office) upon review and approval of education, research, etc,during the term of office.
(*) If the period of continuous employment at the University exceeds five years, until the total period of employment exceeds ten years.
Probationary period: Probationary period absent
* Established Researcher (R3)
Annual salary: 5 million yen
Wages description: The annual salary system, which was introduced on 1st of April 2020, will be applied. The annual salary is determined in accordance with the university's pay scale based on experience, etc.
The above annual salary are general guidelines and may be less than the above annual salary in some cases.
Working hours: 08:30-17:15
Break time: 12:00-13:00
Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and the period from the 29th of December to the 3rd of January
Overtime and other explanations: Based on the discretionary labor system for professional work based by consent, it is regarded that working hours are 7 hours and 45 minutes irrespective of how much time the employee actually spends on his/her work.
Employment type: Regular employee
Contract period: Nontenured
Contract period description: Full-time (5-year term (*)). Converted to full-time (no term of office) upon review and approval of education, research, etc,during the term of office.
(*) If the period of continuous employment at the University exceeds five years, until the total period of employment exceeds ten years.
Probationary period: Probationary period absent
* Established Researcher (R3)
Annual salary: 7 million yen
Wages description: The annual salary system, which was introduced on 1st of April 2020, will be applied. The annual salary is determined in accordance with the university's pay scale based on experience, etc.
The above annual salary are general guidelines and may be less than the above annual salary in some cases.
Working hours: 08:30-17:15
Break time: 12:00-13:00
Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and the period from the 29th of December to the 3rd of January
Overtime and other explanations: Based on the discretionary labor system for professional work based by consent, it is regarded that working hours are 7 hours and 45 minutes irrespective of how much time the employee actually spends on his/her work.
Employment type: Regular employee
Contract period: Tenured
Probationary period: Probationary period present
Probationary period description: Trial employment period (Three months)
[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]
No smoking is permitted on the university premises.
[Supplementary explanation of compensation]
Additional comments
(1) Candidates may be requested to come to the campus for an interview. The University does not cover travel costs or other expenses relating to interview attendance.
(2) "In line with the Basic Act for a Gender-Equal Society (Act No. 78 of 1999), Kyushu University is an equal opportunity employer. https://danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/"
(3) Kyushu University is an equal opportunity employer and follows the principle of the Act on Employment Promotion etc. of Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 123 of 1960, revised in 2013) and Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 65 of 2013).
(4) The accompanying spouse employment system has been implemented at Kyushu University from July 2017.
(5) If you have been disciplined in the past for sexual violence, including sexual harassment, against students, please be sure to enter the nature of the disciplinary action and the specific reasons for it in your resume or other documents. False statements may result in cancellation of employment or disciplinary action.
(6) For more information on the Department of Marine Systems Engineering, please refer to the following URL https://www.nams.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/
(7) Please review the latest faculty requirement posted on the above website before submitting the application documents.
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 1
- Company/Institute: Kyushu University
- Country: Japan
- City: Fukuoka
Contact
City: Fukuoka
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