University Professorship at KIT (W3) „Computer Architecture“ in Karlsruhe

# University Professorship at KIT (W3) „Computer Architecture“Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, GermanySalary: **W3**Application Deadline: **December 13, 2026**Employment type: **Full time**Position Type: **Professor**Date Posted: **October 28, 2026**Department: **Bereich II - Informatik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (BL 2)**Contact Email: **julia.boldt@partner.kit.edu**Source details may be limitedExplicify summary## Offer SummaryThe Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany is recruiting a W3 University Professor for Computer Architecture. This full-time position focuses on developing novel hardware architectures for artificial intelligence and machine learning, addressing challenges in computational efficiency, scalability, and sustainability. Key research areas include domain-specific processors, hardware accelerators, neuromorphic systems, and hardware-software co-design for edge and cloud computing. The appointee will lead an organizational unit at the Institute of Technical Informatics, fostering collaborations with the Baden-Württemberg Graduate Center connAIx and industry partners. Responsibilities encompass teaching nine semester hours weekly in bachelor's and master's programs, particularly in Technical Informatics and Chip Design, as well as driving innovation through technology transfer and intellectual property management. Candidates must demonstrate international recognition, leadership experience in research chairs, and success in securing third-party funding. Salary follows the German W3 civil service scale.Generated from stored offer content. Always confirm details in the official posting.## Project DescriptionArtificial Intelligence offers significant potential but also presents major challenges, particularly due to the rapidly increasing computational requirements. Therefore, powerful, scalable, and efficient hardware systems are among the central goals of AI research. At KIT, Division II, together with the Institute of Technical Informatics (ITEC) and the KIT Department of Informatics, are shaping these strategically important topics —with future close cooperation with the Baden-Württemberg Graduate Center 'Applied Artificial Intelligence (connAIx)'— and are establishing a### Your tasks* Research: Your research will focus on novel hardware architectures for artificial intelligence and machine learning, with applications in areas such as embedded systems, edge computing, and cloud computing. Central topics include specialized processor architectures and hardware accelerators that enable efficient, scalable, energy-efficient, and sustainable execution of AI algorithms. You will address challenges like co-designing hardware and AI algorithms, as well as issues in system integration, computational efficiency, and adaptability. As part of your work, you will establish collaborations both within and outside KIT, particularly with the Baden-Württemberg Graduate Center connAIx. Proactively initiating cooperative research projects is explicitly encouraged.* Key focus areas: Potential research foci include e.g. domain-specific processor architectures for machine learning, hardware accelerators for training and inference of deep learning models, neuromorphic architectures and alternative computing paradigms, or the co-design of hardware and AI algorithms. Additionally, energy efficient and sustainable architectures for edge AI and embedded AI systems, reconfigurable computing for AI, hardware-software co-design and co-optimization for AI, near-/in-memory computing, and system architectures for integrating AI accelerators can be key areas of interest.* Innovation and transfer: You will actively contribute to innovation and technology transfer, for example through collaborations with industry and application partners, the establishment of intellectual property protections, or the initiation of spin-off companies.* Teaching: You will teach 9 semester hours per week in the Informatics bachelor's and master's programs. This includes contributing to mandatory teaching in the bachelor's program, particularly in Technical Informatics. Additionally, you actively participate in the interdisciplinary master's program in Chip Design.With the university professorship, you will assume leadership of an organizational unit at the Institute for Technical Informatics (ITEC).### Your profile* You possess outstanding academic qualifications and are internationally recognized as a leading figure in the field of „Computer Architecture“.* You stand out through your experience in leading a research chair and securing third-party funding, and you possess excellent didactic skills.Employment is subject to Art. 14, par. (2) of the KIT Act in conjunction with Art. 47 LHG Baden-Württemberg (Act of Baden-Württemberg on Universities and Colleges).### **Salary**Salary is governed by the statutory provisions of the State of Baden-Württemberg and comprises the basic salary of salary grade W3.In addition, the granting of performance-related pay components is possible. The family allowance is paid, where applicable, in accordance with civil service law.### **Contact person in line-management**For subject-matter inquiries, please contact Professor Dr. Gerhard Neumann, email: gerhard.neumann@kit.edu### **Application**Please mail your application with the relevant documents (curriculum vitae, list of publications, diplomas/certificates, teaching evaluations, description of previous and planned research and teaching activities, limited to a maximum of five pages), preferably as a single PDF file, to Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Division II, Head of Division Professor Bernhard Beckert, email: berufungen@informatik.kit.edu---### Academic ContactBereich II - Informatik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (BL 2) julia.boldt@partner.kit.edu28/10/2026Last UpdateKarlsruhe Institute of Technologyjobs.pse.kit.edu## Apply for this positionThis application must be completed through the official university portal.Apply on official website Source Domain**jobs.pse.kit.edu**Status**Verified official source**Always cross-verify dates and details on the university's official site before submitting your application. #J-18808-Ljbffr