The University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) is looking to fill a full-time position in the Department of Engineering as soon as possible:

# Research Associate - Postdoc (m/f/d) in Natural Language Understanding (NLU)

UTN is dedicated to harnessing the knowledge and innovation of the humanities to shape a sustainable future. The Department of Engineering seeks to establish strong, dynamic collaboration across disciplines, connecting engineering with the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The position offers an opportunity for scientific qualification, allowing you to build your research profile and gain experience in line with your academic background and personal aspirations. The research project should make a contribution to one of the NLU Lab's key research areas listed below.

## Your tasks

* Active collaboration in research and teaching * Participation in the lab's research areas "background knowledge in language understanding and misunderstanding" and "implicit and underspecified language" * Support in the conception and organization of scientific events and public engangement projects (in coordination with the Communication Unit) * Participation in research cooperations of the department

## Your profile

* Very good academic degree (Master's or comparable) in computational linguistics or a related field * Doctorate in the field of computational linguistics * Proven research focus in natural language understanding, as demonstrated by relevant publications * Interest in interdisciplinary cooperation in research and teaching

## We offer

* An employment contract or position as a civil servant for initially 3 years * Active support in the development of your own research agenda and corresponding applications for projects or an independent research group * Salary corresponding to group A13 of the Bavarian Salary Act or pay group E13 TV-L (https://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/tv-l/allg/) if the personal and pay scale requirements are met. * Opportunity to actively participate in the development of the newly founded University of Technology Nuremberg and to take on responsible tasks * A dynamic and flexible working environment * A modern workplace with all the attractive social benefits of the public sector * Flexible working hours to reconcile family and career * Mobile working opportunities * Attractive training and development opportunities

The position is suitable for people with severe disabilities. Severely disabled applicants will be given preference if they have the same suitability, qualifications and professional performance.

Women are encouraged to apply in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 of the Bavarian Equal Opportunities Act. The NLU Lab is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment and we highly welcome applications from minority groups and candidates of all backgrounds.

The position is open to part-time arrangements, provided that the responsibilities can be fulfilled through job sharing.

## Are you interested?

Please send us your detailed application by 03.11.2024. Please only use our application portal. Interviews for this vacancy are expected to take place in the week commencing 10.11.2024.

Job portal: https://jobs.utn.de/en/jobposting/ead54f69ce980cfe6f7d04fba57812b88328f4a00/...

## Do you have questions?

We are happy to receive general questions by e-mail to jobs@utn.de, quoting the reference number ENG-2024-04, and we will call you back. If you have content related questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Michael Roth at michael.roth@utn.de

The official version of this announcement is available in German on www.utn.de