Professorship W2 in Product, Spatial and Physical Design

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🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✍️ Designer

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velpTEC edutainment

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📚 Education

Consulting • Logistics • Education

velpTEC edutainment is a provider of advanced educational programs, focusing on technological trends, digital skills, personal development, and practical application in various professional fields. They offer a wide range of courses across topics such as project management, IT & digitalization, business management, finance, analytics, procurement, logistics, and more. Their programs are designed to be flexible, allowing learners to study from home or at learning centers, with content available 24/7. velpTEC emphasizes practical learning with expert guidance and offers 100% funding assistance for courses through education vouchers from the German Federal Employment Agency.

📋 Description

• Contribute to development of the Bachelor's program in Future Design and Immersive Systems • Assist in recruiting students • Conduct live masterclasses and expert seminars in English on product and industrial design, spatial design, physical computing, and sustainable design • Provide academic guidance, mentoring, and support for project and research work • Design and evaluate portfolio assessments, exams, and bachelor's theses • Conduct practice-oriented research and transfer projects in product design, spatial and physical design, and sustainable material design • Cooperate with industry and research institutions • Initiate research collaborations and acquire third-party funding • Publish research findings in academic journals and present them at relevant conferences • Represent the university at specialist presentations and industry events • Participate in research-related product developments, founding/start-up ventures, and patent applications • Contribute to academic self-governance and further development of study programmes • Participate in international collaboration

🎯 Requirements

• A completed university degree • Pedagogical-didactic aptitude confirmed through practical experience • Special aptitude for in-depth independent scholarly work, generally evidenced by an above-average doctorate in industrial design, product design, spatial design or related fields • At least five years of professional practice applying or developing scientific findings and methods • At least three years of that professional practice must have been outside the higher education sector • Preferably experience in product design, industrial design, interior/spatial design, or physical prototyping roles in industry • Ability and willingness to conduct teaching, research, and transfer activities in English • Willingness to develop higher education teaching competencies, particularly in generative AI-supported teaching • Motivation to develop and apply new didactic formats in product, spatial and physical design education • Readiness to collaborate interdisciplinarily with colleagues in applied computing and AI, digital business transformation, and immersive design • Proven experience in industry or research projects related to product, spatial, and physical design • Experience in international contexts or motivation to integrate international product and spatial design perspectives into teaching and research • Willingness to actively shape the foundation and growth of a new university • Visible research focus in product design, spatial design, or sustainable material design • Understanding of knowledge and technology transfer between science, industry, and society • Application documents must be submitted in English via the online portal • Foreign educational qualifications require proof of equivalence

🏖️ Benefits

• The opportunity to shape the development of a new university and its programmes right from its foundation • A professorship with a clear focus on teaching, quality assurance, and applied research • Interdisciplinary collaboration with colleagues in applied computing and AI, digital business transformation, and immersive design • Modern digital infrastructure and an innovative environment without outdated structures • Collaboration with the Center for Higher Education Teaching (Kompetenzzentrum Lehre) at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg on the development of higher education teaching competencies • Fully remote from Germany or abroad (German working hours) or hybrid from Hanover, Munich or Leipzig • Flexible working hours with core working hours • Fixed salary • Performance-based bonus • €100 per month towards a company pension plan after 6 months for full-time employees • 15% employer contribution to your own payments • Attractive employee discounts • 1 additional day of paid leave per year for volunteering • Annual health budget of €600 after 6 months for full-time employees • Access to more than 13,000 fitness and wellness facilities through EGYM Wellpass • Regular team events and shared experiences • Plenty of autonomy, varied responsibilities, and a culture that encourages new ideas and innovation