Professor/Associate Professor in Ship Power and Maritime Energy System Design and Operation

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About the Position

NTNU is looking for a candidate who will strengthen its research and teaching in the design and integration of sustainable ship power and energy systems. The position will be central to research and education supporting the maritime energy transition: how to design, configure, and operate shipboard power systems that deliver the right energy from the right source, at the right time for vessels and fleets with complex operational profiles, and towards a future characterized by both rapid and uncertain technology development, tightening emissions regulations and volatile market conditions.

The position will have a systems design perspective on multi-hybrid power systems, covering the selection and integration of power system components and configurations, from detailed single-line diagram level to the operational interface with fleet logistics and fuel/energy infrastructure. The research and teaching scope should cover power system engineering, operational energy modelling, data-driven methods, and decision support tools across strategic, tactical, and operational timescales.

The immediate leader for this position is the Head of Department.

Duties of the Position

• Teach relevant courses at undergraduate and graduate level, and supervise Master’s and PhD students.
• Initiate and lead national and international research projects, and contribute to existing department research programmes.
• Conduct research on hybrid ship power system design, configuration, and integration, including energy management at component, ship, port, and fleet level.
• Develop and apply data-driven and simulation-based methods, including digital twins and AI methods based on real vessel data streams.
• Model concept of operations (CONOPS) and derive operating profiles and power/energy system requirements from these.
• Contribute to research on energy accounting frameworks (well-to-wake, tank-to-wake) and their implications for system design.

Required Qualifications

For both Associate and Full Professor: candidates must meet the qualifications required for the position of professor, as specified in the Norwegian regulations for appointment and promotion to teaching and research positions:

• A doctoral degree, or competence at an equivalent level, in marine technology, maritime engineering, electrical power engineering, or a closely related field.
• Significant contributions to research at the highest international level, in accordance with standards in the field.
• Documented educational competence.
• Good communication skills and fluent in English, both oral and written.
• Norwegian language skills at level B2, or commitment to achieve this within three years of appointment.

Additional requirements for full professor (must be documented):

• Quality development in own teaching and supervision over time, with a high degree of reflection on own practice, documented in a teaching portfolio.
• Broad experience with supervision, preferably at Master’s and PhD level.
• Initiative in, and leadership of, educational quality development.
• An established scientific network within relevant scientific communities demonstrated by commissions of trust, leadership and society participation.

Expected competence profile:

• Marine machinery systems design and operation, and/or marine engineering.
• Maritime electric power systems at component and system level.
• Data science methodologies and digital twins applied to maritime systems.

Candidates must document relevant basic competence in teaching and supervision at a university/higher education level, as referenced in NTNU’s guidelines for academic positions. If this cannot be documented, the successful candidate will be required to complete an approved course in university pedagogy within two years of commencement (NTNU offers qualifying courses). New employees who do not speak a Scandinavian language are required, within three years, to demonstrate skills in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language equivalent to level B2 of the course for Norwegian for speakers of other languages at the Department of Language and Literature at NTNU.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with logistics and transportation systems modelling.
• Knowledge of alternative propulsion systems.
• Experience from naval architecture and/or vessel design teams.
• Relevant industry experience from the maritime sector.
• Competence in machine learning, AI, and/or foundation model approaches applied to engineering systems.

Personal Qualities

• Strong collaborative orientation and willingness to work across disciplinary boundaries.
• Ability to motivate and inspire both students and research colleagues.
• Innovative and analytically rigorous approach to research problems.
• Good communication skills, including the ability to engage with industry partners.

Emphasis will be placed on personal and interpersonal qualities.

We Offer

• An intellectually stimulating position at a leading European technical university, with access to unique research infrastructure including the NTNU fleet and FjordLab.
• An open and inclusive working environment with enthusiastic colleagues.
• Favourable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
• Employee benefits.

Salary and Conditions

As an Associate Professor (code 1011) you are normally paid from gross NOK 800,000 – 1,100,000 per annum before tax, depending on qualifications and seniority. For appointments as a Professor (code 1013) you are normally paid from gross NOK 1,000,000 – NOK 1,450,000 per annum before tax, depending on qualifications and seniority. As required by law, 2% of this salary will be deducted and paid into the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.

The engagement is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants, and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who, by assessment of the application and attachment, are seen to conflict with the criteria in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to NTNU.

After appointment, there may be changes in the area of work. For the necessary professional and social interaction, it is a prerequisite that the successful candidate is physically present and available to the institution on a daily basis.

About the Application

Applications and supporting documentation must be in English. Please note: the application will only be assessed on the basis of the information received by the application deadline. The application and all attachments must be sent electronically via Jobbnorge.no.

If, for any reason, a candidate has taken a career break or had an atypical career and wishes to disclose this in the application, the selection committee will take this into account, recognizing that the quantity of research may be reduced as a result.

Your application must include:

• CV, diplomas, and certificates.
• A teaching portfolio in which teaching competence is compiled and presented systematically (see guidelines for Documentation of educational competence).
• Academic works – published or unpublished – that the candidate wishes to be considered during assessment (up to 10 items).
• A description of the scientific works considered most relevant, which the candidate particularly wishes to be factored into the assessment.
• A complete publication list.
• A research plan.
• Details of projects for which the candidate has served as project manager, including information on financing, duration, and scope.
• Names and contact information for three relevant referees.

Candidates are encouraged to use NTNU’s competence matrix as a guide for documentation of competence. Joint work will also be considered. If it is difficult to identify a candidate’s specific input to a joint project, evidence of their contributions must be included.

In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be placed on education, experience and personal and interpersonal qualities. Motivation, ambitions, and potential will also count in the assessment of candidates. The assessment of pedagogical skills will be based on documented pedagogical material, teaching experience, PhD and Master’s supervision, and any other relevant pedagogical background. Both quality and scope will be taken into consideration, and open scientific practice will be recognized.

NTNU is obliged by the evaluation criteria for research quality in accordance with The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and the obligations in the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) on responsible assessment of research and recognition of a wider range of academic contributions to science and society. This means that particular attention will be paid to the quality and academic range demonstrated by scientific work to date, as well as to research leadership and participation in research projects. Scientific work from the last five years will be given the most weight.

The application will be considered by an expert committee. Candidates of interest will be invited to an interview, and to deliver a trial teaching session.

General Information

Diversity is a strength, and NTNU aims to be an employer that reflects the diversity in society. NTNU’s vision is “Knowledge for a better world” and its values are creative, critical, constructive and respectful. NTNU strives to attract employees with different skills, life experiences, and perspectives, and wants to increase the proportion of women in scientific positions, with a number of measures in place to promote equality.

As an employee at NTNU, continual maintenance and improvement of professional development, and flexibility regarding organizational changes, is required.

A public list of applicants with name, age, job title and municipality of residence is prepared after the application deadline. If a candidate wants to reserve themselves from entry on the public applicant list, this must be justified; the candidate will be notified if the reservation is not accepted. For the sake of transparency, candidates will be given expert evaluations of their own and other candidates. As an applicant, you are considered part of the process and are stipulated by rules of confidentiality.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Professor Sverre Steen, tel. +47 9340 6429, email Sverre.steen@ntnu.no.

If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Maria Hjertner, email maria.hjertner@ntnu.no.

How to Apply

Application deadline: 26.10.2026.

More information and application: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/307747/professor-in-ship-power-and-maritime-energy-system-design-and-operation