Permanent Academic Employee Position in Bioacoustics and Signal Processing
Expected start date and duration of employment
This is a permanent position starting 1/3/26 or as soon as possible thereafter.Job description
- You will be responsible for planning, preparing and executing field work in Denmark and internationally using hydrophone and microphone arrays, on animal tags and passive acoustic monitoring devices.
- You will manage and maintain our recording equipment and undertake calibration and development of scientific equipment.
- You will set up and curate data bases and develop and use software to perform discrete time series analyses of large acoustic and sensor datasets.
- You will help supporting and training students and post docs in acoustic analyses and contribute to both specific and general courses as a co-teacher.
- You will take the lead on writing reports to funders and governments and contribute to peer-reviewed papers and grant applications with data, plots, analyses and writing.
Your profile
A PhD or similar level of documented research experience in bioacoustics, engineering or physics is an advantage, and the candidate should possess strong analytical skills in quantitative acoustics.You must have experience with programming in Matlab or Python or similar programming tools.
You are familiar with mammalian audition and can apply relevant auditory metrics to acoustic data sets.
At sea field experience and boat handling skills are an advantage and so is work experience with data bases and data curation.
You must have strong English skills both orally and in writing, and you must thrive in an inclusive multi-cultural and diverse working environment.
We strive to be best bioacoustics lab in the world and we are therefore looking for a profile for this job who shares that ambition with the needed attention and care to do things right.
Who we are
The Marine Bioacoustics lab currently consists of 1 senior PI, 9 post docs, 6 PhD students and several MSc and Bsc. It is part of the Section for Zoophysiology, Department of Biology, Aarhus University.www.marinebioacoustics.com
What we offer
- A well-developed research infrastructure, acoustic laboratories and access to shared equipment and novel bioacoustic tools.
- An exciting interdisciplinary environment with many high level national and international collaborators.
- A research climate encouraging lively, open and critical discussion within and across different fields of research
- A work environment with close working relationships, networking and social activities
- A workplace characterized by professionalism, equality and a healthy work-life balance.
Place of work and area of employment
The place of work is C.F. Mollers Alle 3, 8000 Aarhus C, DenmarkContact information
For further information, please contact: Professor Peter T. Madsen, +45 5177 8771, peter.madsen@bio.au.dkDeadline
Formalities and salary range
Salary and terms as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Professional Unions or similar.
Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.
The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.
Aarhus University
Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/
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