Description

Job Description:

The Department of Electrical Engineering invites applications from highly qualified candidates with a strong record in teaching and research. Applicants with relevant industrial experience are particularly encouraged to apply.
Based on departmental priorities, applications are especially welcomed in the following areas:

• Electronics (Mixed-Signal)
  Expertise focus: CMOS analog & mixed-mode electronics
• Digital Signal Processing
  Expertise focus: Speech & Audio; Signal & Image Compression; Wavelets; Machine Learning for Signal Processing; Seismic Signal Processing; Adaptive Filtering
• Microwaves, Photonics & Photonic Systems
  Expertise focus: Photonics, Radar Systems.
• Control Systems
  Expertise focus: Control Theory; Dynamical Systems
• Communication Systems
  Expertise focus: Contemporary areas in communications, Communications Instrumentation

The department has strong collaborative research and educational programs in communications, signal processing, power systems, automatic control, and electronics. It has excellent infrastructure facilities to support advanced research activities. The department faculty has also access to major research facilities provided by the University Research & Innovation Sector.

Job Responsibility:

Candidates will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate course, advising and mentoring of students, supervision of MS and PhD thesis / dissertation and develop funded research program appropriate to his field of specialization. The successful candidate should demonstrate a strong commitment to quality education and student interaction.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Two-year renewable contract.
• Competitive tax-free salaries based on qualifications and experience.
• Free furnished air-conditioned on-campus housing unit with free essential utilities and maintenance.
• Air ticket/s to Dammam upon appointment; final repatriation air ticket/s for up to four persons.
• Contribution towards local tuition fees for school-age dependent children; local transportation allowance.
• Two months’ paid summer leave.
• Medical insurance.
• End-of-service gratuity after two (2) years of continuous service.
• The KFUPM campus has a range of facilities including a medical and dental clinic, health club with swimming pool, an extensive library, computing, research and teaching laboratory facilities, a recreation center and a private beach.

Requirements

Qualifications:
Applicants must have an earned Ph.D. from reputable institution, strong record of published research, experience in supervising research of graduate students, relevant teaching experience at the university level and have teaching and/or industrial experience in the respective areas.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

• Applications are invited for faculty positions at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
• Applicants must be fluent in English as it is the medium of instruction in the University.

Required Documents:

1. Resume
2. Cover Letter/Letter of Application
3. All Official Transcripts (BS, MS, Ph.D.) combined in one file
4. All Degrees and Certifications (BS, MS, Ph.D.) combined in one file
5. Abstract of the Dissertation
6. Scanned copy of Passport
7. Applicant Photo
8. Teaching Statement
9. Research Statement
10. List of Publications