Teaching Assistant in Software Development

Group T Leuven Campus is an international campus providing education, research and services in Engineering Technology. It is part of the KU Leuven Faculty of Engineering Technology and is located in the heart of Leuven. Its bachelor, master and doctoral programs in engineering technology combine a broad scientific and technological education with a pronounced focus on applications and implementation. Group T Leuven Campus is particularly committed to activities with broad societal added value, such as sustainable engineering and healthcare engineering. Entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation run like a thread through the programs and research.

Responsibilities

• You will teach within KU Leuven's Bachelor's and Master's programs in Engineering Technology and are co-responsible for programming-related courses.
• You are versatile, but your assignment is mainly in the field of programming techniques and software development for the Web and for IoT devices.
• You help shape the practice sessions, lab sessions and project work within the electronics-ICT programs. You develop the necessary study materials, keep them up-to-date and monitor the link with current scientific research. These assignments are in Dutch and/or in English.
• Projects are an important part of the study programs at Group T Campus. You are responsible for coaching students during their educational projects.
• You guide students, give them feedback and evaluate them.
• You work closely with students, researchers and lecturers on an international campus.
• You may be involved in projects to service companies.
• You are jointly responsible for managing the labs.
• You also play a role in the program's public relations. You participate in various events such as info days, open business day, science popularization, visits of international delegations, SID-ins, …

Profile

• You hold a master's degree in engineering technology, master's degree in engineering science or equivalent.
• You have hands-on experience with multiple programming languages such as Python, Java, C and JavaScript, as well as their programming tools and environments.
• You enjoy teaching and can enthuse students. Experience in project work and project teaching with bachelor and master students is an asset.
• You can work independently and proactively, have a sense of order and are accurate.
• You are analytical, results-oriented and student-focused.
• You use computers fluently and know the software necessary for your teaching assignment.
• You are an enthusiastic, enterprising team player with inventive ideas who looks for improvements, experiments with new concepts and solves problems in a creative and clear way.
• You are committed to disseminating the faculty's mission and values: you are open to other cultures and world views and are motivated to work internationally.
• You have communication skills and are fluent in Dutch and/or English, in accordance with the language requirements for higher education in Flanders.
• You are prepared to carry out similar assignments on other campuses of the faculty if necessary.

Offer

We offer you a full-time appointment from 15 September 2025 to 14 September 2026 in salary scale 43. Upon positive evaluation, this appointment can be extended. In addition to salary, KU Leuven offers many fringe benefits.

Interested?

For more information please contact Prof. dr. Bert Lagaisse, tel.: +32 16 32 78 55, mail: [email protected] or Prof. dr. ir. Toon van Waterschoot, tel.: +32 16 32 17 88, mail: [email protected].

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