Postdoc in Health Data Science Infrastructure - DTU Health Tech

We are looking for a postdoc who can help establish a national infrastructure for the collection and sharing of biomedical health data in Denmark, named "The Biomedical Data Infrastructure". If you have a strong background in managing technical projects, software engineering, and data science, this position offers ample opportunities for conducting cutting-edge health data science on one of the world's most detailed health datasets.

The job
As part of a large national project funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, DTU and a range of clinical partners are about to collect all biomedical data, like neurophysiological data from brain disorders, in a national health data science infrastructure. The long-term goal is to curate all datasets in Denmark and make them available for research and education across all universities in a safe and secure manner. 

Your job will be to be the technical project manager for this project, lead a structured and detailed requirement elicitation process, and subsequently implement this infrastructure on top of an existing cloud infrastructure. You will play a key role in the project's development, ensuring technical tasks and teams work together to meet security, compliance, and integration requirements. You will collaborate with various professionals and act as the link between technical teams, clinical teams, and project management.

In parallel to this, we expect you to run scientific experiments of your own, both in order to investigate the requirements from a researcher's point of view while also helping grow your own portfolio of state-of-the-art health data science research analyses.

As a postdoc, you will also be part of the teaching and supervision of DTU students, who in turn will also use the infrastructure.

Our expectations of you
As a formal qualification, you must hold a PhD degree in computer science, software engineering, biomedical engineering, data science, or a similar field. 

Your project management skills include:

• Experience in technical project management in complex IT environments.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, integration, and data governance.
• Ability to incorporate security and compliance into technical solutions from the start.
• Good skills in communicating technical decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, both in writing and orally
• Experience working in agile software engineering methods and tools

Your technical skillset matches one or more of the following topics:

• Requirements and software engineering
• Systems, software, and database design
• Distributed and cloud-based systems design, including security
• Electrophysiological signal processing of, e.g., EEG, ECG, EMG, etc.
• Health data science, incl. modern machine, and deep learning methods, 
• Cloud-based platforms like MS Azure or Google Colab
• Health data standards, like EDF, HL7, FHIR, etc.

We seek a person who works structured, diligently, constructively, and independently toward achieving tangible goals. We always prefer running systems, data, and results, and we emphasize high standards in software engineering, including structured data, documentation, tests, fail-over procedures, safety, and security.

The job includes coordination across both the technical and clinical sciences, and you will spend time both at DTU and in the hospitals in Denmark.

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility. 

Salary and terms of employment 
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

The period of employment is 3 years. The starting date is 1 October 2025, or according to mutual agreement. The position is a full-time position.

Your workplace will be at DTU Lyngby Campus.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information 
If you would like additional information about the position, please get in touch with Professor Jakob E. Bardram at jakba@dtu.dk or Professor Poul Jørgen Jennum at poul.joergen.jennum@regionh.dk.

You can read more about the DTU Health Tech at www.healthtech.dtu.dk. 

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure 
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 15 August 2025 (23:59 Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• Full CV
• Academic Diplomas (MSc & PhD – in English)
• List of publications incl. link to Google Scholar profile
• Link to Github or other code repository

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

DTU Health Tech
With a vision to improve health and quality of life through technology, DTU Health Tech engages in research, education, and innovation based on technical and natural science. We educate tomorrow’s health tech engineers and create the foundation for new and innovative services and technologies for the globally expanding healthcare sector with its demands for the most advanced technological solutions. DTU Health Tech’s expertise can be described through five overall research areas: Diagnostic Imaging, Digital Health, Personalised Therapy, Precision Diagnostics, and Sensory and Neural Technology. Our technologies and solutions are developed with the aim of benefiting people and creating value for society. The department has a scientific staff of about 210 persons, 140 PhD Students, and a technical/administrative support staff of about 100 persons of which a large majority contributes to our research infrastructure and related commercial activities.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.