Three-years Research Fellow position (RTD) at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. An RTD is the equivalent of an Assistant Professor position (fixed term, renewable) in the Italian system. The position includes the possibility to apply for funding, and a light teaching load (60 hours/year). Teaching is held in English. A Ph.D. is required. Areas of interest: Mining Software Repositories, Software Maintenance and Evolution, and Empirical Software Engineering. Deadline for applications: 21.12.2017 Salary is competitive and starts at 42,000 Euro gross per year, to which can be added bonuses based on academic performance, additional teaching, and linguistic competencies for a maximum of 66,000 Euro gross per year. A tax benefit may be provided to researchers coming from abroad. Additional personal fund for traveling (2000 Euro per year) is also offered on top of the salary, and annual university calls for research funding dedicated to RTDs can also support the researcher for travelling and research collaborations. Surroundings: Bolzano is the capital of Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous and bilingual (German-Italian) region of northern Italy, bordering Austria and Switzerland. Bolzano regularly tops the rankings of quality of life among Italian cities. The university of Bolzano is situated in the very lively city center of Bolzano: the main train station is 6 min walking distance from the university. The city is surrounded by the Dolomites mountains, reachable in 30 min by train, bus, or by car. Official call: https://www.unibz.it/en/home/position-calls/positions-for-academic-staff/33… For further information, contact Prof. Romain Robbes: rrobbes(a)unibz.it