Phd positions in Automation @ Sweden

Application deadline 2009-06-14

The research group in Automation at the department of Signals and Systems is internationally well recognized with strong networks in both academy and industry. General Motors, USA has identified the group as one of their main global strategic research partners within automation. For more than a decade the group (now including about 15 members) has focused its research on development and implementation of reconfigurable automation systems for flexible production.

Job description

The three announced PhD student positions are concentrated on virtual development, control and optimization of production systems with special emphasis on flexible robot stations. Industry faces the challenge to introduce and produce new products much more quickly than today. This means that both the product and the production system must be developed entirely within a virtual (computer) environment.

To achieve this virtual development process, our research is interdisciplinary, on the border between Systems Engineering, Computer Science and Production Engineering. We develop theory, methods and software tools based on

• formal methods for discrete event and logical systems
• artificial intelligence
• discrete optimization
• control theory

Collaboration is performed with industry such as Volvo Cars, Volvo Aero, ABB, SAAB and TetraPak, as well as other research groups, both national and international. The research is funded by Vinnova, and the 7th EU Research Framework Programme.

Details about employment. PhD student positions are limited to five years and will normally include 80% research and 20% departmental work, mostly teaching duties.

Qualifications

Applicants should hold an M.Sc. degree (civ.ing.) or similar in an engineering discipline, awarded by an internationally recognised university-level institution – or documented equivalent thereof. Applicants should have good analytical skills and good ability to work independently towards the goals expressed in the project plans. Applicants are expected to have an excellent working knowledge of both written and spoken English. Since the group’s teaching activities are conducted in both Swedish and English, knowledge of Swedish is an advantage.

Application procedure

The application shall be written in English and include the following items:

1. An application of a maximum of one A4 page containing your specific qualifications for the position
2. Attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents
3. Curriculum Vitae
4. Letters of recommendation and name of reference persons (optional)

The application shall be sent electronically as pdf or zipped documents. Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.

If any material is not available electronically or cannot be transferred to pdf format, the material can be sent as a hard copy to Registrar. The applicants name and the reference number (2009/81) must be written on the first page of the application.

Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden

Further information

Professor Bengt Lennartson, +46 31 772 3722
bengt.lennartson@chalmers.se

Professor Martin Fabian, +46 31 772 3716
fabian@chalmers.se

Assistant professor Knut Åkesson, +46 701 74 95 25
knut@chalmers.se

Dr Petter Falkman, +46 732 46 99 10
pf@chalmers.se

For more general information about the Department of Signals and Systems, see www.chalmers.se/s2/en

Union representatives

• SACO: Jan Lindér
• ST: Marie Wenander
• SEKO: Ralf Berndtsson

All reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00

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