Associate senior lecturer in electric power engineering

Luleå University of Technology experiences rapid growth with world-leading expertise within several research areas. Our scientific and artistic research and education are conducted in close collaboration with international, national and regional companies, the public sector and leading universities. Luleå University of Technology has an annual turnover of just over SEK 2.3 billion. We have more than 1,800 employees and nearly 21,600 students.

The Electric Power Engineering group in Skellefteå enjoys a strong national and international reputation for its leading research. It is internationally recognized as a world leader in power quality and is also highly regarded nationally for its undergraduate education in electric power systems. Over the years, the group's research results have attracted significant attention from both industry and academia.

Subject description
The research subject Electric Power Engineering covers studies of sustainable systems for production of electrical energy, transport of electrical energy and the interaction between the power grid, electricity production and electricity consumption.

Duties
As an Associate Senior Lecturer, you will conduct research within a subfield of Electric Power Engineering (to be determined by you in consultation with the Head of subject), contribute to teaching at the undergraduate and advanced (master’s) levels in Electric Power Engineering and related areas, supervise doctoral students, and initiate and carry out externally funded research projects within Electric Power Engineering.

As an Associate Senior Lecturer, you will strengthen the research group and broaden its research activities while also teaching students. Possible research directions include:

• Protective relaying and protection coordination
• Earthing systems and stray currents
• Industrial electrical networks, including railway power supply systems

Qualifications
To meet the requirements for employment as an associate senior lecturer, the applicant:

• must have been awarded a doctoral degree or must have a foreign degree considered equivalent to a doctoral degree.

Upon employment as an associate senior lecturer, primary consideration should be given to someone who has been awarded a doctoral degree within five years of the application deadline. However, someone who has been awarded a doctoral degree or achieved corresponding competence at an earlier date may also be considered if there are special grounds. Special grounds are sick leave, parental leave or other similar circumstances.

Assessment criteria
The following assessment criteria are applied for the position:

* Other assessment criteria, weighted equally

• Experience in planning and conducting electrical power engineering measurements in both laboratory and field environments.
• Ability to collaborate with the wider community, particularly companies and organizations within the field of electric power engineering.
• Ability to communicate research and development activities to other researchers and to society at large.
• Teaching qualifications, including completed pedagogical training, teaching experience, and the ability to teach in Swedish.
• Good proficiency in both English and Swedish.
• Low-voltage electrical authorization (AL).
• Administrative competence relevant to the subject area and to the duties included in the position

Period of employment
For this employment, an employment period of four years applies.

Promotion to senior lecturer

An assistant senior lecturer shall, upon application, be promoted to senior lecturer and a position until further notice. If the applicant is qualified for a position as senior lecturer and in an examination is deemed suitable for such a position, is determined in accordance with the assessment criteria set out below:

In the examination, it is required that the associate senior lecturer has completed higher education pedagogical education corresponding to 7.5 credits or has acquired corresponding knowledge in another way.

During the employment period, the associate senior lecturer must also independently, to a considerable extent and with high quality, contribute to the university's research and demonstrate good pedagogical skills.

Information
For further information about the position, please contact Professor and Head of Subject Sarah Rönnberg, 0910–585721, [email protected]

Union representatives:
SACO-S Diana Chroneer, 0920-49 2037 [email protected]
OFR-S Marika Vesterberg, 0920-49 1721 [email protected]

In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

Application
We prefer that you apply for this position by clicking on the apply button below and attach the requested application documents including diplomas (certified and translated into Swedish or English), pedagogical self-reflection and publications, etc. We prefer that applicants follows the Instructions for applicants . Note that the applicant´s educational qualifications should be particularly documented. Mark your application with the reference number below. Your application, including diplomas, must be written in English or Swedish

Sista ansökningsdag: September 16, 2026
Referensnummer: 3208-2026

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