Postdoc - Human-centred automation and collaborative robotics

This position is a great opportunity for a recently graduated PhD, aspiring to engage in state-of-the-art research towards creating the next generation of human-centred automation and truly collaborative robots. You will join a diverse, professional, and friendly team of excellent researchers working in national and international research projects, together with industry.

Information about the division and the department
Chalmers is a leading university in industrial digitalization for sustainable and competitive manufacturing. The Division of Production Systems aims to address the challenges of human-centred digitalization in industry, while working on design, operation, and maintenance of future industrial manufacturing systems.

We are a growing team of 30 cross-disciplinary researchers, teachers, PhD candidates, and support staff. The Division has a good gender balance and high diversity. We have extensive international research collaboration and deploy robot, VR, AR, and other equipment in our excellent Stena Industry Innovation Lab research infrastructure for experiments.

Production Systems is one of six divisions within the Department of Industrial and Materials Science (IMS) . The other divisions are: Design & Human Factors; Product Development; Material & Computational Mechanics; Engineering Materials; Materials and Manufacture.

Major responsibilities
As a PostDoc in our team, you will focus on collaborative robotics and human-centred automation within manufacturing operations. Your starting point is state-of-the-art research on human interaction and collaboration with automation, robots, and digital tools. Augmenting and supporting the human is central.

As Postdoc you are expected to continuously expand your field of expertise, in close collaboration with all three research groups within the division. The division's experienced research leaders will train you for a future research leadership position in academia or industry, in Sweden or internationally.

Qualifications

Mandatory:
To qualify for the postdoc position you should hold a recent doctoral degree related to advanced, industrial sustainability development and assessment methods, preferably involving manufacturing industries. Your degree should have been awarded no more than two years prior to the application deadline, in line with current agreements with the Swedish Agency for Government Employers.

You should be able to fluently speak and write English. Swedish proficiency is meritorious but if you do not yet have it you should be willing to learn Swedish, to facilitate teaching and research collaboration. Chalmers offers Swedish courses.

Meritorious:
Training and experience with collaborative robotics, human-centred automation, and digitalisation of manufacturing operations is relevant. Applicants with a background and research experience within industrial, mechanical, electric or similar engineering are prioritized.

Contract terms
This postdoc position is a full-time temporary employment for two or three years.

We offer
Chalmers offers a cultivating and inspiring working environment in the coastal city of Gothenburg .
Read more about working at Chalmers  and our benefits  for employees.

Chalmers aims to actively improve our gender balance. We work broadly with equality projects, for example the GENIE Initiative on gender equality for excellence . Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with 20230765 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as PDF-files, as below. Maximum size for each file is 40 MB. Please note that the system does not support Zip files.

CV:(Please name the document as: CV, Surname, Ref. number) including:
• CV, include complete list of publications
• Previous teaching and pedagogical experiences
• Two references that we can contact.

Personal letter: (Please name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, Ref. number)
1-3 pages where you:
• Introduce yourself
• Describe your previous research fields and main research results
• Describe your future goals and future research focus

Other documents:
• Attested copies of completed education, grades and other certificates.

Use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.

Application deadline: 2024-01-12

For questions, please contact:
Professor Johan Stahre,
[email protected], +46 31 772 1288

Professor Björn Johansson,
[email protected], +46 31 772 3809

*** Chalmers will NOT consider any offers of further announcement publishing or other types of support for the recruiting process in connection with this position. *** 

Chalmers University of Technology conducts research and education in engineering sciences, architecture, technology-related mathematical sciences, natural and nautical sciences, working in close collaboration with industry and society. The strategy for scientific excellence focuses on our six Areas of Advance; Energy, Health Engineering, Information and Communication Technology, Materials Science, Production and Transport. The aim is to make an active contribution to a sustainable future using the basic sciences as a foundation and innovation and entrepreneurship as the central driving forces. Chalmers has around 11,000 students and 3,000 employees. New knowledge and improved technology have characterised Chalmers since its foundation in 1829, completely in accordance with the will of William Chalmers and his motto: Avancez!

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