Research engineer

Mälardalen University is growing and evolving due to increased research funding from the Swedish Government. Join our team on this exciting journey towards MDU`s vision, to be a progressive and collaborative University where together we shape a sustainable future. You can make a difference. Together, we can create a sustainable future through knowledge and innovation. We believe that knowledge and new perspectives are best attained and reached together in collaboration with others – our colleagues, students, the private and public sectors, both nationally and internationally.
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Mälardalen University is located in Sweden, on both sides of Lake Mälaren, with campuses in Eskilstuna and Västerås. Mälardalen is a region dominated by strong growth with several multinational companies based here such as ABB, Volvo, Westinghouse, Alstom and Northvolt. We enjoy close cooperation with the region’s private sector, municipalities, and county councils.

At the School of Innovation, Design and Engineering our students are studying to be for example innovators, entrepreneurs, illustrators, communications officers, network technicians and engineers. Here we have the research specialisations of Embedded Systems, and Innovation and Product Realisation. Our work takes place in cooperation with and in strategic agreements with companies, organisations and public authorities in the region.

Employment: Temporary employment, 6 months
Scope: Full time
Closing date for application: 2023-03-23
Campus location: Eskilstuna
School: School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, (IDT)

The MoDev project, funded in Sweden by KKS and run in cooperation with Swedish international industrial partners, therefore Mälardalen University is recruiting a research engineer. The position is a temporary employment of 6 months. 

MoDev aims at combining well-established software development paradigms to maximise the trade-off between three core aspects: variability, flexibility and agility.  MoDev will provide methodological and technical solutions for the combination of Software Product Lines (SPLs), blended Model-based Development (MBD), and DevOps, with focus on early verification and validation (V&V). The solutions will be concretised into a prototype framework. 

The research engineer will focus on implementing methods and tools for blended and collaborative modelling, in terms of editing, visualization and synchronisation, of SPLs, and theories, methods and tools for continuous model-based development and analysis of product families. 

The research engineer will work with the project team in MoDev.

The applicant is required to have BsC or MsC in in Computer Science or Computer/Software Engineering .

The applicants are required to possess a BsC or MsC degree in Computer Science and excellent knowledge and skills in software engineering with particular emphasis on Java programming in the Eclipse platform.

The position require a strong motivation for research, good verbal and written communication skills in English, and a self-standing attitude. 

Decisive importance is attached to personal suitability. We value the qualities that an even distribution of age and gender, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity, can contribute to the organization.

Knowledge and experience with technologies related to the EAST-ADL, AUTOSAR, Eclipse Modeling Framework for modelling and manipulating models such as Acceleo, Xtend, Xtext, OCL, UML, Java, C++, JUnit, XML, are expected.  

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The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and will reach the University no later than closing date for application.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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