PhD student in Automatic Control, within SEDDIT

Reference number LiU-2024-02904

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We are now looking for 1-4 PhD students in Automatic Control, at the Department for Electrical Engineering (ISY).

Your work assignments

The advertised positions will be within our new Competence Center SEDDIT (Sensor Informatics and Decision-Making for the Digital Transformation). Read more about the Competence Center here: https://liu.se/forskning/seddit.

There are several projects to choose between within this center, e.g., collaborative systems, large-scale estimation, generative artificial intelligence (AI) for motion planning, and learning control. The research contains both theoretical and practical challenges and will be carried out in close collaboration with industry.

As a PhD student, you devote most of your time to doctoral studies and the research projects of which you are part. Your work may also include teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20% of full-time.

Your qualifications

You have a Master’s degree in electrical engineering, engineering physics, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, applied mathematics or similar, or completed courses with a minimum of 240 credits, at least 60 of which must be in advanced courses within the same topics. Alternatively, you have gained essentially corresponding knowledge in another way.

Furthermore, you shall be eager to learn new things and explore the unknown and you like to pay attention to details. You must also be comfortable expressing yourself in English, both in writing and orally.

Your workplace

The Division of Automatic Control conducts research as well as undergraduate and postgraduate education within areas such as sensor fusion, learning control, autonomous systems, and optimization. Read more about the division here: https://liu.se/en/organisation/liu/isy/rt.

For more information about ISY, go to: https://liu.se/en/article/open-positions-at-isy.

The employment

When taking up the post, you will be admitted to the program for doctoral studies. More information about the doctoral studies at each faculty is available at Doctoral studies at Linköping University

The employment has a duration of four years’ full-time equivalent. You will initially be employed for a period of one year. The employment will subsequently be renewed for periods of maximum duration two years, depending on your progress through the study plan. The employment may be extended up to a maximum of five years, based on the amount of teaching and departmental duties you have carried out. Further extensions can be granted in special circumstances. Please contact isyphdcouncil@groups.liu.se if you have any questions about working as a PhD student at ISY.

Starting date by agreement.

Background screening may come to be carried out before any decision on employment is made.

Salary and employment benefits

The salary of PhD students is determined according to a locally negotiated salary progression.

More information about employment benefits at Linköping University is available here.

Union representatives

Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants.

Application procedure

Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button below. Your application must reach Linköping University no later than June 24, 2024.

Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.

We welcome applicants with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives - diversity enriches our work and helps us grow. Preserving everybody's equal value, rights and opportunities is a natural part of who we are. Read more about our work with: Equal opportunities.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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Contact persons

Svante Gunnarsson
Professor
+4613-281747
svante.gunnarsson@liu.se
Karin Blomdahl
HR Coordinator
karin.blomdahl@liu.se