School of Engineering Sciences at KTH

Project description

Third-cycle subject: Vehicle Engineering

Active suspension on rail vehicles is used today to allow higher speeds while maintaining good ride comfort. A new focus is that active suspension should enable vehicle configurations that today have low ride comfort and cause high maintenance costs for vehicles and tracks.

Within the framework of the EU-funded research program EU-Rail, we have the chance to be involved in developing the rail vehicles of the future for regional traffic. Therefore, we are looking for you who have interest and knowledge in vehicle dynamics and control technology for this doctoral position.

Supervision: Sebastian Stichel and Rickard Persson are proposed to supervise the doctoral student. Decisions are made upon admission.

What we offer

Admission requirements

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

  • passed a second cycle degree (for example a master's degree), or
  • completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 second-cycle higher education credits, or
  • acquired, in some other way within or outside the country, substantially equivalent knowledge

In addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement for English equivalent to English B/6, read more here

Selection

In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:

  • independently pursue his or her work
  • collaborate with others,
  • have a professional approach and
  • analyse and work with complex issues

Good ability to communicate in English, both spoken and in writing is required, as it is required in the daily work. It is a merit to have experience in modelling multibody systems to investigate the dynamic performance.

After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal competency. 

Target degree: Doctoral degree

Information regarding admission and employment

Only those admitted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total length of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education in four years ' time. An employed doctoral student can, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks within their role, e.g. training and administration. A new position as a doctoral student is for a maximum of one year, and then the employment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time.

Union representatives

You will find contact information for union representatives on KTH's website.

Doctoral section (Students’ union on KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

You will find contact information for doctoral section on the section's website.

Application

Apply for the position and admission through KTH's recruitment system. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.

Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/entral European Summer Time).

Applications must include the following elements:

  • CV including your relevant professional experience and knowledge.
  • Application letter with a brief description of why you want to pursue research studies, about what your academic interests are and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Maximum 2 pages long)
  • Copies of diplomas and grades from previous university studies and certificates of fulfilled language requirements (see above). Translations into English or Swedish if the original document is not issued in one of these languages.Copies of originals must be certified.
  • Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.

Other information

Striving towards gender equality, diversity and equal conditions is both a question of quality for KTH and a given part of our values.

For information about processing of personal data in the recruitment process please read here.

We firmly decline all contact with staffing and recruitment agencies and job ad salespersons.

Disclaimer: In case of discrepancy between the Swedish original and the English translation of the job announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

 

 

Anställningsform Tidsbegränsad anställning
Anställningens omfattning Heltid
Tillträde Enligt överrenskommelse
Löneform Månadslön enligt KTH:s avtal för doktorandlöner
Antal lediga befattningar 1
Sysselsättningsgrad 100%
Ort Stockholm
Län Stockholms län
Land Sverige
Referensnummer S-2022-2179
Kontakt
  • Sebastian Stichel, Professor, E-post:stichel@kth.se
Publicerat 2022-12-01
Sista ansökningsdag 2023-01-12

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