KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Engineering and Management

Job description

We are looking for a researcher who will work on the development of ab-initio based models of metallic and non-metallic materials, in particular, magnetic and mechanical properties of bulk metallic glasses, high entropy alloys and binder phase alloys in hard metals. Furthermore this researcher will participate in research planning, applying for research funding, building new collaborations, authoring scientific articles, supervision of doctoral students and postdocs.

Qualifications

To qualify for the post, you should have a PhD in materials science/physics. You should have work experience and publications in quantum mechanical modeling of materials properties of bulk metallic glasses, high entropy alloys as well as collinear and non-collinear magnetism. You should also be able to demonstrate documented experience in computational materials design.

It is an advantage if you have pedagogical education required for docent at KTH or equivalent teaching experience at university level with course responsibilities. Experience of leading research projects in Sweden and internationally is also considered a merit.

Furthermore, it is advantageous if you have:

  • International work experience
  • Experience of collaboration with industry
  • Teaching experience at university level
  • Research on sustainability perspective

 We are looking for you who have:

  • Ability to conduct educational and research activities
  • Ability to lead and develop collaborative projects with interdisciplinary research groups and industry
  • Ability to interact with the community and to disseminate research results and educational work to the general public
  • Ability to collaborate in complex research environment and to develop new interdisciplinary collaborations.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal competence and suitability.

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Application

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Type of employment Permanent position
Contract type Full time
First day of employment According to agreement
Salary Monthly salary
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100%
City Stockholm
County Stockholms län
Country Sweden
Reference number M-2019-1241
Contact
  • Levente Vitos, Professor, +46 8 790 83 56
  • Maya Öberg, HR Officer (HR matters only), + 46 8 790 76 53
Published 05.Jun.2019
Last application date 17.Jun.2019 11:59 PM CEST

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