Postdoc in interoperability of engineering data - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Job description

A research topic at the division of Mechatronics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology is the interoperability of engineering data and tools across the product lifecycle. This for instance relates to the DevOps principles. The aim is to develop systems that address the interface between machine design, embedded systems and software engineering. The unit has contributed to several European initiatives within this context, for instance in projects associated with ARTEMIS, EIT Digital, ITEA3 and Horizon 2020. The division works in close alignment with industry, including Volvo, ABB, Scania and Ericsson, to apply and transfer results from research to industry.

The industrial pain-points of the future development of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) include the difficulty in integrating the heterogeneous data, tools and experts required for successful development and maintenance. Tools and data silos need to be smoothly integrated throughout the engineering disciplines and workflows, and across the boundaries between software management, product management and operations professionals. This is at the cornerstone of the DevOps principles, focused on increasing the automation of software integration, testing, deployment and operation, with utilization of immediate feedback loops on and between all parties.

The KTH Royal Institute of Technology is announcing a vacancy for a 1 year postdoctoral position with the possibility for a 1 year extension. The topic is the visual analytics of the development of CPS according to DevOps principles. Most of the research will be conducted in close cooperation with and onsite at large industrial stakeholders within the Swedish industry. This includes the Swedish aerospace and defense company SAAB AB, which provides the global market with more than 500 state-of-the-art products for military defense and civil security.

Core tasks of the postdoctoral position will involve:
• Research into the visualization and manipulation of data transferred across the DevOps lifecycle, i.e. allowing operations to understand software development and vice versa.
• Research into the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) of value to DevOps processes.
• Research into the application of expert models and artificial intelligence to enable predictive analytics for issues in DevOps processes.
Additionally the applicant will spend the maximum of 1 day a week with supporting courses and master thesis students. It is expected that this will be done in synergy with the core tasks mentioned above, e.g. through the recruitment of master thesis students to support them.

What we offer

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
• Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
• Works in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH

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Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline (Whit some exceptions for special reasons such as periods of sick or parental leave, kindly indicate if such reason exists in your resume).
• Proven skills in programming.
• Experience from software engineering, product development and agile work practices. (Especially work experience from large-scale industrial software development is meritorious.)
• Familiarity with Web and Cloud technology.
• Show awareness of diversity and equal treatment issues with a particular focus on gender equality.
• Proven skill in being able to work in a team, both in an industrial and academic context.
• Have experience in conducting trials focused on visualization and/or visual analytics.

Desirable skills:

• Familiarity with interviewing techniques.
• Experience in supervising master students.
  

Preferred qualifications

• Research expertise
• Educational ability
• Awareness of diversity and equal treatment issues with a particular focus on gender equality
• Teamwork
• Independence

Great emphasis will be placed on personal competency

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Application

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Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, two years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

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