Research Engineer in Electromobility Routing Simulations - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Division of Geoinformatics at the Department of Urban Planning and Environment is responsible for both research and education within the broad field of Geographical Information Technology (GeoIT).  The research at Geoinformatics is focused on methodology development and the applications of GeoIT for sustainable urban/regional planning, mobility and transport analysis, environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring and damage assessment, as well as health studies. The subject is interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. It covers the collection, management, visualization, analysis and presentation of geospatial data and also how this is linked to transport and communication systems at different geographical scales.

ITRL is a research center with the aim of researching and demonstrating transport concepts that can greatly reduce CO2 emissions, while being economically and socially sustainable. ITRL develops and manages research projects involving researchers from all KTH schools, and contributes to research within the systems perspective in the research projects.

Job description

The Department of Urban Planning and Environment is seeking a researcher engineer to take a leading role in the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute and Digital Futures funded Learning in Routing Games for Sustainable Electromobility (RoSE) project. The selected research engineer will be situated at the Division of Geoinformatics, but also collaborate from researchers at KTH EECS, MIT, and at the Integrated Transport Research Laboratory (ITRL), a long-term interdisciplinary collaboration between KTH, Scania, Ericsson, Swedish Road Administration (Trafikverket), Region Stockholm (SLL).

About RoSE: The goal of the project is “to make traffic routing for commercial operators more sustainable by  accounting for electromobility, operational costs, infrastructure condition deterioration, and environmental externalities”.   More information about the project can be found here. The specific task of the selected  Research Engineer will be: Develop simulation models and a parallel simulation software suite for the quantification of travel delays and costs, the impact of  vehicle loading on the infrastructure, the energy consumption and the charging potential in a simplified Swedish road network (used in the national freight model) with elevation profiles for 5 km stretches, including dynamic wireless charging and static charging, based on the offered traffic flow, geographical data, environmental conditions and electric power supply.

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
• Work in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature
• Help to relocate and get settled in Sweden and at KTH.

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Qualifications

Requirements

• A graduate degree or an advanced level (higher education) in the research subject geoinformatics, computer science, transport science or other fields related to the RoSE research projec or equivalent competence.
• Have experience in quantitative research methods (e.g., statistical modelling) Have a solid knowledge of (graph and network) algorithms and data structures Have strong programming skills in Python (preferred), C/C++, or Java Have a solid understanding and some experience with cloud computing services like Azure, AWS, or similar and data analytics platforms built on top of these like C3.ai DTI Have experience in working with geospatial data and / or applying geospatial analysis in a range of mobility related applications like in the context of the project Possess a high proficiency in English to be able to actively contribute to internal and international meetings in English and to write both scholarly and popular-science reports and articles.
• Working independently, planning her/his own activities and managing a large part of a research project over a long time period
• Communicating and collaborating collegially with both internal and external partners by developing and maintaining well-functioning work relationships
• Clearly document results for both popular and scientific audiences

Preferred qualifications

• Having extensive experience with cloud computing services like Azure, AWS, or similar and data analytics platforms built on top of these like C3.ai DTI
• We prefer that you have professional skills, subject-related skills and awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender

Great emphasis will be placed on personal competency.

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About the employment

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