Postdocs in robotics - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Job description

We look for up to two postdocs to join the WASP NEST project PerCorSo: Perceiving and Communicating Correct-by-design Socially Acceptable Autonomous Systems. The job will entail:

• research, development and evaluation of autonomous motion strategies to advance real-world social robots;
• collaboration with researchers, who focus on perception, multi-modal interaction, and robot integration towards meeting the goals of PerCorSo.

You will be encouraged, but not required to teach master-level and PhD-level classes in the areas of safe autonomy and/or social robotics as well as to supervise master students.

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.
• Participation in Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems, and Software Program (WASP), and access to WASP resources including its network of industrial partners.
• 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, This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
• Research expertise with background in at least one of the following areas: formal methods in robotics, multi-agent systems, motion planning, and social robotics; and willingness to enhance your knowledge in several of the listed areas.
• Collaborative abilities, allowing you to work as a part of an interdisciplinary research team.
• Independence, allowing you to lead your own original line of research.
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with a specific focus on gender equality.

Preferred Qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline.
• Experience with robot integration, ROS, and Python.
• Project leadership and management abilities.
• Teaching abilities.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal competency.

Trade union representatives

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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, three 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.

Others

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