Postdoc in production logistics with a focus on circularity and AI

Job description

We are looking for a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow in production logistics, where the focus will be on utilizing AI and multi-agent-based systems to support a circular factory. We see circularity as a core area for industrial production that will contribute to the transition required for a sustainable society through interdisciplinary approaches. The qualified and selected candidate will join a research team on Production logistics, within the Department of Production Engineering, that conducts cutting-edge research with the goal of contributing to a European manufacturing industry that transforms its linear model into a circular manufacturing model. This involves a completely new strategy for resources and their conservation and where production logistics, material handling and production planning & control are keys to efficient and circular production. To enable this, we see a system architecture based on LLM-based multi-agent systems as an enabler for this vision of the future.

The postdoctoral fellow will work on both nationally and internationally funded projects that aim to develop the production logistics of the future for a circular economy in the manufacturing sector. The work includes developing LLM-based tools and interfaces for planning and controlling material flows, and describing and validating the system architectures required to achieve this. The aim is to enable an increased degree of remanufacturing, which entails a higher degree of variability in flows, variants, input materials and processes that are to be planned and controlled in a dynamic manner. During the employment period, the postdoctoral fellow will mainly conduct research and develop his/her independence as a researcher and create conditions for further qualifications. The postdoctoral fellow may also be involved in and contribute to teaching at basic, advanced and postgraduate levels.

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
•  Guidance on relocating and settling in KTH and in Sweden 

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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
• Teaching abilities
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality
• Collaborative abilities
• The candidate must hold a PhD degree in engineering with M.Sc. and B.Sc. degree in production, manufacturing, industrial, mechanical, or equivalent area.
• The successful candidate has academic publications in leading scientific peer-reviewed journals, preferably in the area of circular factories and their material flows.
• The candidate has the ability to drive cross-disciplinary work and coordinate as well as manage complex inputs from a wide range of research disciplines from collaborating bodies across different projects is crucial.
• The candidate has the ability to generate research ideas and use these ideas in order to create research proposals to secure funding.
• The candidate has the ability to work in cross-cultural and cross-functional teams, on local and international level. Therefore, an excellent knowledge in English is required.

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
• Experience collaborating with industrial partners or working in international research environments.
• The candidate has experience in project management with the skills in project planning, execution and reporting are necessary. Having experience from participating and managing large and medium projects is highly valued for this position.
• It is also preferred that the candidate has skills in complex systems modelling and implementing system models to create simulations to obtain explanatory insights on material flows and circularity.
• Interest and basic knowledge in programming languages like Java, Python or similar is desired.
• Finally, the ability to identify relevant stakeholders and disseminate research findings among senior executives and stakeholders from local government and large companies in relevant sectors is important.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

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To apply for the position

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The application must include:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
• Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Maximally two pages long.

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.

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