Postdoc in methods for technical implementation of circular networks

Job description

The Centre for ECO2 Vehicle Design is now looking for a researcher in methods for technical implementation of circular networks in the vehicle industry. The successful applicant will undertake research as part of a collaboration project on the sustainable design, operation and optimization of circular value-creation networks. This involves developing methods and algorithms to determine the quality of circular components and to calculate and allocate their residual value in a circular value-creation networks. As such, the role will involve collaboration with research partners and requires both technical and project management skills.

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.
• A documented ability to publish work in international journals of high standing.
• The ability to work independently as well as in collaborations and perform critical analysis as well as possessing good levels of cooperative and communicative abilities.
• Research expertise
• Teaching abilities
• Collaborative abilities

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
• It is preferable that the applicant has demonstratable experience in lifecycle optimization, data-driven methods, and engineering design, sustainable product development.
• It is also preferable that applicants can demonstrate that they are personally motivated to undertake research leading to scientific publications as well as working together with specialists from other disciplines and organizations in this applied research project.
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

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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, 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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