Postdoc in Collaborative Situational Awareness for autonomous robots

Job description

Several challenges remain before autonomous robots can be deployed on a larger scale in environments that are not highly structured, preventing flexibility and implementation in more open settings including with human-robot interactions. This specifically concerns situational awareness; an autonomous robot not only needs to gather data from its surroundings, it also needs to understand the situation it is in, to contribute with its intended tasks. Achieving this requires combining various types of sensor data with a priori knowledge of how a system functions within its intended environment. The position focuses on challenges related to this, relevant to multiple application areas such as industrial manufacturing and autonomous vehicles. This postdoc project is connected to the XPRES research center (https://www.xpres.kth.se/) based at KTH.

The postdoc position offers a unique opportunity to conduct research on situational awareness for autonomous robots. You are expected to contribute to research and research collaboration (including with other academic researchers and our industrial partners). There will also be excellent opportunities for experimental evaluation and case studies, which we consider important. You are welcome to contribute to relevant educational efforts, such as formulating and supervising project-related theses and supervising involved PhD students. Other teaching assignments may also be possible depending on your interests.

As a candidate, we believe you have a strong foundation in algorithms, methods, and software engineering for autonomous systems.

What we offer

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
• A multidisciplinary research environment with a creative, international and dynamic working environment, including excellent international collaborations through several related research activities (see e.g. here: http://tiny.cc/zg5nzz) and the TECoSA center (https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/).
• 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 in the areas of the position
• Teaching abilities and documented skills in related areas of the position including in mechatronics
• Collaborative abilities
• Independence of research
• Excellent communication skills in English, given the international collaboration in the area..

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

Trade union representatives

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To apply for the position

Log into KTH's recruitment system to apply for this position. You are responsible for ensuring that your application is complete according to the instructions in the ad.

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.

Others

Striving towards gender equality, diversity and equal conditions is both a question of quality for KTH and a given part of our values.

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About KTH

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