We are looking for a PhD student in quantittative logistic with focus on electric aviation.
Your work assignments
You will work within the Electric Aviation Network (EAN) project, which aims to develop decision support tools for electric aircraft network development. This includes demand modeling and market analysis, considering different types of aircraft – electric, conventional and hybrid, as well as other means of transportation. Furthermore, investment models for airports will be constructed, giving information about e.g. where charging infrastructure is needed, and how else airports need to prepare for electric aircraft traffic. Models for network planning will be developed, considering airports that today to do serve commercial traffic, and considering charging time constraints and charging prerequisites. Also, joint planning of flights between airports and more flexible unmanned eVTOL flights will be considered, as well as how these two new types of aircraft will affect the conventional air traffic management and the upcoming U-space (the unmanned traffic management system).
As a PhD student, you devote most of your time to doctoral studies and the research projects of which you are part. Your work may also include teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20% of full-time.
Your qualifications
By the time for the employment you have been awarded a second-cycle degree in Industrial Engineering and Management, Transport Systems, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or similar, or completed courses of at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits at second-cycle level in equivalent subjects, or in some other way acquired substantially equivalent knowledge.
It is meritorious if you have earlier knowledge in mathematical modelling, optimization, operations research, simulation, economic analysis and statistics and programming, as well as work within aviation and air transportation, in particular electric aviation and urban air mobility.
You are expected to have a good ability to communicate orally and a very good ability to communicate in writing in English. Ability to communicate orally and in writing in Swedish is an advantage.
We are looking for someone who takes initiative, takes responsibility for their tasks and drives processes forward with great perseverance to achieve results. We also see that you have good collaboration skills where you are responsive to your surroundings and communicate well. You are a problem solver and work well with complex issues, understand complex written documents and produce high-quality documents yourself. Furthermore, you have a good understanding of numerical data and solve numerical tasks quickly and easily.
Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and suitability.
Your workplace
You will belong to the Department of Science and Technology (ITN), which is beautifully placed in Norrköping. The department is known for its activities in logistics, visualization and organic electronics. We combine academic excellence with fruitful collaboration with the community. The position belongs to the Division of Communication and Transport Systems (KTS), which is one of the Nordic region's largest environments for research and education in the field of transport. Operations are conducted within the units Traffic Systems, Quantitative Logistics, Rail and Public Transport, Mobile Telecommunications, Construction Logistics and Construction Technology. The research is mainly externally funded and is carried out in close collaboration with industry, government agencies and society. In undergraduate education, we are responsible for six degree programmes.
Within the Quantitative Logistics unit, we use a systems analysis perspective and an engineering methodology to analyze, plan, model and simulate logistics problems and other resource allocation problems in both industry and society. Our research is mostly applied and we conduct research together with external stakeholders and financiers. In undergraduate education, we are responsible for a large number of courses in the field of logistics, such as supply chain management, transport logistics, city logistics, production economics and optimization, but we also have courses in air traffic and planning of rescue systems.
The employment
When taking up the post, you will be admitted to the program for doctoral studies. More information about the doctoral studies at each faculty is available at Doctoral studies at Linköping University
The employment has a duration of four years’ full-time equivalent. You will initially be employed for a period of one year. The employment will subsequently be renewed for periods of maximum duration two years, depending on your progress through the study plan. The employment may be extended up to a maximum of five years, based on the amount of teaching and departmental duties you have carried out. Further extensions can be granted in special circumstances.
Starting date by agreement.
This position may come to be a security classified position. If so, security screening including a records check will be carried out before any decision on employment is made.
Salary and employment benefits
The salary of PhD students is determined according to a locally negotiated salary progression.
More information about employment benefits at Linköping University is available here.
Union representatives
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Application procedure
Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button below. Your application must reach Linköping University no later than 15th of september 2024.
Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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