PhD students in Automatic Control within SEDDIT

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We are now looking for 1-2 PhD students in Automatic Control, at the Department of Electrical Engineering (ISY).

Your work assignments

The announced positions are within our new competence center SEDDIT (Sensor Informatics and Decision-Making for the Digital Transformation). More details about this center are available here: https://seddit.se.

The research within SEDDIT contains both theoretical and practical challenges and will be carried out in close collaboration with industry. We are now looking for PhD students to the following projects:

The Division of Automatic Control has a strong commitment to WASP (Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program). Hence, SEDDIT PhD students can, if they are interested, apply for affiliation with the WASP graduate school.

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

You have a Master’s degree in electrical engineering, engineering physics, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, engineering mathematics or have completed courses with a minimum of 240 credits, at least 60 of which must be in advanced courses within the topics mentioned above. Alternatively, you have gained essentially corresponding knowledge in another way. The degree requirement must be met no later than at the time the employment decision is finalized, which occurs when the employment contract is signed.

Additionally, you should have a willingness to learn new things and explore the unknown, as well as an ability to pay attention to details. You should also have strong communication skills in English, both in writing and orally. 

Your workplace

The Division of Automatic Control is successfully conducting research as well as postgraduate and undergraduate education within areas such as autonomous systems, complex networks, data-driven modeling, learning control, optimization, and sensor fusion. The division has extensive collaborations both with industry and other research groups around the world. Read more about the division here: https://liu.se/en/organisation/liu/isy/rt.

For more information about ISY, go to: https://liu.se/en/article/open-positions-at-isy.

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 normally four years’ full-time equivalent. Extension of employment up to five years is based on the degree of teaching and institutional assignment. Further extensions may be granted in exceptional circumstances. You will initially be employed for one year, after which your employment will be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time, depending on your progress through the study plan. 

 For any questions regarding PhD student responsibilities and processes at ISY, please contact isyphdcouncil@groups.liu.se.

Starting date by agreement.

Background screening may come to 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

Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants.

Application procedure

Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button below. Your application must reach Linköping University no later than June 13, 2025.

Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.

We welcome applicants with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives - diversity enriches our work and helps us grow. Preserving everybody's equal value, rights and opportunities is a natural part of who we are. Read more about our work with: Equal opportunities.

We look forward to receiving your application!


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Contact persons

Karin Blomdahl

HR Coordinator

karin.blomdahl@liu.se

Svante Gunnarsson

Professor

013-281747

svante.gunnarsson@liu.se

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