Postdoc in Robotics

Job description

We look for a postdoc to join the WASP NEST project PerCorSo: Perceiving and Communicating Correct-by-design Socially Acceptable Autonomous Systems at the the Division of Robotics, Perception and Learning. The job will entail:

• research, development and evaluation of autonomous motion strategies to advance real-world social robots;
• collaboration with researchers, who focus on perception, multi-modal interaction, and robot integration towards meeting the goals of PerCorSo

You will be encouraged, but not required to teach master-level and PhD-level classes in the areas of safe autonomy and/or social robotics as well as to supervise master students.

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
• Participation in Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems, and Software Program (WASP), and access to WASP resources including its network of industrial partners.
• Participation in The Vinnova Center for Trustworthy Edge Computing and Applications, and access to TECoSA resources including its network of industrial partners.
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH

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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 with background in at least one of the following areas: formal methods in robotics, multi-agent systems, motion planning, social robotics; and willingness to enhance your knowledge in several of the listed areas
• Collaborative abilities allowing you to work as a part of interdisciplinary research team
• Independence allowing you to lead your own original line of research
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
• Experience with robot integration, ROS, Python
• Project leadership and management abilities
• Teaching abilities

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

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To apply for the position

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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.

Others

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About KTH

KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has grown to become one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation. We are Sweden’s largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world. Our research and education covers a wide area including natural sciences and all branches of engineering, as well as architecture, industrial management, urban planning, history and philosophy. Read more here

1. Jana Tumova, rekryterande chef, tumova@kth.se
2. Lilly Engfeldt, HR, lillye@kth.se