Mälardalen University (MDU) is looking for an Associate Senior Lecturer

Mälardalen University (MDU) is the youngest university in Sweden. In line with our vision, to be a progressive and collaborative University where we shape a sustainable future together, we wish to make a difference.

Do you want to be involved and contribute to our development?

Together, we can create a sustainable future through knowledge and innovation. We believe that knowledge and new perspectives are best attained and reached together in collaboration with others – our colleagues, students, the private and public sectors, both nationally and internationally.

At the School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, our students are studying to be innovators, entrepreneurs, illustrators, information designers, network technicians, and engineers. We have five research specializations with different research profiles and research schools. Our work takes place in cooperation with and in strategic agreements with companies, organizations, and public authorities in the region.

Employment Information

Employment: Temporary employment, 4 years
Scope: Full time
Number of positions: 1
Closing date for application: April 10th 2025
Campus location: Västerås
School: School of Innovation, Design and Engineering (IDT)

For information and a detailed description of basic eligibility requirements and assessment criteria that apply to a position of an Associate Senior Lecturer, please consult the Appointment Regulation for Mälardalen University (https://www.mdu.se/en/malardalen-university/about-mdu/work-with-us/job-opportunities).

Position Description

An appointment as Associate Senior Lecturer is a fixed-term career-development position of at least four years and at most six years in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 4, Section 12 a.

The purpose of the appointment is for the teacher to have the opportunity to develop research autonomy and acquire the scholarly and teaching qualifications required for the eligibility requirement for appointment as a Senior Lecturer.

Your research area, dependable and resilient intelligent systems within Smart Systems of Systems, aims to develop a layered dependability framework to ensure both safety and security. This involves creating advanced safety control algorithms, system dependency modeling, and fault propagation and traceability methods, enabling enhanced resilience and reliability in complex, interconnected systems.

The employment will consist of at least 80% research and a maximum of 20% teaching involving trusted smart systems within Dependable Software Engineering. The research part will consist of both own research and participation in projects in collaboration with other researchers and PhD students at MDU, in addition to collaboration with external parties (both public and private sector). Supervision of PhD students, master students, and/or candidate students can be a part of the work tasks, as well as collaboration in applications for external research funding.

The candidate will be an appreciated member of the research direction Software and Systems Engineering (SSE) and give valuable contributions to the research in the development of new technologies to analyze risk and hazard assessment for safety-critical systems.

Eligibility Requirements

The entry requirements to be appointed as an Associate Senior Lecturer is primarily a person who has graduated with a Degree of Doctor or has the equivalent academic competence maximum five years before the time for application for employment as an Associate Senior Lecturer has expired.

The applicant should have completed ten weeks of higher education teaching and learning education or acquired equivalent knowledge in another way. Anyone who is appointed as an Associate Senior Lecturer but who lacks a higher education teaching and learning education will be offered such an employment within two and a half years. The higher education teaching and learning at Mälardalen University corresponds to ten weeks.

Specific requirements for this position that must be fulfilled are:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science
• Proven expertise in safety for collaborative intelligent systems or dependable systems with a track record of good publications

Assessment Criteria

This advert is abbreviated. To see the full advert, and the assessment criteria, please visit this link (https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I018/1151/job?site=8&lang=UK&validator=2efd9e54ee423d53334ac7960e3b4e03&job_id=2942).

Upon Promotion to Senior Lecturer

By the end of the appointment as an Associate Senior Lecturer, the applicant has the right to be assessed for appointment to Senior Lecturer. The appointment to Senior Lecturer is until further notice.

The application for promotion must have been received no later than six months before the end of the appointment period. At the time of promotion to Senior Lecturer, the applicant must have completed a qualifying course in higher education pedagogy.

To be eligible to be promoted as a Senior Lecturer, the applicant must have demonstrated the scholarly expertise and teaching skills required for such an appointment.

The eligibility qualifications and assessment criteria required to be promoted and appointed as a Senior Lecturer are stated in the Appointment Regulation for Mälardalen University (https://www.mdu.se/en/malardalen-university/about-mdu/work-with-us/job-opportunities).

This advert is abbreviated. To see the full advert and the specific criteria for promotion to Senior Lecturer, please visit this link (https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I018/1151/job?site=8&lang=UK&validator=2efd9e54ee423d53334ac7960e3b4e03&job_id=2942).

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Application

The application is to be completed online. Please submit your application by clicking on the "Apply" button below.

The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and will reach the University no later than the closing date for application.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Union Representatives:

Saco-S: saco-s@mdu.se
Susanne Meijer ST-OFR/S, tel: 021-10 14 89

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