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Mälardalen University (MDU) is Sweden's newest university. With our vision of being a progressive and collaborative university where we jointly shape a sustainable future, we want to make a real difference. Do you want to contribute to our development? Together, we contribute to a more sustainable future through knowledge and innovation. We believe that new knowledge and new perspectives are best created and achieved in collaboration with others – colleagues, students, business, and the public sector, both nationally and internationally.

Employment Information

Type of employment: Fixed-term employment

Employment period/start date: Desired start date is 2026-10-01

Scope: Part-time

Number of positions: 1

Application deadline: 2026-06-17

Work location: Västerås

Department/Unit: Engineering Sciences

Doctoral subject: Energy and Environmental Engineering

Admission to the doctoral programme is regulated by the University's admission regulations, which compile national and local rules governing access to postgraduate education at Mälardalen University. Read more about doctoral studies at MDU, https://www.mdu.se/utbildning/forskarutbildning (https://www.mdu.se/utbildning/forskarutbildning).

The study place is combined with a full-time employment as a doctoral student during the period of study, which corresponds to four years.

Job Description

As a doctoral student, you will conduct research focusing on the development and application of AI-based methods for energy system analysis. The work involves integrating AI methods with energy system models, as well as developing methods for transparency, explainability, and uncertainty management, with a specific application within sustainable transition.

The position also includes participation in teaching, for example through course moments and exercises. Supervision of project work may occur. Departmental work and teaching combined may amount to a maximum of 20 percent of working time.

Qualifications

To be admitted to postgraduate education, the applicant must have basic eligibility and the special eligibility required by the subject, as well as be assessed to have the ability otherwise required to benefit from the education.

Basic Eligibility for postgraduate education (according to HF Chapter 7, Section 39) is held by those who:

• have completed an advanced level degree,
• have completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at advanced level, or
• in some other way, within or outside the country, have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge.

Special Eligibility

The applicant must have a Master of Science degree or a Master's degree in energy technology, technical physics, or a corresponding field.

Very good ability to express oneself in speech and writing in English is a requirement.

Selection Criteria

Selection among applicants who have basic and special eligibility shall be made with regard to their ability to benefit from the education (HF Chapter 7, Section 41).

In addition, selection among eligible applicants will be made according to the following assessment criteria:

• Ability to work independently and in collaboration with others
• Motivation and ability to communicate clearly

Merits include:

• Knowledge in LLM, deep learning, and Python programming
• Knowledge in power electronics
• Experience in modeling, simulation, and experimental work

In a combined assessment of suitability, personal qualities are also weighted. All employees at MDU are expected to collaborate and treat colleagues and students with respect, take responsibility for the operations and their own tasks, and contribute to a good working environment.

We value the qualities that a balanced age and gender distribution, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity, bring.

Application

You submit your application by clicking the "Apply" button below.

As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and submitted to the university no later than the application deadline. The application must include the documents requested to prove eligibility as well as material for merit assessment. Degree certificates and/or result transcripts must always be attached to the application, and the documents must be officially issued by the higher education institution.

Submitted materials may be written in Swedish or English. Documents regarding merits (certificates, grades, and degree certificates) in other languages must be translated by an authorized translator into Swedish or English. However, a copy of the original document (if in a language other than above) must always be attached.

If the admitted student needs a residence permit to stay in Sweden and pursue their studies, and the studies require physical presence at Mälardalen University, the University reserves the right to revoke the admission decision if the admitted student cannot present a valid residence permit required for the studies on the date of study commencement.

Welcome with your application!

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Susanne Meijer ST-OFR/S, tel: 021-10 14 89

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