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Job Description

The Hultgren Laboratory is a KTH infrastructure open to students and researchers from universities, institutes, and industry. It offers a comprehensive set of instruments for sample preparation, material characterization, and measurement of material properties. Although the facility offers measurement services, it is primarily designed for independent use by researchers, who, after appropriate training, can use the tools and instruments themselves. Most of the research conducted at the laboratory focuses on metallic materials, but the equipment is also well suited for studies of a broad spectrum of other solid materials, such as ceramics, polymers, semiconductors, composites, and biomaterials.

The overall goal of the Hultgren Laboratory is to enable high-quality and significant materials research and education by providing reliable, accessible, and state-of-the-art experimental resources. A central part of this mission is to promote an efficient and well-functioning user environment that supports both scientific excellence and collaboration between academia and industry.

The unit responsible for the Hultgren Laboratory also plans and conducts educational activities, including undergraduate courses, where material characterization constitutes an important part of the education.

The Research Assistant will evaluate how more laboratory-based learning moments can be integrated into undergraduate education, focusing on material characterization and measurement of material properties.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Completed undergraduate degree in the subject of employment or equivalent competence.
• Good ability to express oneself in English, both orally and in writing, as this is required in daily work.
• Initiative.
• Ability to work independently.
• Personal maturity.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Awareness of issues related to diversity and equal opportunities, with a particular focus on gender equality between women and men.

Merits

• Master's or PhD degree with a focus on metallic/hard materials.
• Experience as a laboratory technician.
• Scientific competence and research experience in microstructural characterization, e.g., SEM, TEM, and EBSD, as well as characterization of the mechanical behavior of metallic materials, e.g., macro/micro tensile testing, in situ micromechanical testing, etc.
• Teaching experience.
• Good knowledge of Swedish, as it is needed in daily work.

We will place great emphasis on personal qualities.

Become part of KTH

KTH shapes the future through education, research, and innovation. As a leading international technical university, we play an active role in driving and contributing to the transition to a sustainable society. Here, you are offered the opportunity to grow and develop in a creative and dynamic workplace with good working conditions and benefits. Equality, diversity, and equal conditions are a quality issue and a clear part of KTH's value system as a university and a public authority.

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Application

You apply via KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you are primarily responsible for ensuring your application is complete when submitted.

The application should include:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of degree certificates and transcripts from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in either of these languages.
• Cover letter, max 2 pages long.

The application must be in KTH's possession no later than midnight on the last day of application, CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the Position

The employment is for a fixed term according to agreement - for up to 6 months, with start date by agreement.

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