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Job Description

The energy system is undergoing a fundamental transformation driven by the rapid integration of renewable energy, electric vehicles, and large-scale AI data centers. Power electronic converters play a crucial role in enabling this transition, while simultaneously introducing new challenges related to system dynamics, stability, and control.

This project focuses on the development of modeling, stability analysis, control, and hardware solutions for converter-dominated power systems. Application areas include next-generation megawatt charging infrastructure for heavy electric vehicles and power electronic systems supporting AI data centers.

The project is funded by the EU Partnership for Clean Energy Transition and the Swedish Energy Agency. The recruited researcher will join the Division of Electric Power and Energy Systems at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), where they will work closely with world-leading power electronics groups at the University of Padua, Aalborg University, Chalmers University of Technology, and a set of industrial partners, e.g., Hitachi Energy, Energiforsk, Svenska kraftnät, and Volvo Energy.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Completed PhD degree or foreign degree assessed as equivalent to a PhD.
• Research expertise in power electronics and hardware development.
• Knowledge of diversity and equal treatment issues with a particular focus on gender equality.
• Collaborative skills.
• Independence.

Merits

• Strong publication record in leading IEEE Transactions.
• Strong self-motivation in research.

We will place great emphasis on personal qualities.

Join 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. Gender equality, diversity, and equal opportunities are quality issues and a clear part of KTH's values as a university and a public authority.

Read more about our benefits and what it is like to work and develop at KTH.

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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.
• Research statement regarding your previous research achievements (2 pages) and your research plan (2-3 pages).

The application must be received by KTH 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 fixed-term according to agreement – for up to 12 months, with start date as agreed.

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