SENIOR LECTURER/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR POSITION IN POWER ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL DRIVES OR ELECTRICAL MACHINES (Sweden)

Job description

Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)  is looking for a person with a Ph.D and preferably also a Docent degree in Electric Power Engineering, preferably in the area of Power Electronics, Electrical Drives or Electrical Machines. The position offers a permanent appointment and combines teaching courses at M.Sc. level in Electrical Drives, Electrical Machines and Power Electronics, performing own research and participating in administrative work of the division. The teaching is to be conducted in English, although teaching of general courses within Electric Power Engineering, where Swedish is used as the instruction language, may also be included. Own research on a PostDoc level will be accompanied by supervision of M.Sc students and Ph.D. students.

The post is a full time tenure appointment which includes teaching at all levels, from undergraduate to postgraduate. It also includes supervision of PhD students and conducting research. Administrative and management duties are also normally included.

The applicant should be able to collaborate with industrial, academic and governmental partners and also be capable of successfully applying for external grants for the research. Your own research and the PhD students are financed primarily with external grants.

Required qualifications

To be qualified, the applicant must have Ph.D degree and have been qualified for the Swedish docent level (in Swedish "oavlönad docent") in one of the above mentioned areas as well as relevant teaching and research experience. If the applicant has not yet reached docent level, the position is designated Senior Lecturer. In that case the applicant is expected to become "oavlönad docent" within a few years and is then promoted to Associate Professor. Applicants are expected to have an excellent knowledge of both written and spoken English. Since the group’s teaching activities will be conducted in both English and Swedish, the applicant has to be able to teach in Swedish after two years. Teaching experience is, of course, a requirement. Practical experience, for instance from designing and building experimental equipment, is also an important advantage.

Reference number 2011/13

Application deadline 2011-03-01

Application procedure

The application shall be written in English and include the following items:

1. A first page containing name, reference number 2011/13 and a list of all documents that have been enclosed
2. Description of the applicant's research and pedagogical qualifications, as well as other qualifications. Please use the format of the Pedagogical Portfolio when you summarize your pedagogical qualifications.
3. Curriculum Vitae (CV)
4. Complete list of publications
5. Plans for future work, both scientific and educational, if appointed
6. Two reference persons who can be contacted by Chalmers (describe association with them and give their contact addresses)
7. Copies of the applicant's best scientific publications (not more than 10)
8. Copies of a maximum of 10 other publications (such as pedagogy, and popular science) in support of pedagogical and other merits

Please consult the two documents, Information for applicants for a teaching post at Chalmers and Qualifications: How they are presented, documented and assessed.

The application shall be sent electronically. Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.

The documents according to items 1-8 above shall be attached as two pdf-files.

• One should contain items 1-6 in the listing of material to be included in the application
• The other should contain items 7 and 8 in the listing of material, and any other appendices.

The files may be compressed (zipped).

If any part of the material is not available as, or easily transferred to, pdf format, it may be sent separately to the registrar. Such documents must be marked with the applicant's name and reference number 2011/13. They shall be prepared in four identical packages, which can be forwarded to the assessors without repacking them.

Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden

Further information

Professor Torbjörn ThiringerElectric Power Engineering
+46 31 772 1644     
torbjorn.thiringer@chalmers.se

Professor Lina BertlingHead of Division
+46 31 772 1648
lina.bertling@chalmers.se

Associate Professor Ola Carlsson
Electric Power Engineering
+46 31 772 1637    
ola.carlson@chalmers.se

Union representatives

• SACO: Jan Lindér
• ST: Marie Wenander
• SEKO: Johan Persson

All reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00

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