PhD - Product and production development, division design & human factors

Chalmers University

Gothenburg, Sweden

Description

A Ph.D. student position is available in the area of Human Factors/Ergonomics, more specifically Driver HMI. The position is placed at Division Design & Human Factors, Department for Product and Production Development at Chalmers University of Technology. The research project in which you will be involved concerns Future Layouts for Driver Positions and Visual Information in Trucks and is run in close cooperation with AB Volvo/Volvo Trucks.

Your major responsibilities as PhD student are to contribute to the results and dissemination of the project and to pursue your doctoral studies. 

Requirements

You typically have master degree (or corresponding) in Ergonomics or Engineering with a profile in Ergonomics, Human Factors, or Human Factors Engineering. A mixed technical and human factors background is of particular value. A higher degree than bachelor is necessary in order to be meet the requirements. Furthermore is experience of research and/or development work in the domain an advantage, e.g. if you have worked with driver-vehicle interaction, simulator studies and/or computer manikins/models. 

You should be open-minded and interested in pursuing results. It is important that you have the ability to work in teams, in particular cross-disciplinary teams, but you must also be able to work independently. You should have an ability and interest to communicate your practical as well as scientific results, both orally and written. You need to be fluent in English. However, due to the character of the research work, you should also be able to understand and speak Swedish.

More information and applications

Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of five years. You will spend about 80% of this time on graduate studies (1/4 graduate courses and 3/4 thesis project work) and maximum 20% on undergraduate teaching and other departmental tasks. You will be inscribed into the postgraduate programme and the research school Human-Technology-Design. 

The application should be marked with Ref 20130268 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as pdf-files, as below:

Application: (Please name the appendix in the e-recruitment system as: APPLICATION, Surname, reference number)

− CV, include complete list of publications,

− Previous teaching and pedagogical experiences,

− Other, for example previous employments or leadership qualifications and positions of trust.

− Two references that we can contact.

Personal letter/Qualifications 1-3 pages where you introduce yourself present your qualifications and describe your future research plans.

− Previous research fields and main research results.

− Future goals and research focus. Is there any specific projects and research issues you are primarily interested in?

Other: 

− Copies of bachelor or master’s thesis.

− Attested copies of completed education, grades and other certificates.

Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. The files may be compressed (zipped).

Application deadline: 2013-11-30

For questions, please contact:

Professor I.C. MariAnne Karlsson

+46 31 772 1108

mak@chalmers.se

http://www.chalmers.se/ppd

Applications:

http://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/vacancies/Pages/default.aspx?rmpage=job&rmjob=1593