Associate Prof. in Industrial informatics for production engineering

Subject field

Industrial informatics for Production engineering.

Subject description

Industrial Informatics for Production Engineering is an interdisciplinary field focusing on the development, integration, and use of digital information systems and information flows to support the planning, development, and continuous improvement of industrial production systems and value chains. The field addresses industrial applications where a lifecycle perspective, systems integration, and the role of people within the system are central.

Duties

The position encompasses research, teaching, and collaboration within the field of Industrial Informatics for Production Engineering. The Associate Professor is expected to develop internationally competitive research and contribute to further developing the field at KTH. This includes initiating and leading research projects, securing external research funding, developing national and international collaborations, supervising doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, and actively contributing to the research environment at the department and KTH. The interdisciplinary nature of the field entails close collaboration with research groups in production engineering, digitalisation, automation, computer science, and sustainable development, as well as with industry and other societal stakeholders.

The position also includes teaching and pedagogical development at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. Teaching may include the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, the Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and the master's programmes Production Engineering and Management and Sustainable Production Development. Duties include course responsibility, course development, teaching, and supervision of degree projects and doctoral students. The Associate Professor is also expected to contribute to the development of lifelong learning activities and to the integration of current research into education.

In addition, the Associate Professor is expected to contribute to the development of digital research and educational environments, laboratories, and demonstration facilities within the field, and to actively collaborate with industry and public-sector organisations to strengthen the relevance and impact of research and education.

The Associate Professor is expected to be able to teach in Swedish within three years. Where required, an individual language development plan will be established in connection with the appointment.

Eligibility

Those eligible to be employed as associate professor are persons who have:

1. have completed a doctorate or possess equivalent scientific expertise or some other professional expertise that is of significance with regard to the subject content of the employment and the duties that are required of the employment, and
2. demonstrated pedagogical expertise.

Assessment criteria

The assessment criteria for appointment as an associate professor at KTH shall be the degree of expertise required as a qualification for employment. In addition, the assessment criteria stated in the KTH appointments procedure, section 1.2., apply in relation to the employment profile laid down.

Of highest importance is that the applicant has

• scientific expertise in the subject field.
• pedagogical expertise in the subject field.

Of second highest importance that the applicant has

• the ability to cooperate with the outside community for mutual exchange and having acted to ensure that the knowledge and skills found at the university benefit society.
• expertise in developing and leading activities and staff. For that purpose, the individual is to be knowledgeable about diversity and equal opportunity issues, particularly gender equality.
• ability to collaborate.

It is also important that the applicant has

• administrative expertise.

Trade union representatives

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Application

Your application should follow KTH's CV template for employment of teachers. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application is complete according to the requirements in the ad and CV template.

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

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