Senior Lecturer in Robotics and AI

Reference number 501-2025

Luleå University of Technology is in strong growth with world-leading competence in several research areas. We shape the future through innovative education and ground-breaking research results, and based on the Arctic region, we create global social benefit. Our scientific and artistic research and education are conducted in close collaboration with international, national and regional companies, public actors and leading universities. Luleå University of Technology has a total turnover of nearly SEK 2,1 billion per year. We currently have 1,900 employees and 18,700 students.

In the coming years, multi-billion investments will be made in large projects in Northern Sweden to create a fossil-free society both nationally and globally. Luleå University of Technology is involved in several of these cutting-edge research projects and in the societal transformation that they entail. We offer a broad range of courses and study programmes to match the skills in demand. We hope that you will help us to build the sustainable companies and societies of the future.

Luleå University of Technology is Sweden's leading university in the areas of Field Robotics with unique labs for field robotics, deep learning, and human computer interaction. Furthermore, Luleå University of Technology is Sweden's leading university in industrial collaboration.

The Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) subject at the department of Computer Science and Electrical and Space Engineering is now looking for excellent researchers contributing to our growing activities. The RAI team is conducting fundamental research in all aspects of robotics with a specific focus on Aerial, Ground and Space robotics.

The vision of RAI is aiming to close the gap from theory to real life, while the team has strong expertise in field robotics. Specific application areas of focus are robotics for mines, construction sites, aerial inspection of aging infrastructure, multi-robotic search and rescue, multi-sensorial fusion, and multi-robot coordination, including multi-robot perception, decentralization and mission execution.

The RAI team has a strong European participation in multiple R&D&I projects, while RAI was also participating in the DARPA SUB-T challenge with the CoSTAR Team lead by NASA/JPL.

The RAI group is part of the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP). WASP is Sweden's largest individual research program ever, a major national initiative for strategically motivated basic research, education, and faculty recruitment. The program addresses research on artificial intelligence and autonomous systems acting in collaboration with humans, adapting to their environment through sensors, information and knowledge, and forming intelligent systems-of-systems.

To strengthen our team on Robotics and AI, we recruit excellent researchers working in one or more of the following areas of Autonomous Systems (Robotics) in the technical area of Human-Robot Interaction/Co-Existence in complex and unstructured environments:

• Fusion of Neuroscience and Robotics for augmenting human capabilities
• Motion Primitives, Learning Motion patterns, Learning from demonstration
• Robotic Assistive Devices for enhancing human capabilities
• Distributed Control of Autonomous Systems
• Motion Tasks for Robotic Manipulators

Subject description
Robotics and artificial intelligence aim to develop novel robotic systems that are characterised by advanced autonomy for improving the ability of robots to interact with the surrounding environment and humans during the execution of specific tasks.

Duties
Senior lecturers (equivalent to assistant professor positions at other universities) are involved in education, educational development, and research at the university. Senior lecturers must also keep abreast of the international development of the subject and supervise doctoral students. Senior lecturers are expected to contribute to the university's development, to contribute to obtaining external funding to the subject, and to participate in/show an interest in managerial and administrative tasks.

The duties of senior lecturers also include participating in research projects, communicating the outcomes via academic publications, and being active in the research community within their own subject.

Furthermore, the senior lecturer is expected to collaborate with industry and society and to contribute to the activities of the WASP program and its national activities. The senior lecturer will be given the opportunity to develop their independence as a researcher and gain accreditation that may allow them to take other teaching positions with higher eligibility requirements (see Chapter 4, Section 12 a of the Higher Education Ordinance). Following application, the senior lecturer can apply for promotion to associate professor in accordance with Chapter 4, Section 12 c of the Higher Education Ordinance.

Qualifications
To meet the requirements for the appointment as a senior lecturer, the applicants:

• must have been awarded a doctoral degree or must have the corresponding academic competence or other professional expertise that is valuable for the appointment;
• must demonstrate pedagogical expertise by means of proven experience, teaching expertise and teaching development;
• must have completed higher education pedagogy courses equivalent to 7.5 higher education credits or otherwise have acquired equivalent knowledge.

Assessment criteria
The following assessment criteria apply to this position:

• scientific expertise
• teaching expertise
• other assessment criteria.

Other assessment criteria (listed in order of importance):

• mobility/international experience (e.g., PhD outside of Sweden and/or significant amount of time after the PhD spent outside of Sweden)
• proficiency in development and leadership of activities and staff at the university
• if applicable, the ability to collaborate with the wider community
• if applicable, the ability to obtain external research and development funding
• if applicable, the ability to communicate research and development work

Information
The position is a permanent full-time employment located in Luleå. Start date by agreement.

For further information about the position, please contact: Chair Professor George Nikolakopoulos geonik@ltu.se

Union representatives:
SACO-S Diana Chroneer, 0920-49 2037 diana.chroneer@ltu.se
OFR-S Lars Frisk, +46 (0)920-49 17 92, lars.frisk@ltu.se

In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

Application
We prefer that you apply for this position by clicking on the apply button below and attach the requested application documents including diplomas (certified and translated into Swedish or English), pedagogical self-reflection and publications, etc. We prefer that applicants follow the Instructions for applicants. Note that the applicant's educational qualifications should be particularly documented. Mark your application with the reference number below. Your application, including diplomas, must be written in English or Swedish.

Final day to apply: March 19, 2025
Reference number: 501-2025

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