Senior Lecturer in Production Systems

We want to change the future of Industrial Production, would you like to help us?

Chalmers University of Technology offers a faculty position as Senior Lecturer in the area Production Systems, with focus on Industrial Digitalisation.

Industries, universities, and governments across the world are working hard to bring real benefits of the 4th industrial revolution to industry and society. Chalmers is one of the leading universities in industrial digitalisation for sustainable and competitive manufacturing. We are now searching for a highly skilled, motivated, and dynamic person to take up a faculty position as Senior Lecturer within the Division of Production Systems at the Department of Industrial and Materials Science.

The Production Systems Division
Chalmers' Division of Production Systems is a young and rapidly growing team of more than 30 cross-disciplinary researchers, teachers, PhD candidates, and support staff. The Division has a good gender balance and a high diversity. Our three research groups work on research, education, and innovation; both nationally and internationally. We collaborate closely with industry in design, deployment, operation, and maintenance of future industrial production systems. Our advanced research facilities and new labs for industrial digitalisation enable deep involvement in national and European projects. As an example, our Stena Industry Innovation Laboratory is co-located with one of the five local centres of the new European EIT Manufacturing initiative.

The Division of Production Systems is part of the Department of Industrial and Materials Science. The expertise of IMS ranges from early industrial design phases to development and operation of production. The department develops the industrial value chain – from customer need to finished product. We gather internationally renowned researchers, in dynamic and outstanding research environments, as well as in national and international research networks. More information about IMS can be found on the department webpage.

The three research groups work in the domain of Industrial Production Systems. Some typical areas for research and education are: VR and Augmented reality for production design; Digital sustainability assessment; Human collaboration with automation and robots; The future of work in industry; Maintenance, machine learning and AI; and Connectivity for people and machines using 5G. We also analyse internal and external value chains, in order to enhance productivity, sustainability, and reliability. You can find additional information on our our division webpage.

Major responsibilities
The offered faculty position is in the field of industrial digitalisation, as Senior Lecturer within the Division of Production Systems. You will be primarily involved in education and also take part in collaborative research and administration. Education includes teaching and examination responsibility for courses, supervision of master and bachelor student thesis, as well as course management. The Division is responsible for Chalmers’ Master of Science Programme in Production Engineering and the Bachelor Programme in Mechatronics and Automation. We also provide a number of courses in multiple BSc and MSc programmes at Chalmers, as well as external courses for industry and society.

Position summary
Full-time permanent employment.

Qualifications
The successful candidate for the position as Senior Lecturer has doctoral degree in a relevant field (see above) and a minimum of 15 higher education credits in teaching and learning in higher education or equivalent courses. We are looking for someone who is accustomed to teaching and is a skilled educator. We place great emphasis on your pedagogical portfolio. 

You need to have a genuine interest in and potential to develop and lead educational and research activities. Another important qualification is to have shown good ability for outreach and collaboration with society. Experience from academic research or qualified research in industry or the public sector is a requirement.

Good scientific and research skills are required, as is a good overview of the broad area of industrial production systems. For this particular position, we would also like you to have documented knowledge and/or experience in several of these areas: CAD; simulation; automation; robotics; big data; industry 4.0 technologies; programming (multiple applications); and/or production systems design.

You should be able to speak and write English fluently and be willing to learn Swedish. If Swedish is not your native language, we would like you to be able to teach in Swedish on the undergraduate level after two years. Chalmers offers Swedish courses.

Chalmers' offer to you
Chalmers offers a cultivating and inspiring working environment in the dynamic city of Gothenburg. Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Therefore, equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers. Read more about working at Chalmers and our benefits for employees.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20190148 and written in English. 
The application should be sent electronically through this web portal and be attached as pdf-files, as below:

CV: (Please name the document as: CV, Family name, Ref. number) including:
• CV,
• complete list of publications, (Divided into peer reviewed/non peer reviewed journal articles, conference contributions, etc).
• Two references that can be contacted by us.

Personal letter:
• 1-3 pages to introduce yourself; present your qualifications; and describe your future research and pedagogic plans.
• Previous research and education fields as well as main achievements.
• Future goals, pedagogic ideas, and intended research focus. 
• Specific projects, courses and research issues that you are primarily interested in.

Publications:
• Copies of your most relevant publications in full format (maximum of ten publications). It is a good idea to attach the files as a PDF or compress them into a Zip file.

Pedagogical qualifications:
• Please use the specified format for the Pedagogical Portfolio when you compile your pedagogical qualifications.
• Certificates of courses completed in pedagogy for higher education (15 ECTS points, 10 Swedish credit points in the previous credit system), or other equivalent courses. For more information, see Chalmers website for pedagogical training. 

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

Application deadline: 26 May, 2019

For questions, please contact:
Professor Johan Stahre, Head of Division of Production Systems
johan.stahre@chalmers.se, +46 703 088 838

Professor Björn Johansson, Vice head of Division of Production Systems
bjorn.johansson@chalmers.se, +46 730 791 189

Please submit all application material through the application portal and not directly to the contact persons.

*** Chalmers declines to consider all offers of further announcement, publishing, or other types of support for the recruiting process in connection with this position. ***