Assistant professor and research engineer

We are looking for 1-2 assistant professors and 1-3 research engineers within the field of GIS and geomatics.Within the framworks of establishing a national SDI in Sweden and business development at a regional level, research and innovation strategies has meen formulated.To realise these strategies, R&D activities will be performed within the folowing fields. - Spatial Data Infrastructures - Geo-enabled web sensors - Open Maps - 3D City Models The senior scientist shall have a Phd exam or corresponding qualifications, within one field related to the prioritised scintific areas.The senior scientist shall, in cooperation with external stakeholders, specify and execute research projects.In addition, supervision of Phd students will also be included in the tasks.Also, some minor teaching at the graduate or postgraduate level is expected (maximum 20%) The research engineers shall either already be enrolled as a PhD student at a recognised university or be qualified as being enrolled as a PhD student in the GIS field.The research engineer shall participate in research projects and carry out research tasks in an independent manner.The achievement made during the assignments are aimed to be used as parts of PhD thesis The positions will be available from June 1st at earliest.Short term contracts are here expected to have duration of 6 months and medium term contracts have duration of 9 - 18 months.For all positions, good knowledge in English is a requirement. The application shall include the following documents: - Copy of educational degrees - CV - Verified list of merits - List of reference persons - Previous experience in GIS-related research - Personal preferences (requested salary, duration of contract, scope of research etc) - Preferred employer (FPX, University of Gävle and / or Lantmäteriet) - For PhD students, please indicate your preferences about enrolment.According to the regulations of the National Archive, one set of the applications shall be archived for two years after the decision about employment.Adress: Registrator, Högskolan i Gävle, SE-801 76 Gävle, SWEDEN Homepage: www.hig.se