Doctoral student in V2X communications

Background
Recent growth in the research activities and the well-established educational programs of the School of Information Technology (ITE) is enabling a significant expansion.

In 2019 the total research expenditures exceeded 70 MSEK and the school hosted over 850 students. Over the next two years, the School will grow significantly. 

Description
An ideal candidate would have expertise in some, and interest in all of the following fields: Wireless networking protocols, Vehicular technology, Control theory, Embedded systems, and Programming. Scientific publication(s) in any of those fields is a plus.

The selected PhD student will be responsible for conducting research within the project and for participating in the required PhD course activities. The employment also includes teaching responsibilities corresponding to a maximum of 20% of full-time. The PhD student will work in an environment of internal researchers with diverse backgrounds.

The position is full time and is available from 2021/02 for a period of one year with a possibility of a further extension, subject to satisfactory progress of the PhD studies and funding availability. Enough resources to fund experiments and conference travels are available.

Qualifications
The applicant should have a Masters degree in Communication Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Robotics/Mechatronics or closely related fields. Applicants must be fluent in spoken and written English. Knowledge of Swedish is always viewed positively.

Only persons who are being admitted, or already have been admitted, to doctoral studies at an institution of higher education may be appointed as doctoral students. (The Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5, § 3). The student’s ability to benefit from doctoral studies will be taken into account when we make the appointment. (The Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5, § 5).

Salary
PhD students are employees of the University and paid a salary according to a uniform salary scale, adjusted in relation to the progress in education.

The position includes studies up to a doctoral degree and is annually extended in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5, §7. The total employment period is four years but may be extended to a maximum of five years if the student performs 20% teaching or other tasks within the university.

Application
Applications should be sent via Halmstad University's recruitment system Varbi (see link on this page). The application should include:

1. A cover letter stating the purpose of the application and a brief statement of your background and goals are well-matched to the goals of this position,

2. A Curriculum Vitae that includes at least

- A list of previous degrees, dates, and institution, transcripts for higher-education studies until most recent available
- A complete list of publications and a description of previous research and other work experience and links to online copies of the most important publications

3. Copies of previous transcripts and degrees,

4. Summary (1-2 pages) of the master’s thesis

5. A copy of previous publications, if any, and

6. Contact information for three reference persons.

List of qualifications and other documents that the applicant wishes to refer to should be enclosed with the application. All copies must be attested.

General Information
We value the qualities that diversity and gender balance bring to our organisation. We therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds, gender, functionality and, not least, life experience. The working language at Halmstad University is English and knowledge of the Swedish language, while not required to start working, will always be helpful for living in Sweden. Also for daily life, English is spoken widely and Sweden has the highest English Proficiency index in the world. Learning to speak Swedish will, for example, make it easier to interact with public and private services, to follow local and national issues, to participate in teaching junior students, and to participate in administrative and leadership roles. National Swedish language courses (SFI) are
available on campus.


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