Junior researcher - software developer

Are you a person with analytical skills and consider yourself as a world class software developer in five years? Do you enjoy working in an agile project form and want to contribute to a demand-driven digital business development linked to the societal challenges in Swedish industry and public sector? Are you comfortable in a role where you drive unstructured business problems to structured new possibilities and wants to contribute to a sustainable society?

If you are passionate to work on real business problems that can be solved by using data in innovative ways and grow into being a professional problem solver and software developer; then RISE have an interesting job for you!

RISE is Sweden’s research institute and innovation partner.

RISE is today engaged in several applied digitalization projects and are now expanding. We are looking for software developers to aid in our projects. We have open positions in Västerås, Linköping, Hudiksvall or Sundsvall, Sweden.

About the position
In this role you will use programming and algorithmic methods to glue together the latest research within data science, AI and IoT applications to enhance digitalization, autonomous systems, cyber-physical systems and edge computing, among others. All this while collaborating with industry, the public sector, and academia.

Experience with programming languages such as C, C# and Python is necessary, as is a passion for working on solving real world problems in various application domains.

In this role, you will work with an agile methodology in a team that has overall responsibility over life cycle of several applied digitization projects. You contribute actively by conducting research and presenting the right solutions along with development of new and existing products and services, as well as in collaboration with other research groups and partners. The team's focus is to utilize data and add innovative new insights and application features to the customer's business needs. You will also take part in the design of digitalization solutions and work with product development, prototyping and Proof-of-Concepts (PoC).

Who are you?
The ideal candidate for this position should have a master’s degree in computer engineering with relevant project focus. Preferably, this includes working with recent software development and digitalization techniques including adapting them to various application areas.

Excellent social attitude and communication skills in both English and Swedish is meriting.

Are we right for each other?
We will promise you exciting opportunities, a dedicated team and some truly engaging societal challenges to tackle. You will get to work in a dynamic environment offering professional and personal development opportunities. At RISE, we want you to succeed and feel good, because together with your colleagues, you contribute to a sustainable future and to securing a leading position for Swedish industry and research globally. RISE can give you the chance to make a real difference. Welcome to Sweden’s Research Institute and Innovation Partner.

We look forward to your application!
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Director – Applied digitalization: Jonas Lindqvist, +46 70 212 90 99. The closing date for applications is November 23th, 2020. Interviews will be conducted throughout the application period.

Our union representatives: Ingemar Petermann, 010-228 41 22, and Linda Ikatti, 010-516 51 61. Calls from external recruitment companies and/or sales persons are kindly declined.

Researcher, software developer, AI, artificial intelligence, applied machine learning, Data driven innovation


RISE Research Institutes of Sweden är Sveriges forskningsinstitut och innovationspartner. I internationell samverkan med företag, akademi och offentlig sektor bidrar vi till ett konkurrenskraftigt näringsliv och ett hållbart samhälle. Våra 2 800 medarbetare driver och stöder alla typer av innovationsprocesser. RISE är ett oberoende, statligt forskningsinstitut som erbjuder unik expertis och ett 100-tal test- och demonstrationsmiljöer för framtidssäkra teknologier, produkter och tjänster. www.ri.se.