Research Engineer

At Mälardalen University people meet who want to develop themselves and the future. Our 15 000 students read courses and study programmes in Business, Health, Engineering and Education. We conduct research within all areas of education and have internationally outstanding research in future energy and embedded systems. Our close cooperation with the private and public sectors enables us at MDH to help people feel better and the earth to last longer. Mälardalen University is located on both sides of Lake Mälaren with campuses in Eskilstuna and Västerås.

At the School of Business, Society and Engineering our students are studying to be for example Bachelors or Masters of Engineering, political scientists and business administrators. Here we have the research specialisations of Industrial Engineering and Management, and Future Energy. Our work takes place in cooperation with and in strategic agreements with companies, organisations and public authorities in the region.

Employment information
Employment: Temporary employment
Scope: 50-100%
Closing date for application: 2020-03-04
Campus location: Västeras
School: School of Business, Society and Engineering, (EST)

Position description
The School of Business, Society and Engineering is looking for a research engineer in energy and environmental engineering. The position involves working within the research specialization Future Energy Center (FEC). The work is part of the research activities conducted for the FUDIPO project at FEC.

The goal of the project is to develop learning systems. As part of this we have made physical models of boilers at Malarenergi and now run them as “digital twins”. Input from process measurements are fed into the model on-line and calculations made of how the process should perform if running as expected. The deviation between the model results and on-line measurements are compared and the development of the deviation by time used as input to diagnostic systems for fault detection. From this we predict different probabilities for different faults, both process and sensor faults. We also do data reconciliation by using this, and thereby can predict most probable value of different sensors. As input to the models we also measure NIR spectra from waste and use this together with the other system for model-based control (MPC) of the boiler. The project work is to run these systems and perform continuous updating of the models with new experience to build a learning system.

The position is a temporary employment of 7 months at 70-100% scope.

More information on FUDIPO:

https://fudipo.eu/

Qualification requirements
Particular importance is attached to personal suitability. We value the qualities that even age and gender distribution, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity add. The applicant is required to have a MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering, Energy Engineering, or Chemical Engineering. Industrial experience is highly valued as well as research experience. The position requires sound verbal and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of Swedish is a significant advantage.

Decisive importance is attached to personal suitability. We value the qualities that an even distribution of age and gender, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity, can contribute to the organization.

Further Qualifications and Merits
You are openminded and interested in collaborating across borders within and outside MDH. Teamwork, leadership, organizational and entrepreneurial skills are advantages. 

Further merits for the position are:


• Experience in experimental measurements
• Experience in installations in industrial environments
• Experience with physical modeling of processes
• Knowledge of, experience with, and/or interest in programming languages and modeling and analysis tools such as C++, Python, and/or Matlab.
• Ability to collaborate with other researchers as well as work independently.
• Curious, goal-oriented, flexible, ambitious, and communicative personality.
• Interest in developing methods and bringing them into different application areas.

Application
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The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and will reach the University no later than closing date for application.

We look forward to receiving your application.


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