Associate Professor of Cyber-Physical Systems

Luleå University of Technology is in strong growth with world-leading competence in several research areas. We shape the future through innovative education and ground-breaking research results, and based on the Arctic region, we create global social benefit. Our scientific and artistic research and education are conducted in close collaboration with international, national and regional companies, public actors and leading universities. Luleå University of Technology has a total turnover of nearly SEK 2,1 billion per year. We currently have 1,900 employees and 18,700 students.

In the coming years, multi-billion investments will be made in large projects in Northern Sweden to create a fossil-free society both nationally and globally. Luleå University of Technology is involved in several of these cutting-edge research projects and in the societal transformation that they entail. We offer a broad range of courses and study programmes to match the skills in demand. We hope that you will help us to build the sustainable companies and societies of the future.

In the coming years, multi-billion investments will be made in northern Sweden in large projects aimed at a more sustainable society, nationally as well as globally. Luleå University of Technology is involved in many of these projects, not least within the rapidly growing field of battery manufacturing and electrification.

RECAT – Research Center for Advanced Battery Technology, is a new initiative at LTU aiming at strengthening the educations and research connected to battery production and related activities like supply-chain and life-cycle management for batteries vehicles and other applications, including recycling and circularity. As part of this initiative, LTU is recruiting an associate professor to address the digitalisation, real-time control, and IT/OT integration for battery production, including digital twins, model predictive control, industrial IoT, and advanced automation architectures. The aim is to develop next-generation production systems that are sustainable, data-driven, and scalable.

Subject description
Cyber-Physical Systems focuses on integrated software and application architectures with implementations of massively distributed embedded systems that interact with each other and their environment to enable secure, goal-driven, autonomous and evolvable solutions. 

Duties
An associate professors should be involved in education, educational development work and research at the University. Associate professors must also keep abreast of the international development of the subject and supervise doctoral students. Associate professors are expected to contribute to the University’s development work, to work for obtaining external research funding to the subject, both nationally and internationally, and to be available for managerial and administrative tasks. The duties of associate professors also include leading research projects, communicating related research findings via high-quality academic publications, and being active in the research community within the subject and participate in international networks. A person being assessed or recruited for a post as associate professor is also admitted as docent, unless they already have been admitted as docent at another higher education institution.

For this position, you are expected to: 

• Lead and develop research in cyber-physical systems with application in battery manufacturing.
• Build and lead a strong, internationally recognized research group.
• Develop collaboration with industry and society, especially within Sweden’s emerging battery value chain.

You are also expected to take an active role in developing the university’s research environment in production physics, digitalisation, and sustainable manufacturing, including participation in competence centres and collaborations with leading industrial and academic partners.

Qualifications
Qualified for an appointment as an associate professor are those who have demonstrated both research and teaching expertise. As much attention must be given to the assessment of teaching expertise as to the assessment of research expertise.

To meet the requirements for the appointment as an associate professor, the applicant:

• must have demonstrated a research profile showing a clear progress after the completion of the doctoral thesis, and scientific contributions corresponding to at least two doctoral theses including the doctoral thesis;
• must have worked as an independent researcher, and thus has,
  experience of research-related commissions of trust, for example, as a reviewer for journals, and/or as an external reviewer;
  experience of applying for and being granted, in competition, external funding for research and/or development projects;
  experience of having leading roles in research projects;
• must have published research output together with researchers within research environments other than the applicant’s own environment.
  • must have experience of supervising doctoral students and must have been the assistant supervisor for at least one doctoral student for at least two years, unless there are exceptional reasons to the contrary;
  • must demonstrate pedagogical expertise through proven experience, teaching expertise and teaching development
  • must have completed higher education pedagogy courses in equivalent to 7.5 higher education credits or otherwise have acquired equivalent knowledge
  • must demonstrate the ability to collaborate with the wider community by means of, among other things,
• make new knowledge available to the wider community;
• incorporation of societal needs into educational and/or research contexts.

Emphasis will be placed on:

• Documented scientific excellence in cyber-physical systems, automation, or related fields.
• Proven experience of applying these competences in industrial contexts, preferably manufacturing or energy systems.
• Strong track record of publications in internationally recognized journals and conferences.
• Experience of supervising doctoral students to completion.
• Demonstrated ability to attract competitive funding.

Meritorious qualifications include experience in battery manufacturing, digital twin development, IT/OT integration, or advanced model-based control. International experience and leadership in large collaborative projects are also considered valuable.

Assessment criteria
The following assessment criteria apply to this position:

• Documented scientific excellence in cyber-physical systems, automation, or related fields.
• Proven experience of applying these competences in industrial contexts, preferably manufacturing or energy systems.
• Strong track record of publications in internationally recognized journals and conferences.
• Experience of supervising doctoral students to completion.
• Demonstrated ability to attract competitive funding.

 In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

Further information
For further information about the position, please contact Professor Ulf Bodin, 0920-493036 bodin@ltu.se .

Union representatives: SACO-S Diana Chroneer,(+46 )920-49 2037 diana.chroneer@ltu.se  and OFR-S Marika Vesterberg, 0920-49 1721 marika.vesterberg@ltu.se . 

In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

Application
We prefer that you apply for this position by clicking on the apply button below and attach the requested application documents including diplomas (certified and translated into Swedish or English), pedagogical self-reflection and publications, etc. We prefer that applicants follows the Instructions for applicants . Note that the applicant´s educational qualifications should be particularly documented. Mark your application with the reference number below. Your application, including diplomas, must be written in English or Swedish.

Final day to apply: 15 February, 2026
Reference number: 6379-2025

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