Researcher in V2X communication

Halmstad University

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The School of Information Technology

Halmstad University consists of four interdisciplinary Schools and the current position is located at the School of Information Technology (ITE). ITE is a multicultural school with around 130 employees from 20 different countries. It is a strong research and education environment, with focus on smart technology and its applications. Students and researchers are working with everything from AI and information driven care to autonomous vehicles, social robotics and digital design. ITE offers education on all levels, from undergraduate to PhD education, plus education for professional. Research is conducted within aware intelligent systems, smart electronic systems, cyber physical systems and digital service innovation. These four areas constitute the four technology areas of ITE . An innovation centre for information driven care called Leap for Life is connected to ITE, as well as a collaboration arena for electronic development, Electronics Centre in Halmstad (ECH).

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Description
A fix term (360 days) researcher position in the scope of Reliability, Safety, and Applications for Vehicular Communications (In-vehicle and Inter-vehicle - V2X) is available in the School of Information Technology (ITE), Department of Computing and Electronics for Real-Time and Embedded Systems (CERES) at Halmstad University. The position is focused on research in vehicular communication within the context of the ELLIIT project 6G-V2X:

https://elliit.se/project/6g-wireless-sub-project-vehicular-communications/ 

The research duties are combined with teaching duties in the course algorithms and data structures: 

https://www.hh.se/utbildning/kursplaner.html?uuid=1a03bbfc-db6d-11e7-9757-57ca57b84878

Principal Duties

• Conduct research in safety and reliability aspects of In-vehicle networks and Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks.
• Publish results in conferences and/or journals.
• Collaboration with academic researchers and partners of Halmstad University.
• Co-supervise bachelor and master thesis students.
• Contribute to research proposals preparation.
• Course responsibility, main teaching and examination of the course algorithms and data structures.
  
  

Qualifications
Eligibility for employment as a researcher requires a doctoral degree or equivalent scientific competence, as well as documented research activity conducted after the completion of the doctoral degree.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Solid background in the field with a degree in computer science or computer/electrical engineering, with a strong focus on automotive applications. Experience with in-vehicle networking, communication protocols, and fault analysis is especially important.  
• Knowledge of real-time networking systems, V2X communication applications, and Safety standards.
• Experience with: CAN and CAN-FD protocols, timing analysis, real-time systems, fault injection methods in CAN communication, and EMC standards for the automotive communication area.
• Extensive experience in University teaching, programming, and analytical development work.
• Strong ability to work independently and to analyze complex multidisciplinary research problems.

Salary
Salary is to be settled by negotiation. The application should include a statement of the salary level required by the candidate.

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

How to design your application

For further information, please contact recruiting manager Pererik Andreasson (pererik.andreasson@hh.se) or Professor Edison Pignaton De Freitas (edison.pignaton@hh.se).

General Information
We value the qualities that gender balance and diversity bring to our organization. We therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds, gender, functionality and, not least, life experience.

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