Assistant Lecturer in Operation and Maintenance Engineering

Luleå tekniska universitet; Luleå kommun; On-site; SEK 100 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology university in Luleå is seeking an associate senior lecturer to conduct research and teach in Intelligent Asset Management and Battery Lifecycle Management. The position offers a 4-year employment term, focusing on innovative education and research collaboration. Candidates should have a doctoral degree and expertise in cloud computing, software engineering, and teaching experience. Strong emphasis on attracting female applicants is highlighted.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree or equivalent required.
• Awarded doctoral degree within the last five years preferred.
• Experience in research application design with industrial partners.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in Intelligent Asset Management and Industrial AI.
• Assist in teaching Battery Lifecycle Management and related subjects.
• Disseminate research findings in scientific publications.

Skills

Expertise in Lifecycle Management of Li-Ion/S batteries

Expertise in cloud computing

Python programming

Experience in university-level teaching

Ability to teach in Swedish and/or English

Education

Doctoral degree in Operation and Maintenance Engineering

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research activities in the context of Intelligent Asset Management of multi-purpose Li-Ion/S batteries, Prognostics and Health Management (PHM), Remaining Useful Life (RUL) estimation, eMaintenance, and Industrial AI.
• Assist the teaching, with a focus on Battery Lifecycle Management, Intelligent Asset Management, Maintenance, Industrial AI, eMaintenance, and Digital Twin.
• Dissemination of research findings through publication in scientific journals and conferences.
• Implementation and participation in research projects on Battery Lifecycle Management, Industrial AI, eMaintenance, and digital twins.
• Work in the Battery LAB and eMaintenance LAB.
• Contribution to the further development of our technology platform ‘AI Factory’.
• Contribution to the organisation of the subject’s International Congress on Industrial AI and eMaintenance.
• Support to the researchers and PhDs in the research team.
• Implementation and participation in various research projects with a specific focus on battery lifecycle management, Engineering Asset Management, Industrial AI, eMaintenance and Digital Twin.
• Development and design of applications and end-to-end demonstrators.
• Integration of technology into AI Factory's edge/fog/cloud platform.
• Development of software AI Factory's various services.

Qualifications

• To meet the requirements for the appointment as associate senior lecturer, the applicant: must have been awarded a doctoral degree or must have a foreign degree considered equivalent to a doctoral degree.
• Primary consideration should be given to someone who has been awarded a doctoral degree within five years of the application deadline for employment as an associate senior lecturer. However, someone who has been awarded a doctoral degree or achieved corresponding competence at an earlier date may also be considered if there are special grounds. Special grounds are sick leave, parental leave or other similar circumstances.

Assessment criteria

• scientific expertise
• other assessment criteria
• Expertise in Lifecycle Management of Li-Ion/S batteries, Engineering Asset Management, Industrial AI, and eMaintenance
• Expertise in cloud computing
• Documented experience of designing research applications in close collaboration with industrial partners
• Documented experience of university-level teaching and course development
• Extensive knowledge in system engineering
• Extensive knowledge in software engineering
• Extensive knowledge of Python
• Extensive knowledge in software development in a cloud environment, e.g. Azure
• Ability to collaborate with the surrounding community
• Ability to obtain external research and development funding
• Documented experience of attracting research funds from national and international research agencies
• Ability to communicate research and development work
• Ability to teach in Swedish and/or English
• Doctor of Technology in Operation and Maintenance Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Experience in knowledge transfer between universities and industry
• Experience in development in an integrated cloud and IoT environment
• Experience in developing methods, technologies, and tools aimed at battery lifecycle management, engineering asset management, operation, and maintenance in industrial contexts

Equality statement

Most of the employees in the subject Operation and Maintenance Engineering are currently men, therefore we would like to see female applicants.

Period of employment

For this employment, an employment period of four years applies.

Promotion to senior lecturer

For information regarding promotion to senior lecturer, go to. Job vacancies | Luleå tekniska universitet

Information

The position is located in Luleå. Start date by agreement.

For further information about the position, please contact: Professor Ramin Karim, 0920-49 2344, [e-mail], Professor Uday Kumar, [e-mail]

Union representatives: SACO-S Diana Chroneer, 0920-49 2037 [e-mail]; OFR-S Marika Vesterberg, 0920-49 1721 [e-mail]

Application

For full ad and application: Job vacancies | Luleå tekniska universitet

Final day to apply: October 20, 2025

Reference number: 4038-2025