Research ML Engineer, Healthcare AI & Data Science

Halmstad University; Halmstads kommun; On-site; SEK 460,000 - 620,000; Full time

Job summary

Halmstad University’s School of Information Technology seeks a temporary researcher for twelve months with a strong background in Python and machine learning. You will contribute to the CAISR Health and information-driven care research program, translating prototypes into deployable code and designing advanced ML solutions including transformers and Mamba.

Research involves healthcare data, interoperability standards like openEHR, OMOP, and FHIR, and collaboration with industry and

Qualifications

• MS degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Machine Learning or related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of machine learning with experience in representation learning, federated learning, time-series modelling, uncertainty quantification, or deep learning, including transformer-based models and LLMs.

Responsibilities

• Contribute with software development across the information-driven care research program, translating research prototypes into deployable code.
• Design and implement machine learning solutions — particularly deep learning, transformer-based architectures like LLMs, and Mamba — for representation learning and time-series analysis.
• Work with openEHR and related healthcare interoperability standards to integrate clinical data across regions and partners.
• Perform data science experiments and modelling of patient trajectories across the care chain.
• Design and maintain data pipelines and ETL processes for multi-source healthcare data.
• Support the project team with software documentation, code review, and validation and testing.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across industry, regions, and municipalities in meetings and development activities.
• Contribute to teaching foundational university courses such as programming when relevant.

Skills

Python programming

Machine learning

Deep learning

Transformer models

Mamba

Education

M.S. degree in Computer Science or Machine Learning

Tools

OpenEHR

FHIR

ETL

Job description

Halmstad University’s School of Information Technology seeks a temporary researcher for twelve months with a strong background in Python and machine learning. You will contribute to the CAISR Health and information-driven care research program, translating prototypes into deployable code and designing advanced ML solutions including transformers and Mamba.

Research involves healthcare data, interoperability standards like openEHR, OMOP, and FHIR, and collaboration with industry and