{"data":{"id":220437,"slug":"forskningsingenjor-inom-mjuk-och-barbar-robotik","type":"job","title":"Research Engineer in Soft and Wearable Robotics","description":"Duties\nThe Robot Design Lab at the Department of Mechatronics at KTH is seeking a research engineer in robot design and mechatronics with a focus on soft and wearable robotics. The position is part of the REMA project, Redefining Mobility for Aging Adults, which aims to develop new exoskeletons for older adults through integration of soft robotics, sensor technology, actuation, adaptive control, and user-centered design.\nThe research engineer will contribute to the design, development, integration, and experimental evaluation of soft exoskeletons and their mechatronic systems. The work includes development of soft robotic structures, sensor and actuation systems, mechanical and electromechanical integration, control, and development of functional robot prototypes.\nThe work will involve iterative development, assembly, verification and validation through simulation and experimental testing. The research engineer will also participate in planning and conducting experiments, analyzing results, supervising students, and disseminating research results through scientific publications at relevant international conferences and in scientific journals.\n\nQualifications\nRequirements\nCompleted Master's degree in robotics, mechatronics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent.\nExperience with mechanical design and CAD software, such as SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Fusion 360, Solid Edge, or equivalent.\nExperience with additive manufacturing (3D printing), prototype development, and assembly of robotic or mechatronic systems.\nStrong programming skills in MATLAB and\/or Python.\nExperience with integration and control of electric motors and actuators in robotic or mechatronic systems.\nExperience with experimental testing, verification, and validation of robotic or mechatronic prototypes.\nRelevant scientific publications at international conferences and\/or in scientific journals.\nGood ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing as required in daily work.\nSolid academic credentials and well-developed problem-solving skills.\nAbility to work both independently and in a team.\n\nMeritorious\nExperience with wearable robotics, exoskeletons, soft robotics, or physical human-robot interaction.\nExperience with sensors, signal processing, and sensor integration for robotic or mechatronic systems.\nExperience with control theory and its implementation, including motion and\/or force control.\nExperience with actuator and power transmission design, including cable-driven or compliant mechanisms.\nExperience with robot or multibody simulation software, such as Simscape Multibody, Gazebo, Webots, or CoppeliaSim.\nKnowledge of the finite element method (FEM) for simulation of mechanical components and assemblies.\nAwareness of diversity and equal treatment issues with particular focus on gender equality.\n\nWe will place great emphasis on personal qualities.\n\nBecome Part of KTH\nKTH shapes the future through education, research, and innovation. As a leading international technical university, we play an active role in driving and participating in the transition to a sustainable society. Here you will have the opportunity to grow and develop in a creative and dynamic workplace with good working conditions and benefits. Equality, diversity, and equal opportunities are a matter of quality and an essential part of KTH's values as a university and public authority.\nRead more about our benefits and what it is like to work and develop at KTH.\n\nTrade Union Representatives\nContact information for trade union representatives.\n\nApplication\nYou apply through KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you have the main responsibility for ensuring that your application is complete when submitted.\nThe application should contain:\nCV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.\nCopy of degree certificates and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in one of these languages.\nPersonal letter: a brief description (max 2 pages) of why you want to conduct research at Robot Design Lab at KTH.\n\nThe application must be received by KTH no later than the application deadline at midnight, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\n\nAbout the Employment\nThe employment is time-limited according to agreement - for up to one year, with commencement as agreed.\n\nOther\nFor information on the processing of personal data in connection with recruitment.\nIt may be that an employment at KTH is placed in a security classification. If this is the case for this particular position, a security clearance of the applicant will be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585) after consent. In these cases, a requirement for employment is that the applicant is approved after security clearance.\nWe decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies and providers of job advertisements.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Forskningsingenj\u00f6r inom mjuk och b\u00e4rbar robotik","description_original":"Arbetsuppgifter\nRobot Design Lab vid enheten f\u00f6r Mekatronik p\u00e5 KTH s\u00f6ker en forskningsingenj\u00f6r inom robotdesign och mekatronik med fokus p\u00e5 mjuk och b\u00e4rbar robotik. Anst\u00e4llningen \u00e4r en del av REMA-projektet, Redefining Mobility for Aging Adults, som syftar till att utveckla nya exoskelett f\u00f6r \u00e4ldre vuxna genom integration av mjuk robotik, sensorteknik, aktivering, adaptiv styrning och anv\u00e4ndarcentrerad design.\nForskningsingenj\u00f6ren kommer att bidra till design, utveckling, integration och experimentell utv\u00e4rdering av mjuka exoskelett och deras mekatroniska system. Arbetet omfattar utveckling av mjuka robotstrukturer, sensor- och aktiveringssystem, mekanisk och elektromekanisk integration, styrning samt utveckling av funktionella robotprototyper.\nArbetet kommer att innefatta iterativ utveckling, montering, verifiering och validering genom simulering och experimentella tester. Forskningsingenj\u00f6ren kommer \u00e4ven att delta i planering och genomf\u00f6rande av experiment, analys av resultat, studenthandledning samt spridning av forskningsresultat genom vetenskapliga publikationer vid relevanta internationella konferenser och i vetenskapliga tidskrifter.\nKvalifikationer\nKrav\nAvlagd masterexamen inom robotik, mekatronik, elektroteknik, maskinteknik eller motsvarande.\nErfarenhet av mekanisk konstruktion och CAD-programvara, s\u00e5som SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Fusion 360, Solid Edge eller motsvarande,\nErfarenhet av additiv tillverkning (3D-printing), prototyputveckling och montering av robot- eller mekatroniska system.\nGoda programmeringskunskaper i MATLAB och\/eller Python.\nErfarenhet av integration och styrning av elektriska motorer och aktuatorer i robot- eller mekatroniska system.\nErfarenhet av experimentell testning, verifiering och validering av robot- eller mekatroniska prototyper.\nRelevanta vetenskapliga publikationer vid internationella konferenser och\/eller i vetenskapliga tidskrifter.\nGod f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att kommunicera p\u00e5 engelska b\u00e5de i tal och skrift d\u00e5 det kr\u00e4vs i det dagliga arbetet.\nGedigna akademiska meriter och v\u00e4lutvecklad probleml\u00f6sningsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga.\nF\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att arbeta b\u00e5de sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt och i grupp.\n\nMeriterande\nErfarenhet av b\u00e4rbar robotik, exoskelett, mjuk robotik eller fysisk m\u00e4nniskorobotinteraktion.\nErfarenhet av sensorer, signalbehandling och sensorintegration f\u00f6r robot- eller mekatroniska system.\nErfarenhet av reglerteknik och dess implementering, inklusive r\u00f6relse- och\/eller kraftreglering.\nErfarenhet av konstruktion av aktuatorer och kraft\u00f6verf\u00f6ringssystem, inklusive kabeldrivna eller f\u00f6ljsamma mekanismer.\nErfarenhet av robot- eller multibody-simuleringsprogram, s\u00e5som Simscape Multibody, Gazebo, Webots eller CoppeliaSim.\nKunskaper inom finita elementmetoden (FEM) f\u00f6r simulering av mekaniska komponenter och sammans\u00e4ttningar.\nMedvetenhet om m\u00e5ngfalds- och likabehandlingsfr\u00e5gor med s\u00e4rskild fokus p\u00e5 j\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet.\n\nVi kommer l\u00e4gga stor vikt vid personliga egenskaper.\nBli en del av KTH \u00a0\nKTH formar framtiden genom utbildning, forskning och innovation. Som ett ledande internationellt tekniskt universitet spelar vi en aktiv roll i att driva och medverka i omst\u00e4llningen till ett h\u00e5llbart samh\u00e4lle. H\u00e4r erbjuds du m\u00f6jligheten att v\u00e4xa och utvecklas p\u00e5 en kreativ och dynamisk arbetsplats med goda arbetsvillkor och f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner. J\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet, m\u00e5ngfald och lika villkor \u00e4r en kvalitetsfr\u00e5ga och en sj\u00e4lvklar del av KTH:s v\u00e4rdegrund som universitet och statlig myndighet.\nL\u00e4s mer om v\u00e5ra f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner och hur det \u00e4r att arbeta och utvecklas p\u00e5 KTH.\nFackliga representanter\nKontaktuppgiftertill\u00a0fackliga representanter.\u00a0\nAns\u00f6kan\nDu ans\u00f6ker via KTH:s rekryteringssystem. Du som s\u00f6kande har huvudansvaret f\u00f6r att din ans\u00f6kan \u00e4r komplett n\u00e4r den skickas in.\nAns\u00f6kan ska inneh\u00e5lla:\nCV inklusive relevant yrkeserfarenhet och kunskap.\nKopia av examensbevis och betyg fr\u00e5n dina tidigare universitetsstudier. \u00d6vers\u00e4ttningar till engelska eller svenska om de ursprungliga dokumenten inte utf\u00e4rdas p\u00e5 n\u00e5got av dessa spr\u00e5k.\nPersonligt brev: en kort beskrivning (max 2 sidor) av varf\u00f6r du vill bedriva forskning vid Robot Design Lab p\u00e5 KTH.\u00a0\n\nAns\u00f6kan ska vara KTH tillhanda senast sista ans\u00f6kningsdagen vid midnatt, CET\/CEST (CentralEuropean Time\/Central European Summer Time).\nOm anst\u00e4llningen\u00a0\nAnst\u00e4llningen g\u00e4ller tidsbegr\u00e4nsat enligt avtal - i upp till ett \u00e5r, med tilltr\u00e4de enligt \u00f6verenskommelse.\n\u00d6vrigt\nF\u00f6r information om behandling av personuppgifter i samband med rekrytering.\nDet kan f\u00f6rekomma att en anst\u00e4llning hos KTH \u00e4r placerad i s\u00e4kerhetsklass. Om s\u00e5 \u00e4r fallet f\u00f6r just denna anst\u00e4llning g\u00f6rs en s\u00e4kerhetspr\u00f6vning av s\u00f6kande i enlighet med s\u00e4kerhetsskyddslagen (2018:585) efter samtycke. I dessa fall \u00e4r en f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttning f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llning att s\u00f6kande blir godk\u00e4nd efter s\u00e4kerhetspr\u00f6vning.\nVi undanber oss direktkontakt med bemannings- och rekryteringsf\u00f6retag samt f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljare av platsannonser.","available_locales":["en"],"price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":"Brinellv\u00e4gen 83","full_address":null,"city":"Stockholm","country":"SE","latitude":59.2877928,"longitude":18.0528391},"metadata":{"region":"Stockholms l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"Kungliga Tekniska H\u00f6gskolan","postcode":"10044","positions":1,"profession":"Forskarassistent","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/om\/work-at-kth\/lediga-jobb","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","contact_person":"Georgios Andrikopoulos","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Kungliga Tekniska h\u00f6gskolan, Skolan f\u00f6r industriell teknik och management","employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":1,"bot_views_count":1,"ai_vendor_counts":{"anthropic":1},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":null,"owner_email":"geoand@kth.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-09-18T08:12:04+00:00","expires_at":"2026-10-17T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-19T02:59:56+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-22T14:39:32+00:00"}}