{"data":{"id":177885,"slug":"postdoktor-inom-kuggteknik-fran-tillverkning-till-prestanda","type":"job","title":"Postdoctoral Researcher in Gear Technology \u2013 From Manufacturing to Performance","description":"Responsibilities\nWe are seeking a postdoctoral researcher in mechanical elements and production development with a focus on how manufacturing methods and manufacturing variations affect gear performance. The project is interdisciplinary and carried out in collaboration between research in design, materials engineering, lightweight construction, and production development. You will plan and conduct experimental studies in FZG test rigs, characterize gear geometry and surface properties, and investigate how these affect efficiency, wear, and service life. The project also covers alternative gear materials and manufacturing methods, such as powder metallurgical gears, as well as new lubrication strategies such as grease in precision applications. A particular focus is to understand how variations in geometry and surface affect gear function and how high efficiency can be balanced against long service life. The goal is to create a stronger scientific connection between manufacturing and component performance and contribute to innovative gear design, energy-efficient drivetrains, and production excellence.\nThe postdoctoral researcher will be affiliated with XPRES \u2013 Centre of Excellence in Production Research, which is a long-term national initiative in production research bringing together XPRES KTH, MDU, RISE, and Swerim. As a postdoctoral researcher, you will be part of this dynamic research environment, with the opportunity to work interdisciplinarily and closely with both academia and industry.\nQualifications\nRequirements\nA completed doctoral degree or equivalent foreign qualification as assessed to correspond to a doctoral degree. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled no later than when the employment decision is made.\n\nMeritorious\nAt the final application deadline, no more than three years since completion of a doctoral degree or equivalent foreign qualification as assessed to correspond to a doctoral degree.\nExperience with experimental testing (surface fatigue and efficiency testing) using an FZG test rig or similar test rig for gears.\nExperience in designing gears.\nExperience with geometry measurement and surface characterization of gears.\nYou can communicate scientific results orally and in writing in Swedish and English.\nAwareness of diversity and equal treatment issues with particular focus on gender equality.\n\nWe will place great emphasis on personal qualities.\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 contributing to the transition to a sustainable society. Here you are offered the opportunity to grow and develop in a creative and dynamic workplace with good working conditions and benefits. Equality, diversity, and equal conditions are a quality matter and a natural part of KTH's core values as a university and public authority.\nRead more about our benefits and what it is like to work and develop at KTH.\nTrade Union Representatives\nContact information for trade union representatives.\nApplication\nYou apply through KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you have primary responsibility for ensuring your application is complete when submitted.\nThe application should include:\nCV including relevant work experience and knowledge.\nCopy of degree certificate and transcript from your previous university studies. Translations to English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in one of these languages.\nA brief account of why you wish to conduct research, your academic interests, and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Maximum 2 pages long.\n\nThe application must be received by KTH no later than the final application deadline at midnight, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\nAbout the Employment\nThe employment is permanent, but no longer than two years.\nA postdoctoral position is a time-limited merit-based employment primarily focused on research intended as a first career step after doctoral defense.\nOther Information\nFor information on the processing of personal data in connection with recruitment.\nIt is possible that an employment at KTH is placed in a security class. If this is the case for this particular employment, a security clearance of the applicant will be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585) with consent. In these cases, a prerequisite for employment is that the applicant is approved after security clearance.\nWe decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment companies as well as job advertisement vendors.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Postdoktor inom kuggteknik \u2013 fr\u00e5n tillverkning till prestanda","description_original":"Arbetsuppgifter\nVi s\u00f6ker en postdoktor inom maskinelement och produktionsutveckling med fokus p\u00e5 hur tillverkningsmetoder och tillverkningsvariationer p\u00e5verkar kuggv\u00e4xlars prestanda. Projektet \u00e4r tv\u00e4rvetenskapligt och genomf\u00f6rs i samverkan mellan forskning inom konstruktion, materialteknik, l\u00e4ttkonstruktion och produktionsutveckling. Du kommer att planera och genomf\u00f6ra experimentella studier i FZG-provrigg, karakterisera kugghjulsgeometri och ytegenskaper samt unders\u00f6ka hur dessa p\u00e5verkar verkningsgrad, slitage och livsl\u00e4ngd. Projektet omfattar \u00e4ven alternativa kuggmaterial och tillverkningsmetoder, exempelvis pulvermetallurgiska kuggar, samt nya sm\u00f6rjstrategier s\u00e5som fett i precisionsapplikationer. Ett s\u00e4rskilt fokus \u00e4r att f\u00f6rst\u00e5 hur variationer i geometri och yta p\u00e5verkar kuggv\u00e4xlars funktion och hur h\u00f6g verkningsgrad kan balanseras mot l\u00e5ng livsl\u00e4ngd. M\u00e5let \u00e4r att skapa en starkare vetenskaplig koppling mellan tillverkning och komponentprestanda och bidra till innovativ kuggdesign, energieffektiva drivlinor och produktionsexcellens.\nPostdoktorn \u00e4r knuten till XPRES \u2013 Centre of Excellence in Production Research, vilket \u00e4r en l\u00e5ngsiktig nationell satsning p\u00e5 produktionsforskning som samlar XPRES KTH, MDU, RISE och Swerim. Som postdoktor blir du en del av denna dynamiska forskningsmilj\u00f6, med m\u00f6jlighet att arbeta tv\u00e4rvetenskapligt och n\u00e4ra b\u00e5de akademi och industri.\u00a0\nKvalifikationer\nKrav\nAvlagd doktorsexamen eller utl\u00e4ndsk examen som bed\u00f6ms motsvara en doktorsexamen. Detta beh\u00f6righetskrav ska vara uppfyllt senast vid tidpunkten d\u00e5 anst\u00e4llningsbeslutet fattas.\n\nMeriterande\nVid sista ans\u00f6kningsdag h\u00f6gst tre \u00e5r sedan doktorsexamen eller en utl\u00e4ndsk examen som bed\u00f6ms motsvara doktorsexamen avlades.\nErfarenhet av experimentell provning (ytutmattnings- och verkningsgradsprov) med en FZG-provrigg eller en liknande provrigg f\u00f6r kugghjul.\nErfarenhet av att konstruera kuggv\u00e4xlar.\nErfarenhet av geometrim\u00e4tning och ytkarakt\u00e4risering av kugghjul.\nDu kan kommunicera vetenskapliga resultat muntligt och skriftligt p\u00e5 svenska och engelska.\nMedvetenhet om m\u00e5ngfalds- och likabehandlingsfr\u00e5gor med s\u00e4rskilt fokus p\u00e5 j\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet\n\nVi kommer att 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\nKontaktuppgifter till\u00a0fackliga representanter.\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:\u00a0\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.\nKortfattad redog\u00f6relse f\u00f6r varf\u00f6r du vill bedriva forskning, dina akademiska intressen och hur de relaterar till dina tidigare studier och framtida m\u00e5l. max 2 sidor l\u00e5ng.\u00a0\n\nAns\u00f6kan ska vara KTH tillhanda senast sista ans\u00f6kningsdagen vid midnatt, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\nOm anst\u00e4llningen\nAnst\u00e4llningen g\u00e4ller tillsvidare, dock l\u00e4ngst tv\u00e5 \u00e5r\nEn anst\u00e4llning som postdoktor \u00e4r en tidsbegr\u00e4nsad meriteringsanst\u00e4llning med huvudinriktning mot forskning avsedd som ett f\u00f6rsta karri\u00e4rsteg efter disputation.\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.","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":"Doktorand","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":"Ellen Bergseth","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Kungliga Tekniska h\u00f6gskolan, Skolan f\u00f6r industriell teknik och management","translation_status":"done","experience_required":true,"employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_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":"bergseth@kth.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-08-28T13:24:11+00:00","expires_at":"2026-09-24T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-08-29T03:51:19+00:00","updated_at":"2026-08-29T04:32:28+00:00"}}