Assistant in High Capacity Vehicles with ELectrically PropellEd Dolly

Electrification of heavy road transports is a way forward for climate, energy and emissions. Electrification can be made on the trucks but also on the trailing units! This enables quicker migration by enabling hybridization of the total combination vehicles. This position is within a project which studies electrification of the converter dolly, used to carry the front end of a semi-trailer.

Information about the division and department
The position is in the Vehicle Dynamics group at division Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems (VEAS) at department Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/m2/). The group does education and research within vehicle motion engineering for road vehicles, mainly with vehicle manufacturers as stakeholders.

The position is within the project High Capacity Vehicles with ELectrically PropellEd Dolly (HELPED).

Job description
The assistant will work with researchers, Chalmers vehicle lab Revere, and Volvo Truck to perform tests with full-scale vehicles on test track. This includes both practical work and log data analysis. The assistant will also do modelling and simulation. The results will be used as part of an application of a PhD project within the research area.

Contract terms
Temporary employment.

Qualifications
Master of Science within Mechanical, Mechatronics or similar. Also master students in the end of their master education can apply. Suitable MSc programmes are, e.g., Automotive engineering and Control systems. You need to communicate well in English. Swedish is meritorious. Meritorious is also knowledge about heavy vehicles, especially articulated such, and experience from simulation and/or testing.

We offer
Chalmers offers a cultivating and inspiring working environment in the coastal city of Gothenburg. 
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Chalmers aims to actively improve our gender balance. We work broadly with equality projects, for example the GENIE Initiative on gender equality for excellence. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Name, 20240212 and be attached as PDF files, as below:

CV

Personal letter

Other documents (optional):
• Copies of completed education, grades etc. Two references that we can contact should be provided at a possible interview.

Please use the button at the bottom of the page to reach the application form. We do not accept applications sent by email.

Application deadline: 2024-05-12
Continuous recruitment, apply as soon as possible.

For questions, please contact:
Prof. Bengt Jacobson, VEAS,
bengt.jacobson@chalmers.se

Senior researcher, VEAS,
fredrik.bruzelius@chalmers.se

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