Doctoral student in geodetic surveying with GNSS Full-time

Doctoral Student In Geodetic Surveying With Gnss

Third-cycle subject: Geodesy and Geoinformatics

We are looking for a PhD student for the project Efficiency Improvement of Track Measurements, funded by the Swedish Transport Administration. The main purpose of the project is to design and evaluate GNSS measurement methods that meet the requirements for determining track position.

The PhD student will be placed at the Department of Land Surveying – Property Science and Geodesy and will collaborate with RISE and the Swedish Transport Administration, which are parties to the project. The candidate is expected to have good knowledge in geodesy (GNSS and reference systems), physics (propagation of electromagnetic signals) and mathematics (statistics).

Supervision: Prof. Milan Horemuz and a person at the Swedish Transport Administration are proposed to supervise the doctoral student. Decision will be made on admission.

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

• passed a second cycle degree (for example a master's degree), or
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 second-cycle higher education credits, or
• acquired, in some other way within or outside the country, substantially equivalent knowledge

The candidate must have good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written as this will be required in day-to-day work. The candidate must have a background in geodesy, technical physics or another relevant subject.

In addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement for English equivalent to English B/6.

In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:

• independently pursue his or her work
• collaborate with others,
• have a professional approach and
• analyze and work with complex issues.

Meritorious qualifications:

• Work experience in the field of geodesy
• Previous experience in academic publishing, participation in research projects and teaching
• Interest in interdisciplinary collaboration
• Programming skills

After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

As a doctoral student, you are entitled to a workplace with many employee benefits and monthly salary according to KTH's Doctoral student salary agreement. Read more about Doctoral studies (PhD) | KTH | Sweden.