Postdoc Position in Software Technologies for Efficient Embedded Control Systems

Center for Industrial Software, part of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, located in Sønderborg, invites applications for a 2-year Postdocposition, which will be vacant from 1 August 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. 

The application deadline is May 31, 2025, at 11.59 PM / 23.59 (CET/CEST) 

 

Research environment

The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute is an internationally recognized institute in digital technologies. The institute is further growing it’s Center for Industrial Software research and education at its campus in Sønderborg with a vision of creating world class knowledge in valuable collaboration with industry providing a unique opportunity to be part of the center. The center is collaborating closely with other Centre’s at the campus including Centre for Industrial Electronics and Centre for Industrial Mechanics as well as with the industry, which counts world leading companies in growing fields such as e-mobility, automation, climate solutions and energy efficiency. Learn more about our institute at https://www.sdu.dk/en/mmmi and the Centre at https://www.sdu.dk/cis. The Centre is autonomous but will collaborate closely with the Software Engineering section of the institute.

In our work we value teamwork, professional diligence, enthusiasm for technology and the drive to adopt new skills and extended responsibilities. We offer an open, international team with flexible work organization and support of individual development. The Centre is involved in a variety of national and European projects and features a strong network of academic and industrial partners. We solve challenging research problems from real applications and implement novel software solutions together with end users such as Universal Robots, Terma, LEGO, Danfoss, and Novo Nordisk.

Position description 

The Postdoc position is set up in the context of an industrial focused project named EUDP eRotaryActuator with several partners including Danfoss Power Solutions, SDU Centre for Industrial Electronics and SDU Centre for Industrial Mechanics.

The Postdoc candidate will investigate methods and tools for real-time embedded systems and functional safety concepts in the context of an advanced electric actuator. The candidate will evaluate existing research and commercial solutions, propose new methods, and potentially develop domain-specific models and toolkits to address complex real-time control challenges under safety constraints.

The Postdoccandidate will be responsible to:

• Conduct literature and technology reviews focusing on real-time embedded control and functional safety concepts,
• Identify gaps and propose innovative methodologies for controller design and implementation,
• Lead the development of domain-specific software models and tools to support the new actuator architecture,
• Design experiments, collect data, and validate ideas in collaboration with the broader engineering team.

Profile and requirements

The candidate will participate in research and development activities within the areas of embedded software. The position requires a PhD degree within a relevant area (e.g. software, computer, or control engineering) and the desired candidate is expected to have knowledge within relevant areas, e.g. within software technologies for hardware constrained controllers and cyber-physical systems. 

Furthermore, the successful candidate is expected to:

• Have good knowledge of English (written and spoken),
• Have high self-motivation to learn,
• Be able to work well and communicate expert knowledge in an interdisciplinary team,
• Have the ability of working independently,
• Have a strong sense of responsibility.

Further information

Please visit the EUDP eRotaryActuator project website: https://eudp.dk/en/node/17288

Further information about this position is available via email from Associate Professor Krzysztof Sierszecki (krzys@mmmi.sdu.dk).

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