POWVER PhD and PostDoc openings at Saarland University, Saarbrücken
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http://www.powver.org/open-positions/
As part of the ERC Advanced Investigators Grant awarded to
Prof. Holger Hermanns, the five-year project POWVER seeks excellent
applicants for PhD student positions, Postdoc positions, and expert
engineer positions.
Embedded software innovations boost our society. But at the same time,
proprietary embedded software locks us out of the products we own. A
modern electronic device can only be controlled and maintained to the
extent enabled by the proprietary embedded software running the
device.
POWVER addresses this problem as its central concern. It will break
open the (by now) traditional embedded software development process,
so as to empower device users to gain back control over their
devices. To make this possible, POWVER provides them with quantitative
verification technology for system level correctness, safety,
dependability and performability of open embedded software. In this
endeavour, it focusses on embedded software for electric power
management, because electric power is vital for mobile devices and
their longevity. The spearhead application focus will be on light
electric vehicles, set up as a blueprint for other battery-powered
appliances.
To arrive at these objectives, we look for excellent
PhD students,
Postdocs, and
expert engineers
with a solid background
in software verification and quality assurance,
in quantitative formal methods,
in embedded software design,
in systems engineering of battery-powered appliances, or
in development or project management related to electric vehicles.
The POWVER project is carried out at the Chair for Dependable Systems
and Software in the Department of Computer Science of Saarland
University in Saarbrücken, Germany, on Saarland Informatics Campus,
where the department joins forces with the Max-Planck-Institutes for
Informatics and for Software Systems, the German Excellence Cluster
``Multimodal Computing and Interaction'', the German Research Center
for Artificial Intelligence DFKI, the Intel Visual Computing Institute
and several other research institutes, all in all with some 500
researchers, and spanned by the Saarbrücken Graduate School of
Computer Science. Thus, successful applicants will get the possibility
to work in a highly creative international environment and to conduct
very competitive research on a global scale.
PostDoc positions
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Successful candidates hold a PhD degree with a top performance and
have a proven track record in conducting original competitive
scientific research and publishing the results in reputable
conferences and scientific journals. Maturity, self-motivation and the
ability to work both independently and as a team player in local and
international research teams are expected.
Besides a strong theoretical background, interest and experience with
software development, for example verification/analysis tool
prototypes, is very welcome. Good English language skills are
mandatory. The positions are offered for a default period of three years,
starting as soon as possible. A competitive salary and social benefits
will be offered.
PhD positions
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Successful candidates hold an M.Sc. equivalent degree with top
performance in a field that is closely related to computer science,
mathematics or embedded systems engineering. The candidates should
have interest in performing original highly competitive scientific
research, publishing the results in top conferences and scientific
journals. Self-motivation and the ability to work both independently
and as a team player in local and international research teams are
expected. Good English language skills are mandatory. The positions
are offered for a period of three years, starting as soon as possible.
Expert Engineer positions
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Successful candidates hold an academic degree in a field that is
closely related to computer science or systems engineering and should
have a proven track-record in industrial application areas such as
embedded software for electric vehicles, automotive embedded software,
embedded battery management, or electric motor control. Candidates
with management experiences in projects related to electrified cycling
or bike component development are especially encouraged to
apply. Self-motivation and the ability to work both independently and
as a team player in local and international research teams are
expected. Good English language skills are mandatory. The positions
are offered for a default period of three years, starting as soon as
possible. A competitive salary and social benefits will be offered.
Candidates interested in any of these positions are asked to send
further enquiries together with a short statement of research
interests and a short CV to the POWVER principal investigator Holger
Hermanns (hermanns(a)cs.uni-saarland.de) before July 6, 2016.
Saarland University is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance
with its policy of increasing the proportion of women in this type of
employment, the university actively encourages applications from
women.
Among persons with equal qualification, preference will be given to
people with physical disabilities.
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