PostDoc in Uncertainty Quantification and Stochastic Optimization

Are you interested in uncertainty quantification and optimization under uncertainties? Are you thrilled to work within a multidisciplinary team focusing on the development of novel reliability methods and high-quality research in collaboration with leading research and industrial partners? This is your opportunity to join the research team on a cutting-edge EU-funded research project.

We're looking for highly motivated candidates for a full-time postdoctoral researcher position. The advertised position is for 1.5 years (18 months) with a potential 1 year extension depending on performance and funding availability. The position is available from January 15, 2025, or a soon as possible thereafter.
 

Expected start date and duration of employment

This is a 1.5 year position with possible extension starting from 15th of January or as soon possible thereafter.
 

Job description

The EU-funded ACCURATE project aims to boost the competitiveness of European manufacturing companies and value chains by improving their sustainability, performance stability, resilience, and ability to manage unforeseen events. To achieve these benefits, the postdoc project tasks include:
 

• Developing a framework for multi-objective optimization under uncertainties for manufacturing services and supply chain networks.
• Integrate sustainability and circularity metrics into a stochastic optimization loop with constraints on reliability and resilience.
• Apply reliability- and robustness-based optimization in manufacturing planning in collaboration with leading industrial partners in the ACCURATE project consortium. 
• Collaborate with the ACCURATE project partners to deploy and validate the developed solutions in real-world industry cases.
   

Your profile

Applicants should hold a PhD in Engineering,  Mathematics or Computer Science with focus on uncertainty quantification and optimization under uncertainties. Knowledge in machine learning, discrete event simulation, and time-dependent reliability analysis will be considered an advantage. It is an advantage if applicants have documented experience in scientific programming, e.g., Python and MatLab. It is required that the applicant is proficient in English, has strong communication skills, and an excellent track record of publishing academic articles in recognized venues.
 

Who we are

The Design and Manufacturing section at Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering focus on pioneering research with an interdisciplinary approach targeting product development, manufacturing processes, production technologies and value chain optimization.

The PostDoc project will be within the Reliability Modelling & Optimization Lab led by Assistant Prof. Rami Mansour and the Lifecycle Design and Manufacturing Lab led by Associate Prof. Devarajan Ramanujan as well as co-supervised by Associate Prof. Jalil Boudjadar from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The postdoctoral researcher will be part of an existing interdisciplinary research team of 5 researchers (3 faculty members, 1 PhD, 1 Postdoc) working on the ACCURATE project, between the Mechanical and Production Engineering and Computer Engineering departments at Aarhus University.
 

What we offer  

The department of Mechanical and Production Engineering at Aarhus University offers:

• a well-developed research infrastructure, laboratories and access to shared equipment
• an exciting interdisciplinary environment with many national, international and industrial collaborators
• a work environment with close working relationships, networking and social activities
• a workplace characterised by professionalism, equality and a healthy work-life balance.
   

Place of work and area of employment

The postdoctoral researcher will be placed in the Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, within the Design and Manufacturing section, Katrinebjergvej 89, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark.
 

Contact information

For further information, please contact:
Assistant Professor, Rami Mansour, +45 93 50 88 67, [email protected]
Associate Professor and Head of Design and Manufacturing Section, Devarajan Ramanujan, +45 93 50 88 48, [email protected]
 

Deadline

Applications must be received no later than 3 December 2024.
 


Application procedure

Shortlisting is used. This means that after the deadline for applications – and with the assistance from the assessment committee chairman, and the appointment committee if necessary, – the head of department selects the candidates to be evaluated. All applicants will be notified whether or not their applications have been sent to an expert assessment committee for evaluation. The selected applicants will be informed about the composition of the committee, and each applicant is given the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that concerns him/her self. Once the recruitment process is completed a final letter of rejection is sent to the deselected applicants.


Letter of reference

If you want a referee to upload a letter of reference on your behalf, please state the referee’s contact information when you submit your application. We strongly recommend that you make an agreement with the person in question before you enter the referee’s contact information, and that you ensure that the referee has enough time to write the letter of reference before the application deadline.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to ensure that letters of reference received after the application deadline will be taken into consideration.


Formalities and salary range

Technical Sciences refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

The application must be in English and include a curriculum vitae, degree certificate, a complete list of publications, a statement of future research plans and information about research activities, teaching portfolio and verified information on previous teaching experience (if any). Guidelines for applicants can be found here.

Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities.

Salary depends on seniority as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Professional Associations.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

Research activities will be evaluated in relation to actual research time. Thus, we encourage applicants to specify periods of leave without research activities, in order to be able to subtract these periods from the span of the scientific career during the evaluation of scientific productivity.

Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Read more here. Please find more information about entering and working in Denmark here.

Aarhus University also offers a Junior Researcher Development Programme targeted at career development for postdocs at AU. You can read more about it here.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.
 


Aarhus University

Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/