Research engineer

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the worlds top universities. The University has around 46 000 students and 8 500 staff based in Lund Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand explain and improve our world and the human condition.

About the workplace

The labs current facilities have enabled innovative research across a broad range of scientific fields but mobile equipment is increasingly in demand. Researchers want to study people and environments in their natural contexts such as homes schools workplaces and field settings. To meet this need the research infrastructure must become more flexible and portable so that it can be brought to the research subject rather than the research subject coming to the equipment.

As part of a recently awarded RJ grant called GoLab the Humanities Lab needs to recruit new expertise to support a shift toward more mobile on-the-go data collection which is increasingly requested by users. The Humanities Lab needs to recruit a research engineer with a background in computer vision and machine learning to support hardware installation and the development of analysis tools for mobile eye tracking. Read more about the labs facilities for eye tracking here: Humanities Lab is based at the Faculties of Humanities and Theology (HT) and its physical premises including offices and experimental studios are located on the HT campus at the Centre for Languages and Literature (SOL) and the LUX building. The lab has around 2025 employees and is an international environment with multiple visiting researchers each semester. We hold weekly meetings where all staff contribute items to the agenda.

We offer

As a Swedish government agency Lund University offers attractive employment terms generous vacation benefits favourable pension schemes. We also have possibilities for flextime and remote-work agreements which create good conditions for maintaining a healthy worklife balance. Read more on the universitys website about being employed by us Work for us

Duties

You have experience with eye tracking computer vision and machine learning and will work to support the development of new analysis tools for mobile eye-tracking data. You will work closely with the labs eye-tracking experts to develop a pipeline for the automated analysis of a broad range of data from experiments using wearable eye-tracking systems.

The work tasks include:

• Programming and system architecture for analysis tools
• Evaluating methods used in the tools both for selecting methods and for verifying the robustness of the implementation
• Collecting evaluation and demo data
• Preparing documentation
• Authoring scientific publications

Qualifications

You must have a PhD in computer science computer vision or a closely related field. The degree must have been completed no later than the start date of the employment.

You must have documented experience of:

• Eye tracking preferably wearable eye tracking
• Computer vision
• Machine learning
• Programming/software development: Python as well as system/tool architecture and code refactoring
• Automated analysis of data from wearable eye-tracking systems
• Developing open-source tools for the collection or analysis of eye-tracking data
• Good communication skills in Swedish or English both spoken and written

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability. You are expected to take responsibility for your tasks and to work in a structured and careful manner. You should be able to collaborate with colleagues at different levels.

Further desirable qualifications are:

• Being the lead author of scientific publications
• Experience working in a multi-user lab
• Experience working independently as well as developing methods and collaborating in a team

Additional information

The employment is permanent full-time with a start date of 1 January 2027 or by agreement. The project runs until 31 December 2029 at the latest.

Application procedure

Applications must be submitted via the universitys recruitment system. The application must include a cover letter explaining why you are interested in the position and how the position matches your qualifications. The application must also include a CV degree certificate or equivalent documentation and any other documents you wish to submit in support of your application such as copies of transcripts contact details for references letters of recommendation etc.

About The Joint Faculties of the Humanities and Theology
The Joint Faculties of the Humanities and Theology have seven departments and carries out large and varied work within research and education with the purpose to understand people as cultural and social beings. The faculties have around 700 employees and around 4000 students.

About the Humanities Lab
Lund University Humanities Lab is an interdisciplinary department for research technology and training for researchers techers and students at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology. The Lab hosts technology methodological know-how archiving expertise and a wide range of research projects. Lab activities are centered around the humanities with research targeting issues of communication culture cognition and learning. Many projects are interdisciplinary and conducted in collaboration with the social sciences medicine the natural sciences engineering and e-Science. We have partners and collaborators locally nationally and internationally. The Lab is a vibrant and dynamic environment enabling scholars in the humanities to combine traditional and novel methods and to interact with other disciplines in order to meet the scientific challenges ahead to understand explain and improve the human condition.

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