PhD position in 6G Ambient IoT

Electrification and digitalisation are among the largest areas for the future in the conversion to sustainable societies. The Department of Electrical Engineering conducts successful research and education in the areas - renewable energy sources, electric vehicles, industrial IoT, 6G communication and wireless sensor networks as well as research and education within Life Science, smart electronic sensors and medical systems. The Department of Electrical Engineering is an international workplace with around 160 employees that all contribute to important technical energy and health solutions at the Ångström laboratory.

The position will be at the division of Networked Embedded Systems, at the Department of Electrical Engineering. We offer exciting projects and a very friendly atmosphere in an international environment.

Project description
6G promises to revolutionize connectivity by delivering ultra-fast data speeds, near-zero latency, and massive connectivity for billions of IoT devices, far surpassing the capabilities of 5G. A central component of 6G, Ambient IoT, is expected to enable a wide range of new IoT applications across various industries, driven by the ability to deploy and manage billions of interconnected devices. These applications include smart cities, agricultural and environmental monitoring, smart and ubiquitous healthcare, environmental sustainability by advanced waste and resource management, to name a few. Ambient IoT devices are expected to be battery-free relying on energy harvesting and using backscatter communications to reduce the energy consumption for communication to a minimum. In this project, we aim to look at both the Ambient IoT devices as well as the infrastructure to provide scalable IoT services

We have an exciting work environment designed by the doctoral student and the research team together. The doctoral student will be supervised by at least two supervisors. The Department of Electrical Engineering also gives a salary supplement in addition to the local guidelines for doctoral students at Uppsala University.

Duties

• Perform research in 6G Ambient IoT together with supervisors and sometimes other PhD students and/or postdocs
  
• Write up research results and publish in appropriate venues
• The work duties can also include teaching and other departmental duties. No more than 20%.

Requirements

• The applicant must hold a master degree in engineering or computer science
• The applicant must have completed at least 240 credits in higher education, with at least 60 credits at Master’s level including an independent project worth at least 15 credits, or
• have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way.
• The applicant must be interested in coming up with novel solutions within the project’s topic and implement or evaluate them, ideally on real hardware using low-level computer languages such as C
• Very good oral and written proficiency in English, as well as very good study results
• personal characteristics, such as a high level of creativity, thoroughness, and/or a structured approach to problem-solving. 

Additional qualifications 

• Experience in both hardware and low-level software development
• Knowledge about wireless communication and networking

Rules governing PhD students are set out in the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5, §§ 1-7 and in Uppsala University's rules and guidelines.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position according to the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5 § 7. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date as agreed. Placement: Uppsala 

For further information about the position, please contact: Thiemo Voigt, thiemo.voigt@angstrom.uu.se

Please submit your application by November 22ht, 2024, UFV-PA 2024/3740.

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