The position is at the department of Computational Materials Processing at IFE and in collaboration with the University of Oslo (UiO). The topic of the work will be within the field of Reduced Order Modelling (ROM) for creating digital twins of industrial processes.

The department of Computational Materials Processing (MatPro) conducts research and development on industrial processes, reactors and devices based on mathematical modelling of the underlying physical and natural phenomena. Numerical methods, especially the Finite Element Method, are important tools employed by the department. The department has more than 30 years of experience with the Finite Element Method and we have developed our own mathematical models in various projects with national and international industries. Our tools are used worldwide.

The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest rated institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society. The group “Mechanics” at the Department of Mathematics conducts research in applied, experimental, theoretical and computational mechanics with a focus on fluid mechanics. Of particular relevance to this call is the groups work on the software library FEniCS, a finite element library with an international user and developer base and its reduced order toolbox RBniCS.

VR&AR-avdelingen arbeider med 3D, VR&AR teknologier og lokasjonsbaserte informasjonssystemer. Avdelingen har over 25 års erfaring med utvikling av virtuelle prototyper, digitale tvillinger, spill- og simuleringsteknologier for sikkerkritisk industri. Våre løsninger er basert på anvendt forskning for design av arbeidsmiljøer, arbeidsplanlegging, og trening i virtuelle miljøer. Vi har et økende antall flerårige prosjekter for stabile kunder og trenger derfor flere medarbeidere. Vi har et sterkt fokus på menneskesentrert design, åpne filformater, plattformuavhengige programvarer og løsninger for samhandling, som kombinerer 3D-teknologier med AI og simulering til beslutningsstøtte og økt situasjonsforståelse. Se www.ife.no/vr for mer informasjon om avdelingen.

Sektor Digitale Systemer ved IFE har verdensledende spisskompetanse innen forskning, design, utvikling, og evaluering av komplekse digitale systemer. Vi er i dag ca. 85 medarbeidere fordelt på syv fagavdelinger.

We are looking for an engaged and inquisitive research scientist with an interest in human-automation interaction to join our growing team!

The Humans and Automation (HA) department is part of the Digital Systems sector at the Institute for Energy Technology in Halden, Norway. In the HA department, we are particularly interested in how technology shapes the world around us, and how technology can change the way humans move through the world. Our focus is primarily on the interaction and teaming between humans and advanced technologies, especially in highly digital and/or complex environments. We are curious about how the advanced technologies work, what effect they have on people in those environments and how interactions between these people and technologies can be improved. Our mission is to better understand these interactions to support the design and development of future digital, automated and even intelligent systems, with the underlying goal of optimizing performance and safety.

We aim to approach the problem space from two different perspectives: (i) understanding what the human needs to know about the technology in order to more effectively interact and collaborate with it; and (ii) understanding what the technology needs to know about the human in order to safely and efficiently interact with them. Our multi-disciplinary team supports our goal of examining problems from these different perspectives. In the HA department, you will work with people who have backgrounds in Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Electronics Engineering and Mechatronics. We have a strong collaboration network across the Digital Systems sector and within IFE, as well as throughout Norway, Europe, North America and Asia. This is facilitated by our involvement in the Halden Reactor Project, and participation in research projects for the Research Council of Norway and the European Union. Our recently established Center for Advanced Sensor and Robotics Research laboratory, and Halden Aerospace Laboratory open up new possibilities for exciting, cutting-edge research and collaboration with our extended partner network.

To strengthen our team and support our research ambitions, we are advertising a full-time position for an engaged and inquisitive research scientist with experience in human-automation interaction. The most important thing for us is that you have an interesting academic background and that you are eager to work in research and development!

The Digital Systems (DS) Sector is a world leader in research, design, development and evaluation of complex digital systems. DS currently employs approximately 85 people in seven research departments.

IFE's Wind Energy Department

• IFE has had an organization unit with wind energy R&D as primary focus for over 40 years.
• Offshore wind turbines has been the primary focus the last 12 years.
• We work closely with both industry, research institutes and universities.
• We have significant experience with most offshore wind turbine concepts, both bottom fixed and floating.
• We develop and/or analyze complete offshore wind turbines or their components.
• We assist engineering, enabling them do what they want themselves.
• We develop and sell our own state of the art offshore wind turbine simulations software 3DFloat, which is one of the most advanced such tools today.
  
• We measure our success by our impact on the offshore wind industry.
• Our goal is to enable our industry partners to produce new values of a significant magnitude for society.