PhD Student in Materials Science

We have the strength of over 50,000 students and staff members. Students who bring hope for the future. Staff members who every day contribute to Linköping University tackling the challenges of our time. Our values rest on credibility, trust, and security. By being brave, thinking freely, and doing new things, we create together, through great and small actions, a better future. Welcome to apply for a position with us! This recruitment is linked to the Impact Innovation program Swedish Metals and Minerals – an initiative by the Swedish Energy Agency, Formas, and Vinnova. Read more: https://impactinnovation.se/program/swedish-metals-minerals/ Your tasks As a PhD student in this project, you will work in a world-leading group conducting application-inspired fundamental research in thin film physics, particularly hard ceramic coatings. The position primarily involves conducting application-inspired fundamental research on thin film materials with the main goal of developing new environmentally friendly coating processes while maintaining layer quality, functionality, and reducing energy consumption. The project is carried out in close collaboration with Swedish industrial partners. The project includes process development, plasma analysis, and synthesis and characterization of thin films. It involves controlling and understanding the structure and properties of coatings at the atomic and nanometer scale. Materials science is fundamentally interdisciplinary, which means close collaboration with theorists and researchers at other institutions in Sweden and internationally. Our close collaboration with industry provides an additional opportunity for you if you don't want to stay in academia after your doctoral thesis. Publication in scientific journals and presentations at international conferences are also part of the position. As a PhD student, you dedicate yourself to your doctoral education and research projects in which you participate. Your work may also include teaching or participating in other departmental tasks, up to 20 percent of full-time. Your qualifications You have completed a degree at the advanced level in physics, chemistry, or materials science, or completed courses totaling at least 240 higher education credits of which at least 60 credits are at the advanced level, or in some other way acquired substantially equivalent knowledge. Documented experience with PVD synthesis methods, such as magnetron sputtering and plasma analysis, as well as techniques for characterizing thin films – for example XRD, SEM, TEM, or XPS – is meritorious. Your workplace The Division of Thin Film Physics conducts research as well as undergraduate and doctoral education in materials science. https://liu.se/en/organisation/liu/ifm/tunnf About the employment In connection with starting the position, you will be admitted to doctoral education. Read more about each faculty's doctoral education https://liu.se/forskning/forskarutbildning The employment is time-limited to normally four years full-time. Extension of employment up to five years is made based on the degree of teaching and departmental assignments. In special circumstances, further extension may be granted. You are initially employed for one year, and thereafter the employment is renewed for a maximum of two years at a time, based on the achieved study plan. Start date by agreement. Salary and benefits The PhD student salary is regulated according to a locally agreed salary scale. Read more about benefits for employees https://liu.se/jobba-pa-liu/formaner. Union representatives Information about union representatives, see https://liu.se/jobba-pa-liu/hjalp-for-sokande. Application You apply for this position by clicking the "Apply" button below. Your application must be received by Linköping University no later than September 30, 2026. Applications received after the final application date will not be considered. We welcome applicants with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives; it enriches and develops our operations. For us, it is self-evident to uphold the equal value, rights, and opportunities for all. Read about our work with https://liu.se/artikel/lika-villkor/. Welcome with your application! Linköping University has procurement agreements and requests that we do not receive direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies or sellers of job advertisements.

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