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Your work assignments

Our research projects focus on distributed sensing, hardware-efficient signal processing, robustness and resilience, and communication-efficient decentralized machine learning. Applications are within 6G mobile access, distributed intelligence and computing, and drone swarms.

As a PhD student, you devote most of your time to doctoral studies and the research projects of which you are part. Your work may also include teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20 per cent of full-time.

Your qualifications

You have graduated at Master’s level in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Applied Mathematics with a minimum of 240 credits, at least 60 of which must be in advanced courses in Electrical Engineering or Applied Mathematics. Alternatively, you have gained essentially corresponding knowledge in another way. The requirement for a degree must be met no later than the time the employment decision is finalized, which occurs when the employment contract is signed.

Applicants must have excellent mathematical maturity and programming skills, and very good English skills, orally and in writing.

You should also be able to work independently, be goal-oriented, and possess strong problem-solving skills. You should communicate clearly and have the ability to collaborate effectively with others.

Your workplace

The Division of Communication Systems conducts research and education in communications engineering, statistical signal processing, network science, and decentralized machine learning. Read more about us here: https://liu.se/en/organisation/liu/isy/ks.

For more information about working at ISY, please visit: https://liu.se/en/article/open-positions-at-isy.

The employment

When taking up the post, you will be admitted to the program for doctoral studies. More information about the doctoral studies at each faculty is available at Doctoral studies at Linköping University.

If you have any questions about being a PhD student at ISY, please reach out to: isyphdcouncil@groups.liu.se.

The employment has a duration of normally four years’ full-time equivalent. Extension of employment up to five years is based on the degree of teaching and institutional assignment. Further extensions may be granted in exceptional circumstances. You will initially be employed for one year, after which your employment will be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time, depending on your progress through the study plan. 

Starting date by agreement.

Background screening may be carried out before any decision on employment is made.

Salary and employment benefits

The salary of PhD students is determined according to a locally negotiated salary progression.

More information about employment benefits at Linköping University is available here.

Union representatives

Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants.

Application procedure

Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button below. Your application must reach Linköping University no later than July 31, 2026.

Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.