Senior Researcher Position in Software Testing at SICS Swedish ICT Västerås, Sweden
Senior Researcher Position in Software Testing at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), SICS Swedish ICT Vasteras, Sweden
Application deadline: April 7th, 2016
The position is fulltime for one year and mainly concerns research. The position has a specialization in Software Testing, which entails study of basic theory and methodology for testing software. As a senior researcher you will be involved in research and development of effective and efficient software testing methods. The research is conducted within the TOCSYC project. TOCSYC provides a strong research-intensive environment with focus on testing non-functional properties in embedded systems, which is a critical topic for the Swedish export industry. The research environment extends over several Swedish organizations. In your work, you will connect two work packages at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) and Malardalen University, and thus contribute to the coupling and synergy between them in the area of search-based testing and static analysis. The area of research can be adapted to the expertise of the applicant.
The candidate should:
- Hold a PhD in computer science or software engineering
- Have an interest in software development and testing
- Be able to work independently by yourself, as well as in teams
- Be fluent in English
- Have interest in developing methods and bringing them into different application areas
- Be curious, goal-oriented, flexible, ambitious and communicative.
Industry experience is a merit but not required.
Required technical skills:
- General knowledge in software testing, and in particular: test case prioritization, test suite optimization, integration testing methodology
- Expertise in search-based testing
- Experience with static analysis, in particular in areas such as path-based testing
- Familiarity with model-based testing and model-checking techniques is a plus
Contact persons:
- Mehrdad Saadatmand, mehrdad@sics.se , +46 72 569 59 56
- Markus Bohlin , markus.bohlin@sics.se, +46 70 787 66 08