Imagine a world where traffic accidents are nothing but a distant memory, and vehicles seamlessly navigate the streets with the power of cutting-edge software. How would it be to make such a vision a reality? On top of that – how would you envision working alongside some of the brightest people in the industry and learn from the best? If this sounds appealing – apply today to join us in advancing road safety.

Advance Your Career and Innovate

Imagine yourself as an innovator, exploring new frontiers in mobility and vehicle technology. This research assignment is an exciting journey that will accelerate your career, open your horizons, and develop your potential. You will have a unique opportunity to be part of an engaged research team uncovering new knowledge in strategic areas for our company.

Zenseact has a long tradition of bringing up industrial research, and many previous projects have shaped the technology and product of our company and, ultimately, of road safety. In this role you will be an integral part of our cutting-edge projects.

Your Role

As a Post-Doctoral associate, you will conduct research on a strategic topic. The goal is to guide our efforts in the area and publish results in leading journals. To support and guide you, there is a group manager, an industrial supervisor (Zenseact-employed), an academic supervisor (University Professor). In our research driven and collaborative community, your ideas can evolve into master thesis projects or be integrated directly in our product development. You'll be surrounded by like-minded visionaries; the perfect environment for your ideas to flourish.

You will be able to publish peer-reviewed journal articles, attend conferences and workshops. You might also test and refine your innovations with real-life automotive data and test vehicles, leveraging the unique assets that the industry giants Volvo Cars and Zenseact can offer. Want to apply for a patent? We support you.

Who are you?

The industrial postdoc is usually a recently graduated PhD considering a career as an industry researcher or a PhD who is already employed at a company and engaged in research tasks. To Zenseact, we are looking for an individual who wants to dive deep into knowledge, innovation, and concrete advancements in road safety. This role demands an engaged individual who understands the holistic view and is equally comfortable with detailed work. You should have a technical and scientific mindset, complemented by collaborative and interpersonal capabilities.

Qualifications

1. Hold a PhD in Electrical engineering, computer science, computer vision, mathematics, or another relevant field
2. Interest in conducting research to enhance road traffic safety, with the ultimate goal of eliminating road traffic losses
3. Ability to connect to your peers and establish networks and collaborations
4. Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal
5. Demonstrated ability to publish impactful research in top-tier conferences and journals.

Research Project Described

Safety Assurance of Automated Driving Systems Using Fleet Data

1. Exploring data driven and predictive frameworks for safety assurance
2. Developing situational awareness models and runtime monitoring systems capable of quantify and coping with operational uncertainties
3. Exploring the safety case construction and safety evidence derivation leveraging real-world fleet data

This position is driven within the WASP - Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program, in collaboration with one of the five partner universities, see more here. The project unfolds over two years, starting the earliest in 1st January 2026 and the latest 31th of August 2026. We offer a temporary employment during the two years, subject to the approval of external funding applications, to be communicated mid-December 2025. Upon the conclusion of your industrial post-doc journey, however, there could be opportunities for you to join us in a role suited to your knowledge area and skills.

Application documents

Final application date: 25th of August. Make sure to upload the below documents in your application, apart from CV:

• a electronic copy of your PhD thesis

• a selection of up to 5 papers of your previous research

• grade transcripts from both undergraduate and graduate studies, including any international exchange programs, if applicable. 

This role may have access to sensitive information, trade secrets, and confidential data. As part of the recruitment process, the selected candidate might undergo a background check.

More about Zenseact

Our software makes a difference.
Using AI-based technology to create the ultimate driver support, we’re fighting to end car accidents and make roads safe for everyone. Around 1,4 million people die in traffic yearly while approximately 50 million people get injured. Many get disabled as a result of their injury. We can do better.

One purpose, one product.
We’re a software company dedicated to revolutionizing car safety. By designing the complete software stack for autonomous driving and advanced driver-assistance systems, we’re fighting to end car accidents and make roads safe for everyone. Zenseact was founded by Volvo Cars, and the teams are based in Gothenburg, Sweden, and Shanghai, China.When we aim for zero accidents faster, we strive to speed up the transition to safe automation. This is essentially achieved by making cars updatable – like a computer or a phone. With regular software updates, a vehicle can be made safer long after its production. By accelerating improvement loops, shortening development cycles, and deploying high-capacity software quickly, we can make cars safer, faster.

Culture with people at heart
To achieve our mission of saving lives and ending traffic accidents is to go where nobody has before. It requires us to venture into the unknown, pioneering new technology and pushing the frontier of autonomous driving. While there’s no denying our determination and expertise, we must stand united to succeed. By fostering a culture of support and enablement – a place of psychological safety where all of us can thrive – everything else will follow. We call this a people-at-heart culture. This culture means caring. It means the company cares about me, and we care about one another. It means sharing, so we give each other energy and have fun together. Our culture is also about belonging. It’s important to feel at home and that we can be ourselves at work. Finally, a people-at-heart culture means well-being. So, we enjoy the flexibility needed to be and do our best – at work and in life.

Zenseact works proactively to create a culture of diversity and inclusion, where individual differences are appreciated and respected. To drive innovation we see diversity as an asset, which means we value and respect differences in gender, race, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation or age etc.
Interviews are held on a continuous basis, so we highly recommend that you submit your application at your earliest convenience.