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UiT The Arctic University of Norway has established «The Arctic MSCA-PF program» (uit.no/arcticmsca) to recruit excellent young researchers planning to apply for a Marie Skƚodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) to pursue a career in research. We invite applications from promising young researchers within the field of Engineering/Physics/Automatic Control. The selected candidate will write a proposal for a 24-month MSCA-PF at UiT together with Prof. Raymond Kristiansen as supervisor. This is an opportunity to accelerate your research career while living in the urban research city of Narvik.

This call is one of 33 from pre-selected supervisors at UiT The Arctic University of Norway through the “Arctic MSCA-PF program”. Successful postdoc candidates will be invited for a two-day MSCA-PF symposium June 10-11, 2026 (hybrid physical/digital event, see details at https://uit.no/arcticmsca/programstructure). At this event, the candidates will present their past research achievements, discuss future plans with their potential supervisor and learn how to write a successful MSCA-PF application. The selected candidates will, jointly with the supervisor, write the MSCA-PF application by the deadline of September 9, 2026.

In this call we search for talented, young researchers within the field of Engineering/Physics/Automatic Control with a special interest in FDIR for space applications, as presented by Prof. Raymond Kristiansen:

The research focus lies in the development of novel technologies for increased sustainability in space. Utilisation of near-Earth space is growing; rockets and satellites have become essential tools for science and technology, and the number of satellites in operation are expected to increase significantly, thereby increasing our vital dependency on space. Once a frontier for exploration is now turning into a crowded technological super-highway, with immediate need for sustainability. A major concern is the rapidly growing number of space debris objects, with sizes ranging from several tonnes and down to dust size particles. Debris routinely threatens satellites in orbit, resulting in worst case loss of satellites or personnel. This problem will continue to grow, even if we stop launching, unless remedied by new policies and initiatives.

A possible mitigation of this problem is prolonged missions, i.e. ensure longer lifespans for satellites to reduce the need for replenishment and new launches. This triggers the need for improved and comprehensive fault detection, isolation and recovery (FDIR), so that satellites can detect faults and continue (possibly degraded) operation. Main objectives are thus to develop ubiquitous FDIR for satellites, including novel advanced methods for detection of incipient/abrupt faults, and proper mechanisms for continued operation in the presence of these faults, encompassing all relevant satellite subsystems, structures and onboard electronics.

Please send your CV (max 3 pages) and describe a research project that will strengthen and complement the presented research (max 2 pages) to raymond.kristiansen@uit.no by Feb 16th, 2026. Mark your application "Arctic MSCA". Successful candidates will be contacted in late March 2026.