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Department of Marine Technology

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Active and recent job announcements

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Professor in Ship Power and Maritime Energy System Design and Operation

The position will be central to our research and education to support the maritime energy transition: how do we design, configure, and operate shipboard power systems that deliver the right energy from the right source, at the right time for vessels and fleets with complex operational profiles and towards a future characterized by both rapid and uncertain technology development, tightening emissions regulations and volatile market conditions. Application deadline 26 October.
Martin Ludvigsen and Ingrid Utne in front of LAUVs

PhD Research Fellow in Self-Organising Maritime Autonomy

You will work at the intersection of robotics, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems, with access to unique experimental infrastructure, including autonomous underwater and surface vehicles, advanced simulation environments, and field-testing facilities. Application deadline 14 October.
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PhD Candidate in information fusion and data assimilation for ocean space utilization

Would you like to work together with researchers and industry to create risk-informed data-fusion and data assimilation approaches to support utilization of the ocean space at high latitudes? In that way you will contribute to safer and more efficient human use of the ocean. Project Arctic Ocean 2050. Application deadline 28 September.
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PhD Candidate in Deep Learning Enhanced FSI analysis of Modular Floating Structures

Would you like to work at the intersection of artificial intelligence and offshore engineering, contributing to the next generation of intelligent floating structures? The position is part of the AIMOS project (Artificial Intelligence for Multiscale Offshore Structures), which develops integrated AI methods for the analysis, design, monitoring, and control of floating offshore systems. Application deadline 25 September.
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PhD candidate in agentic AI

We have an open PhD position at NTNU as part of our newly funded AIMOS project: Accelerating the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Multiscale Offshore Structures.The project will explore how agentic AI can support the intelligent control of floating multi-modular structures, using dynamic models, digital twins, and smart, variable-stiffness connectors to adapt to changing environmental and operational conditions. Application deadline 10 September.
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PhD Candidate in AI for marine systems design and operation

Part of the Norwegian Maritime AI Centre (MAI) at NTNU. Application deadline: 25 April 2026.

PhD Candidate in Integrated Wind Turbine Modelling (Drivetrain Health Monitoring)

Part of FME NorthWind, a centre led by SINTEF. Application deadline: 25 April.

PhD Candidate in Marine Technology

Application deadline: 25 April.
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Post doc in seaweed hydrodynamics

3-year postdoctoral position in the field of hydrodynamic loads on seaweed and macro algae in connection to SFI Seaweed led by SINTEF Ocean. Application deadline: 17th April 2026.

PhD Candidate in seaweed hydrodynamics

In connection to SFI Seaweed led by SINTEF Ocean. Application deadline: 17 April 2026.
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PhD Candidate in Agentic AI for Smart Testing of Autonomous Maritime Systems

Application deadline 3 March 2026.
Professor Ingrid B. Utne in the control room at AUR-Lab

PhD Candidate in Risk monitoring and Visualisation for Human Supervisors and Autonomous Systems

In ERC Advanced Grant project BREACH. Application deadline: 22 January 2026.
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Post doc

In ERC Advanced Grant project BREACH. Application deadline: 22 January 2026.
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PhD Candidate in AI Driven Ship Design

The position is linked to the new Norwegian Maritime AI Centre. Application deadline 15 December 2025.

Events

Events

10th international Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology

Trondheim, Norway - 16-18 June, 2026

 

2025

3–5 June MIR Annual Symposium in Trondheim (Marine and Maritime Intelligent Robotics)
4 – 5 June EMRA Workshop (EU Marine Robotics and Applications)
27 November: Ocean Technology Day 


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