{"id":2928843,"url":"https://alion.io/job/volvo-group-thesis-user-acceptance","title":"Thesis User Acceptance","company":{"id":21055,"name":"Volvo Group","domain":"volvogroup.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/volvo-group","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":18,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.167,"repost_share":0.056,"time_to_fill_p50_days":17,"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"}},"role":"Early Careers","role_family":"Early Careers","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Eskilstuna, Sweden"],"countries":["SE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-20T14:12:55Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-20","last_verified_at":"2026-10-31T03:16:28Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":10,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":10},"description":"Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.\n\nBackground\nThe Volvo Production System is built on the principle of continuous improvement, aiming to enhance both the effectiveness and efficiency of production processes. As part of the ongoing fifth industrial revolution, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is actively exploring new technologies that can contribute to productive, flexible and human-centric production systems.\nHumanoid robots are particularly interesting because they are designed to operate in environments originally developed for humans. However, introducing humanoid robots into industrial workplaces is not only a technical challenge. Their successful implementation also depends on how operators perceive, accept and interact with them.\nIn collaboration with Volvo CE, Mälardalen University (MDU) has acquired a Unitree G1 humanoid robot to investigate its potential in industrial manufacturing and logistics.\n\nThesis Description\nThe humanoid robot is located at MITC in Eskilstuna, where an industrial kitting application is being developed. The robot will perform logistics activities such as identifying, picking and transporting components while working in an environment shared with human operators.\nThis thesis will focus on the human perspective of introducing humanoid robots into industrial work. The work will investigate how operators experience interaction and collaboration with a humanoid robot and which factors influence their willingness to accept and work alongside such technology.\nAn important part of the thesis will be to move beyond laboratory testing and conduct field tests at Volvo CE factories in Sweden. Operators will have the opportunity to interact with and experience the humanoid robot in real industrial environments. These field studies will provide an opportunity to investigate user acceptance and human-robot collaboration under realistic production conditions.\nPossible research topics include:\nUser acceptance: attitudes towards and willingness to work with humanoid robots.\nTrust: how robot behaviour, reliability and predictability influence operator trust.\nHuman-robot collaboration: how tasks and responsibilities should be shared between humans and humanoids.\nUsability and interaction: how operators understand, communicate with and interact with the robot.\nPerceived safety: how operators experience physical proximity, robot movements and shared workspaces.\nIndustrial implementation: identifying organizational, technical and human factors that may enable or hinder the introduction of humanoid robots in production.\nThe study may combine controlled tests at MITC with field studies at Swedish Volvo CE factories. Data may be collected through observations, questionnaires, interviews and structured experiments with operators.\nThe expected outcome is an assessment of user acceptance and human-robot collaboration in real industrial environments, together with recommendations and requirements for the future introduction of humanoid robots at Volvo CE.\n\nCandidate Profile\nWe are looking for master’s students interested in the interaction between people, technology and industrial production. You should be curious about emerging technologies and interested in understanding how new automation solutions affect operators and organizations.\nAn interest in experimental studies, field studies, interviews, questionnaires, ergonomics, human factors or technology implementation is valuable. The thesis will include interaction with operators and visits to industrial sites, making good communication skills and an interest in conducting studies in real production environments important.\nSuitable Background\nIndustrial Engineering and Management\nMechanical Engineering\nProduction Engineering\nHuman Factors, Ergonomics or related fields\nPractical Information\nThesis level: Master\nLanguage: Swedish or English\nNumber of students: 1-2\nLast day for apply: 30 November\nLocation: MITC, Eskilstuna, combined with field studies at Volvo CE factories in Sweden\nIndustrial partner: Volvo Construction Equipment\nVolvo CE contact: Lars Hanson\nMDU contact: Prince Chacko Johnson\nWe value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.\nWho we are and what we believe in\nWe are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.\nApplying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.\nPart of Volvo Group, Volvo Construction Equipment is a global company driven by our purpose to build the world we want to live in. Together we develop and deliver solutions for a cleaner, smarter, and more connected world. By unleashing everyone’s full potential, we build a more sustainable future for all our stakeholders. 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