As a university of excellence, Dresden University of Technology (TUD) is one of the most powerful research institutions in Germany. Founded in 1828, today it is a globally related, regionally anchored top university that aims to make innovative contributions to solving worldwide challenges. In research and teaching, it combines engineering and natural sciences with the humanities, social sciences and medicine. This nationwide outstanding diversity of subjects enables the university to promote interdisciplinarity and to carry science into society. The TUD sees itself as a modern employer and wants to offer all employees in teaching, research, technology and administration attractive working conditions and thus also promote, develop and integrate their potential. The TUD stands for a university culture that is characterized by openness to the world, appreciation, innovative spirit and participation. It understands diversity as a cultural matter of course and a quality criterion of a university of excellence. Accordingly, we welcome all applicants who would like to commit themselves with their performance and personality to us and with us for the success of all.

At the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Institute of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, the Chair of Forming and Machining Processes offers a position as

Research Associate / PhD student (m/f/x)
(subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L)

starting as soon as possible. The position comprises 50% of the fulltime weekly hours. The position is initially limited to 3 years, with the option of extension. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz – WissZeitVG). The position aims at obtaining further academic qualification (usually PhD).

Environmental protection is everyone's business - including manufacturing technology. It not only consumes considerable amounts of resources, but also represents a central enabler for more environmentally friendly products and services through more efficient manufacturing technologies. Planning plays a special role here, as it determines over 80% of the subsequent resource and energy requirements. At our working group, we research and develop methods and technologies to leverage this ecological potential in an economically viable way.

Tasks: Developing/researching ML-based methods and modeling techniques for manufacturing planning of the future is your mission! Because the planning of a production determines its resource requirements. With intelligent planning approaches, enormous potentials can be uncovered. Help us to raise these by not only researching in this field, but also by imparting your knowledge to students and applying it in research projects in industrial practice. This highly varied and challenging field of work offers the opportunity to participate in research into environmentally friendly manufacturing technologies and to make the world of production technology more sustainable. The perfect fit to enter the exciting and challenging world of science!

Requirements: 

• very good to good university degree (master or comparable) in the field of production engineering or similar
• German and English fluently spoken and written
• a high degree of self-motivation; ability and willingness to dive into new topics and learn new methods
• good knowledge of modeling and simulation techniques and/or good knowledge of machine learning methods as well as a strong interest in deepening this knowledge
• independent, creative, goal- and solution-oriented way of working
• strong organizational and communication skills, as well as the ability to work in a team to complete the joint project in an industry-oriented environment.

A dynamic, international and harmonious research team awaits you. If you would like to research the technologies of the day after tomorrow today, we look forward to receiving your application.

TUD strives to employ more women in academia and research. We therefore expressly encourage women to apply. The University is a certified family-friendly university and offers a Dual Career Service. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. If multiple candidates prove to be equally qualified, those with disabilities or with equivalent status pursuant to the German Social Code IX (SGB IX) will receive priority for employment.

Please submit your application with the usual documents (motivation letter, CV, certificates) until May 31, 2023 (stamped arrival date of the university central mail service applies), preferably via the TU Dresden SecureMail Portal https://securemail.tu-dresden.de by sending it as a single pdf document to dorothee.kostrowski@tu-dresden.de or to: TU Dresden, Fakultät Maschinenwesen, Institut für Fertigungstechnik, Professur für Formgebende Fertigungsverfahren, Herrn Prof. Alexander Brosius, Helmholtzstr. 10, 01069 Dresden, Germany. Please submit copies only, as your application will not be returned to you. Expenses incurred in attending interviews cannot be reimbursed.

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Please find the German version under: https://tu-dresden.de/stellenausschreibung/10385.