“The Martian Mindset - A scarcity-driven engineering paradigm” is a newly funded Cluster of Excellence and will be established at the University of Bremen from January 1, 2026. In the Cluster, we are looking for one
Doctoral or Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d)
subject to job release
on the topic
“Process chains and monitoring”
for 3.5 years (according to § 2 WissZeitVG) and part-time (50 %) at salary scale (German) 13 TV-L, with the option of extension to 31.12.2032.
The workplace and employment will be at the University of Bremen in the group process engineering. The starting date is January 1, 2026.
Job description
* Do you want to work in the pulsating center of an excellence cluster?
* You have a background in physics, engineering, manufacturing, or similar?
* You would like to support and do interdisciplinary research in engineering, with the option to do a PhD, but you wish to work part-time with 50 %?
Here we have an excellent job option for you:
Process Chains & the Martian Mindset
Our scientists are developing the “Martian Mindset” in order to rethink the production of materials and components from scratch. The scarcity of resources and extreme conditions on the red planet serve as a setting to develop a new paradigm of sustainability that will lay the foundations for a fossil-fuel-free production of materials and parts from scarce resources in a highly automated and resilient way.
We are looking for a researcher in supporting the Working Group on Process Chains and Monitoring, with a focus on process chains. The Working Group addresses diverse process steps including the sourcing of different materials (regolith, iron, polymers) as well as the further processing in elementary process units. In order to produce a desired part under the scarce Martian conditions, the cluster's challenge is to adjust and combine individual elementary process steps for realizing fully functional process chains. Therefore, investigating feasible and resource-efficient process chain solutions by supporting and driving the connection of the provided elementary process chain elements is essential and will be your central task in the cluster.
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