Job description

Open to unconventional approaches in research and teaching, the University of Bremen has retained its character as a place of short distances for people and ideas since its founding in 1971. With a broad range of subjects, we combine exceptional performance and innovative potential. As an ambitious research university, we stand for research-based learning approaches and a pronounced interdisciplinary orientation. We actively pursue international scientific cooperation in a spirit of global partnership.
Today, around 23,000 people learn, teach, research and work on our international campus. In research and teaching, administration and operations, we are firmly committed to the goals of sustainability, climate justice and climate neutrality. Our Bremen spirit is expressed in the courage to dare new things, in supportive cooperation, in respect and appreciation for each other. With our study and research profile and as part of the European YUFE network, we assume social responsibility in the region, in Europe and in the world.

The joint project „Development of decoupling strategies to build resilient production systems”, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is also part of this context. The overarching aim of the project is to increase resilience in manufacturing companies by enabling them to deal with decoupling proactively and with foresight. To create resilient production systems and an agile and adaptable organisation, critical supply chains within the production system are identified in a data-driven manner and, based on this, strategies for dealing with decoupling are developed using simulation and stress testing.

Job description

• Employed at the Faculty of Production Engineering at the University of Bremen in the group Fit-for-purpose Technology Configuration (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kirsten Tracht) at the Bremen Institute for Mechanical Engineering (bime).
• In the project Development of decoupling strategies to create resilient production systems, two research associates will jointly develop an innovative method for discrete-event simulation to analyse strategies for dealing with decoupling at the production planning and control level, validate them using specific industrial scenarios and derive best practices from them.
• Tasks include:
• Carrying out research work that should lead to a dissertation,
• Independent and co-operative processing of research tasks in production planning and control, particularly in relation to decoupling processes,
• Presenting your results to industry representatives and specialist audiences,
• Collaboration in teaching in the field of ‘Process-oriented technology design’ (e.g. supervision of internships, project work and dissertations, lecture assistance).

You can expect:

• Independent work in an interdisciplinary team in which cooperation and mutual support are emphasised,
• Diverse opportunities to help shape the research field,
• Participation in (inter)national conferences and summer schools,
• Opportunity to spend time with international cooperation partners,
• Opportunity to participate in the MAPEX qualification programme for doctoral candidates. Here we support you in acquiring the skills and competences you need to successfully complete your doctorate and for later management tasks in science or industry.
• A mentoring programme and career coaching for female scientists.

Requirements

• Above-average Master's or university degree in production technology, systems engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, or comparable qualification,
• Strong conceptual and organisational skills,
• Sound knowledge in the field of production planning and control
• Practical experience in working with simulation software such as plant Simulation is desirable
• High level of communication skills, empathy, motivation and flexibility as well as strong teamwork skills and personal responsibility,
• Business fluent in German and very good written and spoken English.

General Information

As the University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply. Disabled applicants will be given priority if their professional and personal qualifications are essentially the same.

As the University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply.

Disabled applicants will be given priority if their professional and personal qualifications are essentially the same.

For further questions please contact Björn Papenberg, papenbergprotect me ?!bimeprotect me ?!.de, 0421 218 64834.

Please send your application including a letter of motivation, CV, copies of diplomas and list of publications if applicable quoting the reference number A142-25 until 22.04.2025 as a PDF file by unencrypted electronic mail to bewerbungprotect me ?!bimeprotect me ?!.de

or by mail to:

University of Bremen
Bremer Institut für Strukturmechanik und Produktionsanlagen
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kirsten Tracht
Badgasteiner Straße 1
28359 Bremen

We kindly ask you to send us only copies (no portfolios) of your application documents, as we cannot return them. They will be destroyed after the selection process has been completed.

Any application costs cannot be reimbursed.