Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Job Field
- Data, Project
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Temporary employment
- Location
- Aachen
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop innovative methods for data-driven quality management, conduct research projects, support industrial companies, and transfer scientific knowledge into practice.
Your role in the team
- As a research associate, you will be entrusted with a variety of tasks. Your areas of responsibility include:
- Research - In applied research projects with our national and international partner institutions from industry and science, we address current issues and develop forward-looking solutions across disciplines and industries. Our goal is to develop innovative methods for data-driven quality management that enable well-informed decisions from market requirements to production implementation.
- Industry - In addition to research activities, industrial work constitutes another area of responsibility. Through our consulting projects, we address a wide range of topics across industries and countries, enabling various companies—from startups to small and medium-sized enterprises to globally operating corporations—to position themselves for the future and secure their competitiveness.
- Further training - Through one- or multi-day seminars, conferences, and congresses, we translate our research findings into industrial practice. At events and training sessions for specialists and executives, we seek the exchange of expertise to develop new ideas and establish contacts.
- Teaching - For RWTH Aachen students, we offer lectures and project modules. Additionally, we regularly supervise ambitious students on their theses and provide them with the opportunity to apply and expand their acquired knowledge in practice as part of their role as student assistants.
- As a member of a highly motivated team, you will face challenges from all four areas of responsibility within the Process-driven Quality Intelligence group. Your tasks will include:
- the management and processing of nationally or internationally funded research and industrial projects;
- the transfer of scientific knowledge into industrial practice;
- the presentation of results at seminars, conferences, and in scientific publications;
- the supportive and committed execution of teaching activities at RWTH Aachen (e.g., responsibility for lecture and project modules, supervision of theses) in German or English;
- the in-depth exploration of a subject area within the scope of your dissertation project.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed university degree (Master's or equivalent) in engineering or natural sciences with above-average success, substantial practical experience, and fluent German and English skills in spoken and written form.
Qualifications
- You have a strong interest in data-driven design and management of quality and ideally possess the following profile:
- Solid methodological knowledge in the areas of Data Science, Production Engineering, Quality Management, and Project Management, or the motivation to quickly acquire and continuously expand these skills as part of the job.
- Enthusiasm for applying methods of machine learning and artificial intelligence to quality management challenges, from the market to the machine.
- Driving intrinsic motivation, data-driven design and management of quality in value networks through the development of innovative methods and models.
- Willingness to engage in practical activities in addition to conceptual tasks and to support companies, for example, within the framework of consulting, research, and transfer projects.
- Goal-oriented, structured, and self-reliant working style, as well as the ability to handle different tasks and challenges simultaneously.
- Strong team skills, enjoyment in taking responsibility, and the ability to work both collaboratively and independently.
- Interest in scientific work and enjoyment in producing scientific publications.
- Motivation to develop professionally and personally through a PhD program and to prepare for the next career step.
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What we offer
- The employment is carried out within an employment relationship.
- The position is to be filled as soon as possible and is limited to 2 years.
- An extension of at least 1 year is planned, with the possibility of extending for an additional 3 years.
- The fixed-term employment is carried out within the scope of the possibilities for fixed-term contracts under the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (Science Time Contract Act).
- This is a full-time position.
- There is an opportunity for a PhD.
- The classification is based on the TV-L.
- The position is classified as EG 13 TV-L.
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About Your Employer
RWTH Aachen
The TIM institute for technology and innovation management (TIM) under the leadership of Professor Dr. David Antons, Prof. Dr. Frank Piller and Prof. Dr. Oliver Salge is a leading institution in research fields such as innovation and technology management and strategy. Currently, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the fields of business economics, psychology, computer science and engineering is teaching and researching at the TIM institute in close cooperation with the engineering institutes of RWTH Aachen University.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Science, Research
Research Associate - Quality Intelligence
- Location
- Aachen
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
