Initiativbewerbung im Bereich Cognitive Engineering and Production

Initiative Application in the Field of Cognitive Engineering and Production

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft () is one of the world's leading organizations for applied research. 74 institutes develop pioneering technologies for our economy and society – specifically, 30,000 people from technology, science, administration, and IT. They know:
Those who come to Fraunhofer want and can make a difference. For themselves, for us, and for the markets of today and tomorrow. The "Digital Transformation" and "Industry 4.0" are increasingly changing development and production areas. People, products, IT systems, machines, plants, and much more are being networked and communicating more and more via mobile devices. Many companies are wondering how they can best use digitalization for themselves and what potentials they can lift and how.

The services of the research area "Cognitive Engineering and Production" at the Fraunhofer Institute for Work Economics and Organization IAO help them to design strategies, processes, organization, and the use of technologies in their manufacturing company in a modern, efficient, and systematic way. For this, we not only have years of experience from practical consulting projects, but also bring the latest scientific findings from research into application.

Using innovative methods and many years of experience in product and production development, our expert teams consider the product development process from the idea through development to production. For competitive solutions, we test new products and processes in virtual labs, such as the "Immersive Engineering Lab". We then develop these processes in reality-based environments like the "Future Work Lab" and bring new things quickly into application.

Our research focuses:

• Process optimization in the manufacturing company:
  From digitally supported engineering to the lean design of the order process in production
• Appropriate IT use for product development Use Cases and tailor-made Industry 4.0 solutions for production from idea to introduction
• Turbulence-resistant design of an attractive workforce in production, dimensioning of the required flexible employment forms and conception of ergonomic shift models
• Evaluation and design of workplaces in production with "Exoskeletons"
• Digitization of production and digital shadow – from initial consultation to the concrete development and optimization of intelligent products, processes or entire factories
• Development of technologies and applications for virtual reality with a focus on engineering in the manufacturing industry
• New technologies and concepts for human-machine interaction in the networked production
• Interactive Surfaces & Spaces
• Use of VR/AR for learning and for remote scenarios

What you will do

Your area of activity includes working on research and consulting projects of one of our teams:
Digital Manufacturing, Interconnected Production Systems, Production Management, Digital Engineering, Advanced Systems Engineering, Visual Interactive Technologies. Please indicate in your application which of the above-mentioned teams you are particularly interested in.

What you bring

We are looking for passionate, creative, and entrepreneurial personalities who enjoy proactively driving the goals of our teams with their own ideas.

• Friendly and communicative behavior, also in front of executives and management, an engaged and consistent working style, initiative, and customer orientation
• A very good, also written, expression in the German language rounds off your profile
• It is advantageous to have a completed degree in the fields of:
  Technology Management, Digital Management, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production Management, Product Development, AR/VR

What you can expect

You can expect challenging and varied tasks with responsibility and scope for shaping in an innovative research environment. Team-oriented work and an excellent working atmosphere are very important to us. Furthermore, we offer you:

• Opportunity to complete study and final theses
• Comprehensive further education and qualification offer and the opportunity to do a doctorate
• Fair and transparent remuneration system with…