Project Engineer - Additive Manufacturing of Plastics

Inspire AG is the leading Swiss competence centre for product innovation and advanced manufacturing. As a strategic partner of ETH Zurich, our mission is to transfer knowledge and technology from research to Swiss machine, electrical and metal industries.

The research group additive manufacturing at inspire offers in collaboration with the Advanced Manufacturing Lab (amlz) at ETH Zurich offers a position in the field of additive manufacturing

Our team develops advanced materials and sustainable processing strategies for polymer and ceramic additive manufacturing. One area concerns energy-efficient production routes, and improving the reliability & quality of laser powder bed fusion (PBF) of plastic components.

We are seeking a Project Engineer to lead a new R&D project investigating how to increase the efficiency of feedstock production and overall reduction of energy consumption in powder-based AM processes. The role includes material development, testing and evaluation, coordination with industrial partners, and contributing to long-term research planning within the group.

• Lead a multi-year project on energy-reduction strategies in PBF of plastics (whole chain).
• Develop and test new materials, additives, and processing strategies including printing & testing of parts.
• Plan and execute laboratory experiments (incl. DoE) with excellent documentation.
• Characterise powders and printed parts (thermal analysis, flowability, properties & fatigue).
• Coordinate with industrial and academic partners (ETH) and support technology transfer.
• Prepare proposals, publications, and conference abstracts, including a PhD proposal.l
• Supervise students at bachelor's and master's leve

• CH/EU/EFTA citizenship or a valid work permit for Switzerland
• Project experience, within industry preferred.
• Master's degree in materials, AM, polymer engineering, chemistry, or related fields.
• Experience with polymers, additives, fatigue/durability testing, and additive manufacturing.
• Experience with powder bed fusion of plastics is preferred
• Skills in material characterization (microscopy, mechanical testing, DSC, rheology).
• Excellent English;
  German is beneficial.
• Experience in proposal or publication writing is an advantage.

• Highly self-organized/structured way of working and solution orientation.
• Strong motivation to learn and contribute to new research topics.
• High level of teamwork, positive work attitude and creativity.

We offer a full-time position for a researcher, with the option to do a PhD thesis ough the close cooperation with our project partner, you will quickly establish contacts to industry. In our young team you will work at the forefront of today's knowledge in multi-material additive manufacturing.