Student assistant (40 hours per month)

Scientific support activities under supervision in the DFG project “EnginKnow – Engineering Knowledge for Target-Driven Sustainable Product Development”. The project is developing a methodology and a software tool to help engineers systematically incorporate strategic sustainability goals in the early stages of product development.

• Scientific support in establishing and maintaining product data structures (BOM, bills of materials) for two mechatronic demonstrators (25%)
• Support in conducting and documenting life cycle assessments (LCA) in OpenLCA for the demonstrator products (30%)
• Scientific support in mapping product characteristics to sustainability indicators according to LCA methodology (ISO 14040 ff.) (20%)
• Scientific literature research on prject relevant topics (LCA integration into product development phases, PLM- and ontology-based product description) (10%)
• Support in developing a guide for the application of decision support in sustainable product development (15%)

Mandatory:

• Strong knowledge of product development processes (according to VDI 2221, Pahl/Beitz)
• Basic knowledge of life cycle assessment (LCA) or ecological product evaluation
• Basic understanding of virtual product development (PLM, CAD, knowledge-based engineering, requirements management, feature and functional modeling)
• Good knowledge of the structured collection and documentation of technical product and process data in accordance with engineering standards
• Good knowledge of scientific research and the systematic review of the state of the art
• Good knowledge of German and/or English required; willingness to acquire the respective missing language skills.

Preferred:

• Experience with LCA software (OpenLCA, SimaPro, GaBi/Sphera)
• Good knowledge in PLM/PDM systems (Teamcenter, Windchill, Enovia) and product data standards (STEP, SysML, eClass)
• Basic knowledge of Python or MATLAB for data preparation

Party responsible for specialist area / point of contact for job posting: Magda Tams-Berkhahn - m.berkhahn@tu-berlin.de
Period of employment: immediately limited until 28.02.2027
Apply to: m.berkhahn@tu-berlin.de

Please submit your written application including cover letter, your CV, certificate of enrollment, and where applicable, current transcript of records, with the reference number to the place of employment indicated above.
In the interest of promoting equality opportunities for men and women, applications from women with suitable qualifications are particularly encouraged.