Research Associate bei Technische Universität Braunschweig

Research Associate (m/f/d) in the field of Innovative fuselage structures for engine integration

Institute of Aircraft Design and Lightweight Structures

With more than 16,000 students and 3,800 employees, the Technische Universität Braunschweig is one of Germany´s leading institutes of technology. It stands for strategic and performance-oriented thinking and acting, relevant research, committed teaching, and the successful transfer of knowledge and technologies to the economy and society. We consistently advocate for family friendliness and equal opportunities.

Our research focuses are mobility, engineering for health, metrology, and city of the future. Strong engineering and natural sciences are our core disciplines. These are closely interconnected with economics, social and educational sciences and humanities.

Our campus is located in the midst of one of the most research-intensive regions in Europe. We work successfully together with over 20 research institutions in our neighborhood as we do with our international partner universities.

Starting from 1st August 2024, the Institute of Aircraft Design and Lightweight Structures of the TU Braunschweig within the collaborative research centre Transregio SynTrac is looking for a

Research Associate (m/f/d) in the field of
Innovative fuselage structures for engine integration
(EG 13 TV-L, Full time – 3 years fixed-term – Doctorate)

The position is to be filled on a fixed-term basis for a period of 3 years. The successful applicant will be given the opportunity to pursue a doctorate.

With the major goal of climate-neutral flying, we are exploring potentials and synergies through highly integrated aircraft development in numerous sub-projects at TU Braunschweig, University of Stuttgart, LUH Hannover and DLR Braunschweig in the new research centre SynTrac. We use interactions between the disciplines of aerodynamics, acoustics, flight physics, structural mechanics and thermodynamics through a multidisciplinary, cross-system view of the aircraft development process to develop future highly efficient aircraft through innovative approaches.

In sub-project B06 "Structural design space and interfaces of the tail structure", you will design, analyse and optimise innovative fuselage structures for the high-level integration of empennage and engine at the tail of the aircraft. Your exciting challenge will be to develop novel synergetic solutions that will be forward-looking for new generations of aircraft, both methodologically and application-orientated.

Using methods of FEM-based structural analysis and optimisation, you will overcome the previous mono-disciplinary boundaries by successively considering multidisciplinary requirements (e.g. mechanical, dynamic, thermal). In doing so, you will explore the new design spaces that are opening up and systematically find optimal solutions. Take part in the development and application of new materials, which also enable a pioneering concept for morphing the aircraft tail.

Make a decisive contribution to creating the climate-neutral future of aviation with this project.

You will work in the Multidisciplinary Design and Simulation group at the Institute of Aircraft Design and Lightweight Structures at the TU Braunschweig, which has many years of experience in high-fidelity modelling of multidisciplinary problems, e.g. fluid-structure interaction. The project will be carried out in cooperation with the Institute of Statics and Dynamics at the University of Stuttgart. Embed-ded in a cooperation with other sub-projects, the feasibility will be demonstrated and the overall goals of the SynTrac transregio will be pursued.

Your path to a doctorate in an interdisciplinary and cross-location research team will be accompanied by an integrated research training group. New forms of collaboration will emerge through the concept of "New Work".

Yours tasks

• You will carry out research in the collaborative research centre on the topic Innovative fuselage structures for engine integration at the aircraft tail
• You will publish research findings and participate in national and international conferences
• You will be involved in teaching at the University by supervision of students’ work.

Your Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in mechanical engineering / aerospace engineering with experiences in numerical simulation, e.g. finite element method, and / or structural design and optimisation
• Strong oral and written communication skills and good knowledge of the English language
• You are enthusiastic about actively working on the challenge of climate-neutral flying and are open to work in an interdisciplinary, cross-loca