In this role you will be working on state-of-the-art industrial automation systems for the aerospace industry. Together with colleagues, you will be designing, implementing, testing and operating highly complex automated manufacturing cells. With these cells SAM|XL will, together with its partners develop novel ways of manufacturing aerospace parts and structures (e.g. fuselage panels, wing assemblies, space structures).

Your day-to-day activities will include: programming industrial robots and PLCs, putting together existing software components in ROS in order to create new functionalities, working together with Industrial companies on their automated manufacturing challenges, and guiding students and staff in their experiments with SAM|XL equipment.

For this role we are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious new team member who wants to contribute to the future of (European) aerospace manufacturing

•              MSc or Bachelor in Aerospace, Mechanical or Manufacturing engineering.

•              Experience with configuring, programming and operating industrial manufacturing equipment (experience with industrial robots is a plus)

•              Experience or Affinity with advanced manufacturing (experience with lightweight structures and especially composite materials is a plus).

•              Experience with developing new industrial manufacturing techniques (preferable for composite processes).

•              Excellent communication skills.

•              Ability to collaborate with both Academia and Industry in the context of EU-funded research programs.

•              Demonstrated ability to turn state-of-the-art research into practice

Fixed-term contract: 1 year.

This position has an amount of 38 working hours per week (1.0 fte), with the ability to work 40 hours per week in return of an aqual amount of extra leave/holiday hours. The offer contains a temporary appointment with the prospect of extension. The salaryscale is based on knowledge and relevant work-experience. TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount for health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged. An International Children’s Centre offers child care and an international primary school. Dual Career Services offers support to accompanying partners. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.  Which include 8% holiday allowance and 8,3% year-end bonus.

Faculty Aerospace Engineering

The faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology is one of the world's largest faculties devoted entirely to aerospace engineering. In the Netherlands it is the only research and education institute directly related to the aerospace engineering sector. It covers the whole spectrum of aerospace engineering subjects. In aeronautics, the faculty covers subjects ranging from aerodynamics and flight propulsion to structures and materials and from control and simulation to air transport and operations. In astronautics, topics include astrodynamics, space missions and space systems engineering. The faculty has around 2,700 BSc and MSc students, 225 PhD candidates and 27 professors supported by scientific staff.
The faculty's mission is to be the best Aerospace Engineering faculty in the world, inspiring and educating students through modern education techniques and enabling staff to perform ambitious research of the highest quality for the future of aerospace. The working atmosphere at the faculty is friendly, open-minded and dedicated.

SAM|XL is a recently founded collaborative research centre of the Delft University of Technology (DUT) and several Industrial partners in the province of South-Holland. As a 100% subsidiary of DUT, SAM|XL aims at enabling Aerospace manufacturing companies to make optimal use of smart advanced manufacturing.

World-class research from both the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and the Cognitive Robotics department of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is combined with challenges from industry. In a dedicated factory space of 2000 m2 SAM|XL is building a variety of large-scale, near production ready, automated manufacturing cells to conduct its development projects, in close collaboration with engineers from the partnering companies.  

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ae/