PhD in Worker-Augmenting AI & Robotics

1000scholars; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Parental leave

On-campus daycare

Sports center access

Job summary

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in Eindhoven, Netherlands, invites applications for a four-year PhD position on worker-augmenting technology implementation. You will study how workers shape AI and robotics to improve their job quality and performance.

Situated in the Human Performance Management group, you will conduct fieldwork, analyze data, publish scientific papers, and contribute to a doctoral dissertation. English proficiency is essential; Dutch skills are useful for fieldwork.

Qualifications

• Nearly completed Master’s degree in a related field.
• Experience with empirical research and combining qualitative fieldwork with experiments.
• Excellent written and spoken English; Dutch language skills are useful for fieldwork.

Responsibilities

• Conduct fieldwork and collaborate with practical and knowledge workers in organizations.
• Review AI and robotic applications and assess their potential to support workers.
• Develop and use a transportable laboratory setting at TU/e to study simulated work activities.
• Design a longitudinal field study of how workers use decision opportunities over time.
• Analyse qualitative and quantitative data, develop practical guidance for job redesign, publish papers and complete the doctoral dissertation.

Skills

Empirical research

Qualitative fieldwork

Interdisciplinary teamwork

English proficiency

Dutch language

Education

Master’s degree in related field

Job description

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in Eindhoven, Netherlands, invites applications for a four-year PhD position on worker-augmenting technology implementation. You will study how workers shape AI and robotics to improve their job quality and performance.

Situated in the Human Performance Management group, you will conduct fieldwork, analyze data, publish scientific papers, and contribute to a doctoral dissertation. English proficiency is essential; Dutch skills are useful for fieldwork.