Postdocs in Data-Driven Product Realization

Karlstad University; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 446,400 - 535,680; Full time

Job summary

Chalmers University of Technology invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral position in Data-Driven Product Realisation. The role focuses on advancing data-driven product realisation in collaboration with Swedish industry and involves research, education activities, and collaboration with industrial partners.

The position is hosted within DRIVE PR and related environments such as Geometry Assurance, Systems Engineering Design, or Automation.

Qualifications

• PhD in mechanical engineering, production engineering, automation, systems engineering or related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to work across disciplinary boundaries and independently.
• Interest in both scientific development and industrial application.

Responsibilities

• As a postdoctoral researcher, contribute to DRIVE PR research tracks with industrial partners.
• Develop, integrate and validate methods in realistic industrial contexts.
• Collaborate with PhD students, senior researchers and solution providers.
• Possibly engage in teaching at undergraduate and/or master’s level.

Skills

Strong English communication

Analytical ability

Independent working style

interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Job description

Overview

Postdocs in Data-Driven Product Realization at Chalmers University of Technology aim to advance data-driven product realisation in collaboration with leading Swedish industry. The position focuses on competence, knowledge and collaboration to play an important, demonstrable role in social development.

Join us for an exciting postdoctoral position to shape the future of data-driven product realisation in close collaboration with leading Swedish industry.

About us

At the Department of Mechanical Engineering, we unite technology, people, and society to drive the transition toward a sustainable future. Through research, education, and collaboration, we create solutions that connect materials to mobility, ideas to impact – shaping a resilient and sustainable world. We make impact.

The Division of Product Development conducts research and education across the entire product development lifecycle, from early concepts to industrialization. Together with industry, we develop methods and tools that enable robust, sustainable products while improving design decisions, reducing risk, and ensuring product quality.

DRIVE PR – Data-Driven Product Realisation is a large collaborative research initiative at Chalmers University of Technology and the Wingquist Laboratory. The project brings together leading industrial and academic partners to transform product realisation from data-enabled to truly data-driven practices.

The advertised position will mainly be connected to DRIVE PR, but may also be linked to related projects within data-driven product realisation, digital engineering, systems engineering, geometry assurance, automation, or model-based development.

The project addresses how advanced digital infrastructure can be used to reduce uncertainty, risk and variation in industrial product realisation. It connects engineering design, AI, digital twins, simulation, manufacturing systems, 5G/6G, decision support and real industrial demonstrators. The overall ambition is to demonstrate significant reductions in costs arising from uncertainty, risk and variation compared with a 2026 baseline.

The position will be hosted mainly in one of three Chalmers research environments: Geometry Assurance & Robust Design, Systems Engineering Design, or Automation. The exact placement will depend on the candidate’s profile and selected DRIVE PR research track. Together, these environments cover geometry assurance, robust design, systems engineering, product development methods, automation, autonomous systems and industrial digitalisation.

The following requirements are mandatory:

• A doctoral degree in mechanical engineering, production engineering, automation, systems engineering, computer science, applied AI, data science, industrial digitalisation, communication systems, simulation, optimisation, or another relevant field or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Strong analytical ability and independence.
• Collaborative skills and ability to work across disciplinary boundaries.
• Interest in both scientific development and industrial application.
• Ability to contribute actively to an interdisciplinary research environment.

You are expected to be somewhat accustomed to teaching, and to demonstrate good potential within research and education.

Experience that will strengthen your application

• Industrial product development or manufacturing research
• Modelling and simulation, digital twins or digital threads
• Uncertainty quantification, robustness, variation simulation or tolerancing
• CAD/CAE integration, geometry assurance or quality data
• Automation, control, 5G/6G, edge/cloud architectures or industrial digital infrastructure
• Interdisciplinary collaboration with industrial partners
• Scientific publication in relevant international journals or conferences
• Knowledge of Swedish is considered a merit

It is highly meritorious if the doctoral degree has been obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline.

What you will do

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will contribute to one or several DRIVE PR research tracks. You will work closely with industrial partners, PhD students, senior researchers and solution providers to develop, integrate and validate methods in realistic industrial contexts.

Depending on the final research profile, the position may also contribute to related projects, such as initiatives on model-based systems engineering in aircraft engine systems development.

Possible research directions include:

• data-driven geometry assurance, tolerancing and variation simulation
• automated generation and annotation of simulation models from CAD, inspection and lifecycle data
• digital twins and digital threads for engineering, manufacturing, repair and remanufacturing
• data-driven robustness and uncertainty-aware decision support
• hybrid modelling combining physics-based simulation, scarce data and AI methods
• synthetic data generation and surrogate modelling for product realisation
• model-based systems engineering and system-of-systems design
• digital infrastructure for connected engineering, automation and industrial decision support
• human-in-the-loop approaches for trustworthy AI-supported engineering decisions

The work may include:

• industrial case studies
• scientific publication
• supervision of master’s and/or PhD students to a certain extent
• contribution to the DRIVE PR Learning Lab and dissemination activities
• collaboration with industrial partners and other researchers in the project
• possibility to engage in teaching at undergraduate and/or master’s level

The position is meritorious for future roles in academia, industry, or the public sector.

Contract terms

The position is a temporary full-time employment for two years with the possibility of a one-year extension.

The position requires physical presence throughout the entire employment. A valid residence permit must be presented by the start date, otherwise the offer may be withdrawn.

What we offer

You will be part of a leading research environment at Chalmers and the Wingquist Laboratory, working at the intersection of advanced digitalisation, engineering design, manufacturing and industrial transformation.

The position offers:

• close collaboration with leading Swedish industrial partners
• access to real industrial cases, data, testbeds and demonstrators
• opportunities to shape research directions within DRIVE PR
• collaboration with PhD students, senior researchers and solution providers
• participation in national and international networks
• opportunities to contribute to education, learning activities and dissemination
• As a postdoc at Chalmers, you are an employee and enjoy all employee benefits. Read more about working at Chalmers and ourbenefits for employees.
• A dynamic and inspiring working environment in the coastal city of Gothenburg.
• Read more about Sweden’s generous parental leave, subsidized day care, free schools, healthcare etc at Move To Gothenburg.

If Swedish is not your native language, Chalmers offers Swedish courses to help you settle in.

Application procedure

Note: Application should be written in English and attached as PDF files. Maximum size for each file is 40 MB. The system does not support Zip files.

We welcome your application no later than 2026-09-01

Job details

Title

Postdocs in Data-Driven Product Realization

Closing dates: multiple dates listed in the original text were removed for clarity and to reflect current posting.

Closing on: 2026-08-14 to 2026-09-01 (Europe/Stockholm)