Doctoral Candidate / Research Assistant (f/m/d) on Origami-inspired Microrobots for Biomedical Applications

 You will have the following tasks:

• Modelling, design and simulation of shape memory alloy (SMA) microrobots
• Design and simulation of a suitable SMA microrobots layout 
• Rapid prototyping (clean room technology, e.g., optical lithography, 3D printing, laser technology)
• Development, characterization and control of demonstrator variants
• Investigation of the scaling of size and performance
• Addressing miniaturization and scalability to enable real-world applications in medicine

The institute is equipped with an array of state-of-the-art facilities, including a 600 m² clean room, mechanical workshop, advanced rapid prototyping capabilities like lithography, 3D printing and laser cutting, construction and connection technology labs, as well as various metrology laboratories. 

Persönliche Qualifikation

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, biomedical Engineering, robotics, physics, or a related field.
• Knowledge in the fields of robotics, origami-inspired systems, and microfabrication technologies
• Experience in clean room processes, microscale design, or biomedical devices is advantageous.
• Experience in CAD, lumped element modelling and/or FEM simulation and/or MATLAB programming, thermal characterization, mechanical testing is desirable
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in English (spoken and written) 

Salary

Salary category 13, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.

Organisationseinheit

Contract duration

3 years

Application up to

30.04.2025

Contact person in line-management

For further information please contact Dr. Jingyuan Xu, email: jingyuan.xu@kit.edu