Postdoc position - Product development

Would you like to be part of our team and help shape the future of product- and production development? If so, you might be the one we’re looking for.

The department of Product Development, Production and Design (PPD) have about 35 dedicated employees committed to advancing research and education in industrial product realization in close collaboration with industrial partners. Our workplace fosters an open, informal environment, and we actively promote a welcoming and inclusive organizational culture.

We offer you

• A dynamic working environment at a collaborative, internationally connected, and globally oriented university
• The opportunity to investigate state-of-the-art topics in product development and contribute to advancing the field
• Teaching in programmes with strong industry connections, where all students gain hands-on experience through internships
• A workplace located in the city centre of Jönköping, surrounded by beautiful nature and lakes

More information about Jönköping University as a workplace, conditions and benefits. 

Work tasks

The research for this position will be within the research profile GRACE which focus on circular and sustainable product and production development, funded by the Swedish Knowledge Foundation. In this position, you will belong to a research group with six senior researchers and several PhD students. The research focuses on managing data and information essential to the engineering process, ensuring it is current and usable for informed decision-making in circular economy contexts. The research group studies how technology impacts organizations using mixed methods—both qualitative approaches like interviews and workshops, and experimental work involving the development and evaluation of prototype systems. The current position has been planned for modelling sustainability and circularity in complex aerospace systems. Via Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) we think that it would be possible to successfully predict the effects of proposed design changes on circularity and sustainability. It will be your task to investigate if this is a fruitful idea, develop it, and practically show how it can be done by building a demonstrator system. 

As a postdoc, you will be expected to conduct high-quality research (80%), provide support supervising PhD-students and be a part of the research team.  Your work includes teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20% of full-time.

Qualifications

We invite applications from outstanding researchers with the following qualifications:

• a doctoral degree (not older than three years) in any field relevant to project, i.e., machine design, product and production development, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, or equivalent.
• experience in programming, preferably Python.
• fluent in spoken and written English.
• proficiency with mechanical CAD and automation in CAD systems, using, for example, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
• experience from systematic literature reviews.
• Good knowledge and experience in scientific methods, preferably multi-method approaches

It is meritorious if you have experience in:

• Knowledge of the Swedish language
• Teaching experience in the topic of the position
• Experience of data-driven methods and AI
• Experience from research projects performed in collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams.

Employment details

The position is a temporary employment, for two years, full-time (100%), with a start from 1 November 2025, or according to agreement. Individual salary setting applicable.  

Application

We look forward to receiving your application by August 30, 2025, including the following documents: 

• Cover letter
• CV
• Short statement of your research plans and interests 
• Publication list
• 3 of your academic publications
• PhD theses