Postdoc In Model-Based Systems Engineering Design
Posted on Dec. 22, 2025 by CHALMERS
- Göteborg, Sweden
- N/A
- Full Time
Do you want to contribute to groundbreaking and collaborative research on how to design and integrate of technologies into whole systems using MBSE - Model Based Systems Engineering? This is an exciting opportunity for a postdoctoral position at the Division of Product Development, Department of Industrial and Materials Science, focused on innovative research in Systems Engineering Design.
About us
The Department of Industrial and Materials Science shares knowledge and their vision of technical solutions for the future industry in a sustainable society. Through excellent research, innovation, and education, we contribute to the development of future industrial value chains.
The division of Product Development conducts research and education in innovative and sustainable product realisation. We combine technology, design and user perspectives to create the products and solutions of the future. Our international and interdisciplinary environment offers close collaboration with industry, access to advanced research infrastructure and a strong academic network – all with a focus on innovation and sustainable development.
About the research project
The position addresses a central research challenge in which design of whole-jet engine systems depend on the characteristics of subsystem materials and manufacturing technologies.
The core scientific challenge is to develop MBSE approaches that can represent and exploit both the opportunities and constraints introduced by advanced materials and manufacturing technologies, with particular emphasis on additive manufacturing. While these technologies enable new design freedoms—such as increased functional integration, improved thermal management, and reduced part count—they also introduce constraints related to material characteristics, process-induced variability, residual stresses, surface integrity, inspection and qualification requirements, and sustainability. Capturing these effects in whole-engine, system-level models remains an open research problem. Ultimately, MBSE models for conceptual design must be capable of representing system behavior arising from alternative subsystem concepts and architectures.
The postdoctoral researcher will focus on integrating material and manufacturing behavior with mechanical and thermal performance models, manufacturability considerations, and sustainability metrics within a system-of-systems perspective. The work will investigate how physics-based models, reduced-order representations, and data-driven approaches can be combined and embedded in MBSE frameworks to support early-stage architectural decisions, trade-off analyses, and system validation for small jet engine concepts.
The research will include the development of modeling strategies that connect material properties and manufacturing process parameters—including additive manufacturing—to component-level behavior and overall engine system performance using state-of-the-art MBSE methods and tools. Particular attention will be given to how manufacturing-enabled design freedoms and constraints propagate through the system architecture, influencing thermal behavior, structural integrity, reliability, cost, and environmental impact across the life cycle.
The position will also address challenges related to model fidelity, uncertainty, design margins, and traceability. This includes representing manufacturing constraints and material behavior in forms suitable for system-level reasoning, and ensuring consistency between detailed simulations, experimental data, and higher-level system models. The researcher is expected to contribute to methodological advances in MBSE that strengthen the integration of multi-physics and manufacturing knowledge into industrially applicable system models.
The position is part of a collaborative research initiative involving Chalmers University of Technology, GKN Aerospace, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, focused on the development of an experimental jet engine demonstrator for system validation. The postdoctoral researcher will work closely with industrial and academic partners, contributing MBSE expertise while grounding the research in practical engineering challenges. Expected outcomes include novel MBSE methodologies, high-quality scientific publications, and contributions to industrial development practices, supporting the development of manufacturable and sustainable small jet engine architectures and long-term competence building in aerospace systems engineering.
Who we are looking for
The following requirements are mandatory:
- A doctoral degree 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
- Expertise within modelling and simulation in Engineering Design
You are expected to be somewhat accustomed to teaching, and to demonstrate good potential within research and education.
The following experience will strengthen your application:
- A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
- Experience in Aerospace Engineering and/or Additive Manufacturing
- Experience in teaching and supervision
- Experience and interest in research team-work
- Industrial Experience from relevant industries
- Experience in computer based engineering and/or model based systems engineering tools
What you will do
- Participate as researcher in systems engineering design projects
- Plan and conduct research and development
- Disseminate and publiish results scientifically
- Participate in reserach group development and applications
- Supervise master’s and/or PhD students to a certain extent
- Possibility to engage in teaching at undergraduate/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
- As a postdoc at Chalmers, you are an employee and enjoy all employee benefits. Read more about working at Chalmers and our benefits 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.
Chalmers is dedicated to improving gender balance and actively works with equality projects, such as the GENIE Initiative for gender equality and excellence. We celebrate diversity and consider equality and inclusion as fundamental aspects of all our activities.
If Swedish is not your native language, Chalmers offers Swedish courses to help you settle in.
Application procedure
The application should be written in English be attached as PDF-files, as below. Maximum size for each file is 40 MB. Please note that the system does not support Zip files.
CV
- A comprehensive CV, including a complete list of publications.
- Details of previous teaching and pedagogical experience.
Personal letter
- A brief introduction about yourself.
- A summary of your previous research fields and key research outcomes.
- An outline of your future goals and research focus.
Use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.
Please note: The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete. Incomplete applications and applications sent by email will not be considered. Contact details to references will be requested after the interview.
We welcome your application no later than January 20th 2026
For questions please contact:
Ola Isaksson
Professor
ola.isaksson@chalmers.se
We look forward to your application!
*** Chalmers declines to consider all offers of further announcement publishing or other types of support for the recruiting process in connection with this position. ***
Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences at a high international level. The university has 3100 employees and 10,000 students, and offers education in engineering, science, shipping and architecture. With scientific excellence as a basis, Chalmers promotes knowledge and technical solutions for a sustainable world. Through global commitment and entrepreneurship, we foster an innovative spirit, in close collaboration with wider society.
Chalmers was founded in 1829 and has the same motto today as it did then: Avancez – forward.
Advertised until:
Jan. 21, 2026
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