PhD Position (f/m/d): Ecodesign for Inspection and Functional Performance Testing of Mechatronic Products

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description Are you excited about making circular products easier to inspect, test and bring back to life? Join one of Germany's largest production-engineering institutes and develop the design methods that let optical, computed-tomography (CT) and functional inspection guide the next generation of repairable, remanufacturable products — while completing your doctorate. About the host. The wbk Institute of Production Science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is one of Germany's largest production-engineering institutes. Within the Production Systems research group led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gisela Lanza, the Quality Assurance team develops measurement, inspection and data-driven assessment methods for advanced and circular manufacturing. You will have access to state-of-the-art metrology and inspection infrastructure — including optical measurement systems and industrial computed tomography — and to the Karlsruhe Research Factory. The doctorate is embedded in KIT's structured doctoral training within the Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1574 "Circular Factory", in close cooperation with European industrial and academic partners. The project. This PhD position is part of a European doctoral training network on ecodesign and the circular economy (a Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network). The network trains researchers to ensure that, in future, only environmentally susta