Job Description

The University of Rostock offers a diverse, varied and challenging position in a tradition-conscious, yet innovative, modern and family-friendly university in a lively city by the sea.



At the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technologies, Chair of Ship Design, subject to allocation of funds, we are filling the following position as of 01.02.2026 on a temporary basis for the duration of the project "DesignAssist" ending expectedly on 31.01.2029:



Research Assistant (m/f/d) - maritime engineering



Start date as of 01.02.2026



Working hours full-time with 40 hours



Remuneration pay group 13 TV-L



Location Rostock



Tender number P 174/2025



Limitation limited until expectedly 31.01.2029



Application time 2025-12-17

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information:

HR department:

Julia Kluth

Phone number:

0381/498-1317

Department:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Sprenger

Phone number:

0381/498-9270

E-mail:

florian.sprenger@uni-rostock.de



The DesignAssist project aims to develop a toolkit for the early phase of ship design. This toolkit will contain selected computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools and systems that will help naval architects assess the economic efficiency and carbon footprint of modular, future-proof newbuilds and possible retrofit options for existing ships. The aim is to make better use of the limited resources available in the early design phase in order to reduce costs and emissions over the life cycle of future ships on a more informed basis.

THESE ARE YOUR TASKS:

research in the field of data-driven ship design developing machine learning models for generating ship hulls, taking energy saving technologies into account and evaluating performance in the early design phase generating training data sets for machine learning models developing quality assurance methods for machine learning models in the early ship design phase collaborate with project partners present your research at scientific conferences and publish them in peer-reviewed journals creating and maintaining media for project-related public relations work

THIS MAKES YOU A GOOD FIT:

completed university degree (diploma, master's degree or comparable degree) in naval architecture and ocean engineering, mechanical engineering or a comparable field with at least good results experience in using engineering design and calculation tools experience in programming, preferably with Python knowledge of ship design and ship hydrodynamics desirable are knowledge of the development and application of machine learning methods in an engineering context desirable are relevant experience in project management and publishing research results very good written and spoken English and basic knowledge of German or willingness to acquire this knowledge in a short period of time very good time management skills, communication skills for presenting research results, ability to work in interdisciplinary teams

WE AS AN EMPLOYER:

Equal opportunities are important to us. We welcome applications from suitable severely disabled people or people from traditionally underrepresented groups. We aim to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and therefore encourage suitably qualified women to apply. We welcome applications from people of other nationalities or with a migration background.

WE OFFER YOU:

FURTHER INFORMATION:

We will determine the experience level individually, taking into account your previous professional experience.



If you would like to work part-time in this position, this is possible subject to the requirements of the position.



The temporal limitation of the employment relationship is based on § 2 (2) Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz.



We look forward to receiving your application (cover letter, CV, degree certificate stating your final grade) by 17.12.2025 at the latest. We can only consider applications received via our homepage. Please send us your documents via the ‘Online application’ button at the end of a job offer. Unfortunately, we cannot accept e-mail applications.



Incomplete application documents may not be considered in the further course of the selection process.



Unfortunately, we can not cover application and travel costs.



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Universität Rostock

18051 Rostock

Tel.:

+49 381 498 - 0

Sitze des Rektorats:

Universitätsplatz 1

18055 Rostock



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