Mechanical Engineering jobs

Pursue independent robotics research across soft and biohybrid robots, locomotion, manipulation, perception, human–robot interaction and computational design. The fellowship includes opportunities to develop learning methods on real hardware and mentor students.

Apply through the RobotX programme to several ETH robotics research groups, selecting up to three potential supervisors. Areas include soft and biohybrid robots, locomotion, manipulation, perception, human–robot interaction, learning and safety. Successful candidates receive fully funded doctoral employment at ETH salary rates with social benefits and…

This full-time, fixed-term research position develops tactile sensing hardware for a tendon-driven robot hand. Work includes multi-axis force sensing, electronics and packaging, sensor integration, closed-loop experiments and reproducible benchmarks. The industry-funded project combines hands-on prototyping with scientific publication and mentoring.

The Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich develops soft and musculoskeletal robots, biohybrid living systems, dexterous manipulation and robot learning, and simulation for embodied AI. Researchers shape a direction connecting real hardware, sensing and control with learning policies, compliant actuation, fabrication or engineered tissue. Doctoral researchers…

Develop Bayesian calibration methods that explicitly represent model error in structural dynamics. The PLATON team will compare informative calibration quantities, implement and benchmark algorithms, and accelerate inference with surrogate models. The work aims to improve finite-element predictions under uncertain material, boundary and loading conditions.…

Develop methods combining bifurcation analysis, robust optimisation and uncertainty quantification for nonlinear structural dynamics and aeroelastic flutter mitigation in high-altitude, long-endurance drones. The work includes modelling uncertain nonlinear systems, numerical implementation and comparative evaluation of robust bifurcation-diagram…

The Soft Robotics Lab seeks postdoctoral researchers working on compliant robotic systems, biohybrid actuators, dexterous manipulation, robot learning or embodied-AI simulation. Researchers will develop and experimentally validate systems, publish findings and co-supervise students. The full-time Zurich appointment starts with a one-year contract, renewable…

Develop and evaluate software for thermal-system design and control, including HVAC, central heating/cooling plants and data-centre cooling. The work uses Modelica, Python, optimization and AI, with laboratory or field validation and industrial collaboration. This two-year postdoctoral appointment has monthly pay of USD 8,266–8,921. Priority review is…

Help test and commission carbon-dioxide cooling equipment for ATLAS detector upgrades. Work includes thermal measurements, instrumentation, data acquisition and integration of detector infrastructure.

Investigate how deliberately structured surfaces interact under contact and loading. The doctoral work connects experiments and modelling to the deformation and failure of materials.

Develop learning-based sensing and control for soft robotic baggage-handling systems. Build and test adaptive grippers and manipulation strategies for deformable, irregular loads, using real-world measurements to improve performance and reliability.

Design robot structures, mechanisms, enclosures and mounts, then validate their manufacture, assembly and field performance. The work integrates mechanical design with electronics and software and turns prototype results into documented, maintainable assemblies.

Develop industrial robots for manufacturing, including welding, bonding, drilling and manipulation. The work combines robot control and motion planning with sensor integration, metrology and automated data collection, and includes experiments to improve accuracy and process quality.

Develop physics-based models and scientific software for geothermal and other energy-conversion systems. Research combines process components, coupled surface–subsurface flow, numerical optimization and technoeconomic assessment, including power, heat and lithium production. The Geothermal Energy and Geofluids group offers an initial one-year salaried…

Develop and evaluate AI-enabled connected vehicles and smart mobility systems. Research combines transportation data, digital twins, cooperative driving, infrastructure control, vehicle-in-the-loop testing and real-world demonstrations to improve energy efficiency and transport performance. Applications are made on the employer’s recruitment portal; no…

A fully funded four-year PhD in ETH Zurich’s Robotic Materials group investigates materials whose mechanical modulus, viscoelasticity and flow behavior can be programmed within one continuous body. Work includes dynamic covalent polymer-composite synthesis, rheological characterization, theory and multiphysics simulation, and fabrication of soft robotic…

Research thermal energy storage and building equipment in ORNL’s Thermal Energy Storage Group. Design experimental systems and campaigns, perform thermofluid analysis, and investigate sorption systems, compressors, heat exchangers and HVAC technologies. Develop system-level models, publish findings and contribute to multidisciplinary research and proposals.…

Work in ORNL’s Building Equipment Research Group on modeling, optimization and autonomous control of thermal systems, including HVAC, water heating and data-center cooling. Responsibilities include physics-based, data-driven and hybrid models; experimental validation; advanced control strategies; sensor integration; anomaly detection; and predictive…

Research additive manufacturing processes for nickel-based superalloys in NIMS’s Research Center for Structural Materials. The appointment is at the Sengen site in Tsukuba, with a negotiable start on or after 1 December 2026. The initial one-year contract can be renewed according to performance and institutional criteria, up to a maximum of five years. The…

Tenure-track recruitment in solid mechanics within Harvard’s Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering programme. The role combines research with undergraduate and graduate teaching, training and advising. The expected start is 1 July 2027. Review begins on 15 November 2026 and continues until filled. SEAS materials and mechanical engineering faculty…

Tenure-track or tenured faculty recruitment focused on synthesis, processing and consolidation of powder-based metals and ceramics. Priorities include atomization, milling, heat transfer, solidification and microstructure evolution, with links to the Center for Alloy and Powder Synthesis. Duties include independent funded research, teaching, mentoring and…

Investigate plasticity and fracture near interfaces between dissimilar phases in engineering metals and ceramics, including cryogenic and high-temperature conditions. Develop electron-microscopy strain-mapping approaches within the Mechanical Properties Group. The initial one-year appointment may be renewed up to five years. Start is 1 October 2026 or later…

The Chair in Nonlinear Dynamics recruits a doctoral researcher to develop interpretable, data-driven models for complex physical systems. Work centres on spectral submanifold methods and nonlinear model reduction, with possible applications to fluid–structure interaction, materials with memory, soft robotics, teleoperation, space structures and turbulence.…

The Solid Mechanics professorship seeks an experimental postdoctoral researcher to investigate how soft and architected materials deform and fracture. The role develops quantitative experiments using confocal or high-speed imaging, digital image correlation and particle tracking to measure crack-tip behaviour, strain, fracture energy and rate effects.…