Project Staff Research & Development (50-60%)
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Muttenz
Key information
- Publication date:06 November 2025
- Workload:50 – 60%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Muttenz
Flexibility, creative freedom, creativity, interdisciplinarity - this is how we work
Project Staff Research & Development (50-60%)
University of Applied Sciences for Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geomatics FHNW, Institute Digital Construction
Your tasks:
You work on questions regarding collaboration and process design and/or around information modeling and management in applied research and development in the field of digital construction. In doing so, you operate at the interface between digitization, work and organizational psychology, and construction-related disciplines, always at the cutting edge.
You take on the following tasks:
- Analysis of professional requirements and questions
- Development and implementation of new solution concepts
- Preparation and documentation of research results for publication as technical articles and reports, including target group-oriented reporting
The current research portfolio includes projects on Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), the alliance model, and circularity. We also focus on the question of how digital tools, e.g., AI applications or solutions for digital building submission, can be profitably implemented in new processes and forms of collaboration.
Your profile:
You are interested in scientific work and are motivated to actively engage with new complex questions. In addition to your professional qualifications, you convince through a systematic, goal- and customer-oriented, responsible and self-organized way of working as well as strong commitment and teamwork skills. You also bring the following:
The position is initially limited to two years and can be extended for follow-up projects.
- Completed Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a construction-related discipline
- Interest in questions of work and organizational psychology
- Good knowledge in the area of collaboration and process design
- Basic knowledge of Python and a strong affinity for digital solutions in the construction industry
- Fluent German skills in spoken and written form as well as good English skills
The position is initially limited to two years and can be extended for follow-up projects.
A combination of the activity with the part-time study program MSc Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) is possible.
The uniqueness of FHNW is reflected in the combination of teaching and application-oriented research as well as cooperation with practice. The complementary perspectives enable a differentiated understanding and action in a rapidly changing world. Exchange and collaboration are paramount.
