PhD Student (d/f/m) Intelligent Process Monitoring and Digital Twinning (Cold-Sprayed Repair Applications)

Location: Manching, Germany; on-site PhD position with a 36-month duration and a possible research stay at a European partner institution.

Salary: Attractive salary; exact amount not specified.

Company

hirify.global develops aerospace and defence technologies, including advanced materials and manufacturing processes.

What you will do

• Review sensor-based methods for detecting process irregularities and anomalies in cold-sprayed repairs.
• Identify and integrate sensors for capturing process signals correlated with deposition parameters.
• Build data acquisition and preprocessing pipelines for large-scale datasets.
• Develop machine learning and AI models for recognizing process patterns and quality deviations in real time.
• Create a digital twin framework connecting monitoring data with physical process behavior.
• Validate and demonstrate the complete monitoring pipeline in an industrial setup, including reliability evaluation and scientific publications.

Requirements

• Completed Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mechatronics, Physics, Data Science, engineering, natural sciences, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of data signal processing and machine learning.
• Programming experience with Python, MATLAB, or C++; familiarity with TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn is desirable.
• Analytical thinking, creative problem-solving, and the ability to model complex physical phenomena.
• Ability to work across interdisciplinary materials, manufacturing, data, and process-monitoring challenges.
• Excellent written and spoken English is required. German is an advantage.

Nice to have

• Basic understanding of manufacturing processes or materials science.
• Experience with ML libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn.

Culture & Benefits

• 35-hour working week with flexitime.
• International environment with opportunities for global networking.
• Access to modern and diversified technologies.
• Participation in the Generation Airbus Community.
• Travel within Germany or overseas may be possible after departmental agreement.