Scientific Remanufacturing Demonstrator Coordinator

Are you eager to contribute to an ambitious, high-impact project advancing sustainability through remanufacturing in a circular economy context?

DTU is recruiting for multiple positions to join a newly established National Centre for Remanufacturing - reManuFactory.

As part of the reManuFactory project, funded by the Danish Industry Foundation, you will collaborate closely with research assistants, postdoctoral researchers, and academic staff to develop cutting-edge methodologies. The research is cross-disciplinary, combining advanced quantitative analysis, simulation, and systems integration. 

Your work will be central to achieving the project’s ambitious academic, industrial and societal impact goals.

DTU Construct is seeking a scientific demonstrator coordinator to play a key role in demonstrating remanufacturing solutions in realistic settings, facilitating the integration of technical, economic, and environmental considerations to raise technology maturity and business readiness.

Responsibilities and qualifications

You will join the Section of Design for Sustainability at DTU Construct, working within a multidisciplinary, international, and diverse team. In a world where circular economy and remanufacturing are seen as key to ensuring radically reduced resource consumption, improved climate impact, improved industrial and societal resilience, and heightened competitive edge, we are seeking a sharp, highly motivated and collaborative colleague for this position, able to take on the following primary tasks: 

• Coordinate laboratory-scale demonstration activities of remanufacturing
• Facilitate technical, environmental, and economic assessments of remanufacturing systems
• Engage companies through Co-Labs, Pilots, and Drop-In formats
• Support the advancement of Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs)
• Collaborate across work packages and with academic and industry partners
• Support the dissemination of results through publications and stakeholder engagement 

Your primary qualifications are: 

• As a formal qualification, you must hold a master’s degree or equivalent experience within Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or related field
• Hands-on experience with lab-scale experimentation or technology demonstration
• Familiarity with TRL frameworks and sustainability assessment
• Strong stakeholder engagement and project coordination skills
• Motivated, structured, and collaborative mindset
• Proven ability to work across disciplines and collaborate with industrial and academic partners
• Strong motivation, independence, and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
• Experience in disseminating research through scientific publications and conferences is considered an expectation 

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria: 

• Technical experience
• Administrative experience
• Communication, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills 

Salary and appointment terms

The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). You will be employed as an Academic Officer.

The period of employment is 3 years, and the place of employment is in Lyngby.

Further information

Further information may be obtained from Dev Ramanujan (devr@dtu.dk) or Tim C. McAloone (tmca@dtu.dk). 

You can read more about DTU Construct at www.construct.dtu.dk, and the Section of Design for Sustainability at https://construct.dtu.dk/sections/design-for-sustainability.

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