Lab Expert for our Digital Design Lab DESY (f/m/d)

• Implement a comprehensive lab organization concept, ensuring proper maintenance of digital infrastructure, smooth operations, and timely software updates.
• Manage lab schedules in collaboration with lecturers.
• Instruct and teach students on digital technologies and innovation tools, providing hands-on support for technical setups, applications, and troubleshooting.
• Develop and maintain a robust lab safety concept, enforce safety protocols, participate in required safety certification courses, and provide necessary safety training to both students and university members.
• Align laboratory resources with project-based learning requirements and coordinate with external vendors for software, platforms, and equipment procurement.
• Identify and develop synergies with other labs and participate in larger research and education projects involving multiple labs.

Your strengths and skills:

• PhD degree or equivalent related to digital design methods and tools or a similar field, with profound work experience (e.g. in the field of product design, UI/UX design, system design, industrial design).
• Proficiency in working with digital technologies and tools relevant to innovation, prototyping, and digital design, including 2D design software such as Adobe Creative Cloud or equivalent open-source alternatives, and 3D design tools such as Blender, Rhino, or comparable platforms.
• Hands-on experience operating digital prototyping and manufacturing equipment, including laser cutters, FDM and resin 3D printers, and related fabrication technologies.
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