Junior Researcher Digital Production

Location              Amsterdam
Salary                  €3.376,- to €4.909,- 
Employment        Part-time (0.6 FTE)
Contract              Temporary contract 1 year

We are excited to offer a unique opportunity, tailored specifically for an individual who shares our vision for innovative digital production and sustainable practices. As a member of our team, you will be involved in cutting-edge education and research that explores smart industry solutions for a circular economy, helping to realise sustainability goals not only in Amsterdam but also beyond. You will be working at the Robot Lab, home of the Digital Production Research Group, part of the Faculty of Technology. In a nice, diverse, and multinational team of researchers and educators in the new Jakoba Mulderhuis on the Amstel campus of the HvA in Amsterdam. Your supervisor is Dr Marta Malé-Alemany, head of the Digital Production Research Group.

Where else than at AUAS …

• Working with a multinational team
• Contribute to State of the Art research
• Collaborate with industry experts and key stakeholders

Do you want to know if this job is right for you? Contact Dr. Marta Malé-Alemany, email address m.male-alamany@hva.nl.

Here's how you will make a difference

You will be working within the digital production research group supporting researchers during their daily work. Under supervision you will help answer specific research sub-questions for larger projects like the European project WoodCircles. This you will do by analysing literature, interviewing partners or executing small tests. You will regularly present your findings within the research group. You will help with the supervision of students linked to the projects. In addition, you get the opportunity to work in the RobotLab developing novel digital production methodologies and applications. You will assist in all phases of the quantitative and qualitative research process (surveys, focus groups, interviews), including study design, questionnaire draughting, fielding, data analysis & reporting. Assists in communicating results.

Your other perks

• A gross monthly salary between €3.376,- and €4.909,- (Hay profile Onderwijs/onderzoekmedewerker 2, scale 9 of the higher education collective labour agreement), with a full-time appointment and depends on education and experience.

• An end-of-year bonus of 8.3% and holiday allowance of 8% of your gross annual salary.
• 10.7 holiday weeks per year with a 40-hour working week.
• Entitlement to various types of leave, such as (un)paid parental leave, care leave, adoption and foster care leave and various other arrangements.
• A travel allowance for your commute, an NS-Business Card, your own AUAS bicycle or a tax incentive to purchase your own bicycle. If you are unable to use personal or public transport to travel to work, e.g. because of a disability, we will explore alternate possibilities together.
• Plenty of development opportunities, e.g. via our own AUAS Academy and the online courses of Good Habitz.
• Discounts on various facilities, such as books, cultural courses, soft- and hardware and a number of insurances.
• A strong focus on your job satisfaction, work-life balance and vitality.  For example, you can participate in various sports activities for AUAS staff or via the USC sport centre. You can also visit our (career) coaches and use various online tools to benefit your mental health.
• A good pension scheme via the ABP pension fund.
• A laptop and smartphone on loan. A monthly internet allowance of €50 net.
• Last but not least: a chance to work in a dynamic and pleasant environment with wonderful colleagues. You and your colleagues can also get together outside work, e.g. in one of our communities such as HvAPride, HvA Alumni, HvA United, JongHvA and FEM IT.

Take a look at our employment conditions here and learn more about the tailor-made opportunities we offer.

What you bring to the table

At AUAS, no two employees are the same. No matter who you are, you are sure to be a valuable addition to our team. We are looking for a young and dynamic person with a background in sustainable and organic building and experience with parametric design and research for design. You also possess:

• Bachelor in a relevant field (e.g., built environment)
• Knowledge of the digital production domain
• Affinity with architectural design is a plus
• Good communication skills in English

Become our new Junior researcher digital production

• Upload your CV and letter of motivation via the application button before 15th of June 2025. We will get back to you within two to three weeks, so keep an eye on your inbox.
• For more information about the application procedure, you can send an email to vacatures@hva.nl.
• This vacancy has been published internally;
• We apply the AUAS Job Application Code to this vacancy’s recruitment and selection process. No (recruitment) agencies please.

Creating tomorrow at the Faculty of Technology, department Digital Production research Group

Talent as our foundation, diversity as our strength

No two of our more than 45,000 students and 4,500 employees are the same! Can you imagine how dynamic that enormous diversity of personalities, backgrounds and perspectives is? It is also important, because we believe it is this diversity that makes us even more valuable as both an employer and as a university of applied sciences of and for the metropolitan region of Amsterdam. We strive to have our staff reflect the rich diversity that Amsterdam has to offer and be an organisation where every employee and every student feels welcome, valued and at home.  Whoever you are: you are welcome here!