PhD Student Manufacturing Variations Control - Best‑Fit Assembly (f/m/d)
Volkswagen Group · Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, DE
Work environment The Assembly Planning Department within Volkswagen Brand Planning is responsible for the conceptual development and implementation of assemb...
Job description
Work environment The Assembly Planning Department within Volkswagen Brand Planning is responsible for the conceptual development and implementation of assembly systems for vehicle ramp-ups, as well as for the engineering of automated assembly processes across all global Volkswagen production sites. In close collaboration with manufacturing plants, Technical Development, Product Planning and experts from electrical and automation engineering, we design, evaluate, and validate forward-looking assembly concepts to enable the next generation of automotive production systems. In the context of increasing production complexity, the integration of real-time process data into upstream and downstream assembly stages is gaining substantial relevance. Particularly in exterior assembly, the control- and compensation-based management of manufacturing variations constitutes a critical lever for achieving long-term improvements in product quality and gap-dimension precision. Emerging automation technologies, interconnected process architectures, and advanced control strategies play a decisive role in this endeavor. The proposed research project addresses a highly innovative and interdisciplinary...