Research Engineer (f/m/d) for Computational Urban Planning

As Austria's largest research and technology organisation for applied research, we have set ourselves the goal of making substantial contributions to solving the major challenges of our time, climate change and digitalisation. To achieve our goals, we rely on our specific research, development and technology competencies, which are the basis of our commitment to excellence in all areas. With our open culture of innovation and our motivated, international teams, we are working to position AIT as Austria's leading research institution at the highest international level and to make a positive contribution to the economy and society.

Our Center for Energy develops sustainable solutions for the future energy system, taking into account technological, regulatory and economic requirements. The topic portfolio is based on three central systems: Public Energy Supply Systems, Industrial Energy Systems and Cities & Built Environment.

Our multinational team Urban Development & Mobility Transformation located in Vienna is seeking for new Ingenious Partner.
We focus on researching and applying innovative tools and methods for the computational design of resilient and sustainable cities in an interdisciplinary manner. Together with our team of experts you will be pioneering new ways to develop and apply novel computational urban design approaches in an international project environment.

Research Engineer (f/m/d) for Computational Urban Planning

CENTER FOR ENERGY

• Your work will be driven by AIT’s computational urban planning workflow design within the framework of the City Intelligence Lab and you identify relevant trends and translate them into research strategies.
• You enlarge the professional cooperation network of the organization and support the acquisition of new projects through communication with existing partners and actively approaching new partners.
• As an experienced urbanist, you are creating new workflows with computational models (e.g. parametric approaches for the rapid generation of design variants) and applying them in complex urban planning projects.
• You use your practical knowledge and planning experience to synthesize various urban design concepts through the use and development of computational models and workflows.
• You are responsible for acquiring and managing international urban planning projects, lead interdisciplinary project teams and communicate with customers for developing new services and tools.
• You successfully acquire, develop and lead relevant projects with clients and achieve a real impact by assisting urban design and planning with novel digital techniques for the urban development practice of the future.
• You work together with a team of experts to develop/evaluate urban designs based on computational models and digital workflows in the context of urban planning, energy, mobility and climate.
• In this role you become part of a well-established organization and international player in applied research for innovative urban design and planning solutions.
• You benefit from a highly innovative environment in the field of digital resilient cities, flat hierarchies, and a great room for creative maneuver.

Your qualifications as an Ingenious Partner:

• Master’s degree in Urban Planning, Spatial Planning, Urbanism, or related fields
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experiences in international urban planning projects
• Experience in funded project acquisition and biding processes including proposal writing and management is an asset
• Familiarity with design computation tools like Grasshopper for Rhino3D (knowledge in GIS would be an advantage)
• German and English language skills in writing and presenting are essential.

What to expect:
The minimum gross annual salary on a full-time basis (38,5 h / week) according to the collective agreement is EUR 57.890,--. The actual salary will be determined individually, based on your qualifications and experience. In addition, we offer company benefits, flexible working conditions, individual training and career opportunities

At AIT diversity and inclusion are of great importance. This is why we strive to inspire women to join our teams in the field of technology. We welcome applications from women, who will be given preference in case of equal qualifications after taking into account all relevant facts and circumstances of all applications.

Please submit your application documents including your CV, cover letter and certificates online.