We offer a diverse job for a practical technician who feels at home in a mechanical workshop environment with new challenges nearly every week. You can be the go-to expert for developing and refining technical setups that enable our researchers to conduct novel fluid-dynamics experiments.
As a research technician you will aid our experimental scientific research in fluid mechanics by designing and constructing new technical setups. You have a background in mechanical engineering (werktuigbouwkunde) or similar, you are skilled in operating machines in a workshop (lathe / mill / laser cutter) and are skilled in assembly. Preferably, you have affinity with 3D CAD design (SolidWorks) and are willing to learn the many scientific setups in our labs that are fully designed in CAD. You will work in a team with two other research technicians and one research engineer, you are motivated to learn new techniques, and you are self-driven.
Information and application
Are you interested in this position? Please send your application via the 'Apply now' button below before 15-03-2026 and include your CV and motivation letter.
For more information regarding this position, you are welcome to contact Gert-Wim Bruggert: g.w.h.bruggert@utwente.nl
Screening can be part of the procedure.
About the department
The Physics of Fluids department is studying a wide variety of flow phenomena, both fundamental and applied, and we combine experimental, theoretical, and numerical methods to solve problems in fluid dynamics.
The range of topics goes from nanobubbles to accretion disks, from granular flow to medical flow, and from wind turbines to microfluidic chips. The problems we study generally get their complexity from phase transitions (boiling, cavitation, melting, dissolution), from particulate additions (particles, bubbles, droplets), from chemical additions (surfactants, pH), from gradients (salinity, thermal, velocity), from boundary conditions (pinning, (de)wetting, superhydrophobicity), or material properties (elasticity, plasticity).
Complexity can also arise from very small scales or very high velocities, which can be solved by using the latest high-speed cameras, (confocal) microscopes, and high speed lasers, or by simulating the problems.
About the organisation
The Faculty of Science & Technology (Technische Natuurwetenschappen, TNW) engages some 700 staff members and 2000 students in education and research on the cutting edge of chemical technology, applied physics and biomedical technology. Our fields of application include sustainable energy, process technology and materials science, nanotechnology and technical medicine. As part of a people-first tech university that aims to shape society, individuals and connections, our faculty works together intensively with industrial partners and researchers in the Netherlands and abroad, and conducts extensive research for external commissioning parties and funders. Our research has a high profile both in the Netherlands and internationally and is strengthened by the many young researchers working on innovative projects with as doctoral candidates and post-docs. It has been accommodated in three multidisciplinary UT research institutes: Mesa+ Institute, TechMed Centre and Digital Society Institute.