Scientific Employee (f/m/d) Electrical Engineering/ Measuring Techniques for the development of innovative electrical heating in industrial processes

With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.

The Institute of Fluid Dynamics is conducting basic and applied research in the fields of thermo-fluid dynamics and magnetohydrodynamics in order to improve the sustainability, the energy efficiency and the safety of industrial processes.

The Department of Department Magnetohydrodynamics is looking for a Scientific Employee (f/m/d) Electrical Engineering/ Measuring Techniques for the development of innovative electrical heating in industrial processes. 

Recruitment is subject to final approval by the project sponsor.

Your tasks

• Design, construction, testing and evaluation of methods and setups for effective electrical heating of materials with low electrical conductivity
• Planning, conducting and analysing experiments on a laboratory scale
• Design and optimisation of experimental setups
• Development and optimisation of algorithms for data evaluation
• Transferring results and insights from laboratory experiments to industrial processes

Your profile

• Completed university studies (Master/Diploma) and PhD in the field of electrical engineering or comparable specialisation
• Experience in the numerical simulation of electromagnetic problems
• Experience with the design and construction of power electronic circuits
• Experience in the field of measurement data acquisition and evaluation
• Knowledge in the fields of fluid dynamics, chemistry and materials science is helpful, but not a requirement
• Experience in data acquisition and evaluation
• Interest in multidisciplinary collaboration in an international team
• Programming experience with Python, C++ etc.
• Very good English skills required
• Very good german skills desired

Our offer

• A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
• Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
• Salary and social benefits in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD-Bund) including 30 days of paid holiday leave, company pension scheme (VBL)
• We support a good work-life balance with the possibility of part-time employment, mobile working and flexible working hours
• Numerous company health management offerings
• Employee discounts with well-known providers via the platform Corporate Benefits
• An employer subsidy for the "Deutschland-Ticket Jobticket"

We look forward to receiving your application documents (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.), which you can submit via our online-application-system.