Vacancy No. 1065/2024

Postdoc position (w/m/d) in the field of control of integrated energy systems

Job description

You play a central role in the international team of the "Networked Multi-Energy Systems" research group and actively shape the energy transition.

Your main activities:

  • Free and project-based research on physics-, data-, and learning-based methods for sector-coupled energy systems with partners from academia and practice (e.g., in the field of modeling of sector-coupled energy systems (electricity, gas, district heating), scalable control and stability analysis of energy systems using dissipativity theory, merging market mechanisms and technical operation into optimal, techno-economic operation strategies)
  • Professional support for PhD students and joint publications in relevant, high-ranking journals
  • Acquisition of research funds (publicly funded, industry, etc.)
  • Participation in the research-oriented teaching of the institute
  • Future possibility to take over the research group lead
Personal qualification
  • Very good, completed Master's degree and a PhD in electrical engineering, mechatronics, mechanical engineering, power engineering or similar with a focus on automation technology, control engineering, optimization
  • Several years of research experience
  • Previous knowledge in the field of energy systems is advantageous, but not necessary
  • Relevant, high-ranking publications in the areas of control and optimization of energy systems, dissipativity-based control methods, distributed optimization and/or data-/learning-based control
  • Experience in teaching and the application, coordination, and implementation of projects
  • Business fluent level (B2) in English
Salary

Salary category 13 TV-L, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.

Organizational unit

Institute for Control Systems (IRS)

Starting date

Zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt / At the next possible date

Contract duration

2 years with the option for an extension

Application up to

May 17, 2024

Contact person in line-management

For further information, please contact Mr. Felix Strehle.

Application

Please apply online using the button below for this vacancy number 1065/2024 .
Personnel Support is provided by 

Ms Carrasco Sanchez
phone: +49 721 608-42016,

Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe

We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore we kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job.
Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are equally qualified.