Vacancy No. 1023/2025

Postdoc position and research group lead (f/m/d) in the field of modeling, control, and analysis of networked multi-energy systems

Job description

As a scientist with several years of research experience, you play a central role in the international team of the "Networked Multi-Energy Systems" research group. You actively shape the energy transition through the following 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
  • 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
  • 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 in German (B2) and English (C1-C2)
Organizational unit

Institute for Control Systems (IRS)

Starting date

zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt / as soon as possible

Salary

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

Contract duration

limited for 2 years with the option for an extension

Application up to

March 31, 2025

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 1023/2025 .
Personnel Support is provided by 

Ms Kehrer
phone: 0721 608-45415,

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.