Vacancy No. 525/2025
Head of Research Group “Coated and Printed Perovskite Photovoltaics”
Postdoctoral Position in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or Materials Science
Job description
You will be responsible for further developing and leading the research group “Coated and Printed Perovskite Photovoltaics.” Your tasks include:
- Research on scalable solution-based fabrication processes for perovskite semiconductor layers (slot-die coating, inkjet printing, screen printing)
- Coordination of contributions to the national and European collaboration projects (e.g. HYPER and TIPSTAR) as well as related activities at IMT/KCOP and InnovationLab in Heidelberg
- Publication of research results
- Acquisition of new research projects and industry collaborations
- Supporting activities in teaching
- Staff management, supervision of Master’s theses, and co-supervision of PhD candidates
Personal qualification
You have:
- A university degree (Master’s) and a completed PhD in electrical engineering, physics, chemistry, materials science, or a related field
- Expertise in optoelectronics, semiconductor physics, photovoltaics, and fabrication of perovskite thin-film solar cells from liquid phase
- Project management skills
- Experience in publishing scientific papers
- Ability to work in a team and guide PhD candidates and students
Salary
Salary category 14, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.
Organizational unit
Institut für Mikrostrukturtechnik (IMT)
Starting date
01.02.2026
Contract duration
2 years
Application up to
11.01.2026
Contact person in line-management
For further information, please contact Prof. Paetzold, Email: ulrich.paetzold@kit.edu
Application
Please apply online using the button below for this vacancy number 525/2025 .
Personnel Support is provided by
Ms Gätcke
phone: +49 721 608-25010,
Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT)
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.