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.