Your Job:

• Develop and refine detailed models of power electronics and their control systems for stationary battery storage applications
  
• Focus on system identification and parameter optimization using experimental data from laboratory setups
  
• Validate models through targeted measurements and structured testing procedures
  
• Analyse loss mechanisms and system efficiencies under various operating conditions
  
• Couple the power electronics model with electrochemical battery models
  
• Support efforts towards hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) integration of the developed models
  
• Collaborate with project partners and contribute to regular coordination meetings
  
• Document findings in internal reports and publish results in high-quality scientific journals

Your Profile:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a strong focus on power electronics and control technology as well as a subsequent PhD in a related field, ideally involving system modelling and/or power electronic systems
  
• Proven experience in modelling and simulation, with strong skills in mathematics
  
• Highly proficient in Matlab/Simulink for system modelling
  
• Experience with (stationary) battery storage systems is required
  
• Prior exposure to HIL systems is a strong advantage
  
• Independent, structured, and precise working style
  
• High level of commitment and eagerness to take responsibility and contribute own ideas
  
• Strong ability to work in a team
  
• Good communication skills in spoken and written English; German is an advantage

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• A large research campus with green spaces, offering the best possible means for networking with colleagues and pursuing sports alongside work
  
• Comprehensive training courses and individual opportunities for personal and professional further development
  
• Extensive company health management
  
• Ideal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly corporate policy
  
• Flexible working hours in a full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours ( go.fzj.de/near-full-time )
  
• 30 days of annual leave and provision for days off between public holidays and weekends (e.g. between Christmas and New Year)
  
• Flexible work (location) arrangements, e.g. remote work
  
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere in Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

The position is initially for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible long-term prospects. Salary and social benefits will conform to the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund), pay group 13, depending on the applicant’s qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks assigned to them. All information about the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed The monthly salaries in euro can be found here: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.