Stelle ist zu besetzen ab: 10.09.2025

Beschreibung

You have the following tasks:

• Design and fabricate microchannels within superelastic SMA materials
• Material characterization of refrigerants superelastic shape memory alloys (mechanical, thermal, fatigue life)
• Modelling, design and characterization of test structures and devices (FEM multiphysics, lumped element modelling)
• Rapid prototyping (optical lithography, 3D printing, laser technology)
• Development, characterization and control of cooling demonstrator variants
• Simulation-based design optimization

The IMT is equipped with an array of state-of-the-art facilities, including a 600 m² clean room, advanced rapid prototyping capabilities like lithography, 3D printing and laser cutting, construction and connection technology labs, as well as various metrology laboratories. The position is within the ZEco Thermal Lab of Dr. Jingyuan Xu.

The activity offers the opportunity for a part-time doctorate.

Persönliche Qualifikation

• Excellent degree (MSc) in mechanical engineering or a related field
• Knowledge of mechanical engineering, thermodynamics, heat transfer, microsystems technology
• Experience in CAD, Lumped element modelling and/or FEM simulation and/or MATLAB programming, thermal characterization, mechanical testing
• High proficiency in spoken and written English

Salary

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

Organisationseinheit

Institut für Mikrostrukturtechnik (IMT)

Contract duration

3 years with the possibility to extend for one year

Application up to

31.10.2025

Contact person in line-management

For further information please contact Dr. Jingyuan Xu, email: jingyuan.xu@kit.edu

Zur offiziellen Anzeige

Art der Anzeige

• Befristete Anstellung

Gesuchter Karrierestatus

• Berufserfahrene:r > 2 Jahre

Arbeitsregion

• Karlsruhe und Umgebung

Unternehmensbereich

• Sonstige Bereiche

Sprache am Arbeitsplatz

• Deutsch

Art des Unternehmens

• Wissenschaftliche Einrichtung