Student Simulation Engineer (Fixed-Term)(f/m/x)

10/15/2025

Tasks

• Literature Review: Conduct an in-depth research of battery component properties under tensile testing, focusing on thin polymer films, thin metal foils, and multilayer structures (porous active material and metal foil)
• Simulation of Tensile Tests: Model tensile test geometries in LS-Dyna utilizing 2D and 3D geometries.
• Development and Refinement of Material Models: Choose and refine material models by aligning simulations with experimental tensile test configurations.
• Verification of Material Models: Design and execute verification experiments and simulations to ensure model reliability and accuracy
• Optimizing the Simulation Models for ANNs: Define and implement optimized output data structures to facilitate the creation of training datasets for surrogate material models based on neural networks.

Requirements

• Applicants should be enrolled in a Master’s or diploma program in Physics, Polymer Engineering, Material Science or a related field
• Proficiency in mechanical simulation techniques with a focus on finite element (FE) analysis or related methods
• Strong mathematical skills to comprehend material models and FE solvers
• Basic programming skills in Python
• Demonstrated initiative, reliability, responsibility, and effective teamwork and communication skills for collaboration with interdisciplinary researchers.
• Excellent skills in English; German skills are a clear advantage
• Previous experience with LS-Dyna is an advantage

We offer

• Opportunity to pursue a master's thesis based on the tasks’ outcomes. The work’s scope and direction can be adapted in collaboration with an academic supervisor from the student’s home university.
• Collaboration in a highly-motivated multi-disciplinary team with excellent contacts to industry as well as to national and international research organizations
• We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications – regardless of gender, identity, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age or similar
• A four-month, part-time (20 hours / week) fixed-term contract with a competitive gross monthly salary of €1,300
• Start of employment: Immediate start with a flexible start date to be mutually agreed upon.
• Place of employment: Leoben, Austria

Contact

Please send your application (letter of motivation, CV, references) to jobs(at)pccl.at , quoting Job ID 20251003. Contact person: Dr. Johannes Macher