PhD - Control of plants for chemical hydrogen storage systems

Your Job:

• Develop control concepts for highly dynamic and load flexible plants of hydrogen storage systems
  
• Develop control-oriented models of such plants in Matlab or Simulink
  
• Validate the control concepts on HIL and demo plants
  
• Analyze and present results on scientific conferences and in journals
  
• Support the writing of funding proposals

Your Profile:

• Very good Master degree in a fields with extensive control curriculum, e.g. process, chemical, or mechanical engineering
  
• Passion for control engineering on the one hand and for chemical / process engineering on the other hand
  
• Knowledge of thermodynamics, thermal process engineering, reaction engineering - ideally in combination with plant modeling or control
  
• Experience with Matlab and Simulink
  
• Ability to analyze complex interactions and to work in a structured way
  
• Fluent in written and spoken English
  
• Independent and self-motivated way of working but also excellent team player
  

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 offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• Part-time position with 29,25 hours per week and flexible working hours
  
• 30 days of annual leave (depending on agreed working time arrangements) 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
  
• Opportunity to participate in (international) conferences and project meetings
  
• Continuous scientific mentoring by your scientific advisor
  
• Further development of your personal strengths, e.g. through an extensive range of training courses; a structured program of continuing education and networking opportunities specifically for doctoral researchers via JuDocS, the Jülich Center for Doctoral Researchers and Supervisors: https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/judocs
  

In addition to exciting tasks and the collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer (https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/julich-as-an-employer/benefits)

The position is for a fixed term of 3 years, with possible long-term prospects. Pay in line with 75%% of pay group 13 of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) and additionally 60 % of a monthly salary as special payment („Christmas bonus“). Pay higher than the basic pay may be possible. The monthly salaries in euros can be found on page 66 of the PDF download: https://go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: https://www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_Docs

Place of employment: Brainergy Park Jülich

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.