Master Thesis - Mechanical stability of light weight silicon heterojunction solar modules

Your Job:

• Development of concepts for lightweight solar modules and manufacturing of these modules
  
• Systematic development of fastening concepts for lightweight solar modules
  
• Adaptation of the solar modules to the mechanical load profiles
  
• Investigation of the long-term stability of lightweight solar modules
  
• Simulation of the mechanical stress within the solar cells
  

Your Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, materials science or a comparable field
  
• Experience in material processing and analytics
  
• Basic experience with CAD and/or programming software
  
• Ability to work independently
  
• Enjoy developing new processes
  
• Ability to work in a team
  
• Good knowledge of German and/or English
  

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:

• An interesting and socially relevant topic for your thesis with a future-oriented theme
  
• Interdisciplinary collaboration on projects in an international, motivated, committed and collegial team of scientists, technicians and engineers
  
• Exciting research topics in one of the most relevant and interdisciplinary areas of renewable energy
  
• Excellent scientific equipment and the latest technology
  
• Insights into various specialist areas from materials science to electrical engineering and the opportunity to gain experience in these areas
  
• Qualified and intensive support from scientific colleagues
  
• Support in developing and realizing your own ideas
  
• It is possible to fill the position for 6 or 12 months
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: https://go.fzj.de/Benefits

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.

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