Organizational unit
Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT)
Job description
You are working on the development of thermoacoustic microsystems that utilize the thermoacoustic effect to convert thermal energy into acoustic waves, which can then be used to generate electricity or manage heat at the microscale. The goal is to improve the performance, efficiency and scalability of these microscale systems for a wide range of industrial, automotive and energy-related applications. You will have the following tasks:
- Conducting research on advanced electrocaloric materials, including screening and characterization for use in cooling applications
- Developing and optimizing numerical models to simulate the performance of electrocaloric cooling devices (FEM multiphysics, MATLAB modeling, and other computational tools)
- Designing, fabricating, and experimentally testing prototype electrocaloric cooling devices
- Development, test and control of cooling device variants
- Simulation-based design optimization
The activity offers the opportunity for a part-time doctorate.
The institute is equipped with an array of state-of-the-art facilities, including a 600 m² clean room, mechanical workshop, advanced rapid prototyping capabilities like lithography, 3D printing and laser cutting, construction and connection technology labs, as well as various metrology laboratories.
Starting date
baldmöglichst / as soon as possible
Personal qualification
- MSc in the mechanical/electrical engineering field, Physics, Material Science, or a related field
- Knowledge of mechanical engineering, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and material science.
- Experience in CAD, Lumped element modelling and/or FEM simulation and/or MATLAB programming, thermal, mechanical, electrical testing and characterization
- High proficiency in spoken and written English
Salary
Salary category 13, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.
Contract duration
3 years
Application up to
19.01.2025
Contact person in line-management
For further information please contact Dr. Jingyuan Xu, email: jingyuan.xu@kit.edu
Please apply online using the button below for this vacancy number 643/2024.
Vacancy number: 643/2024We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore we kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job. Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are equally qualified.
Contact
Personnel Support is provided by:
Personalservice (PSE) – Human Resources
Ms Gätcke
Phone: +49 721 608-25010,
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany