Senior Scientist – Power Electronics Packaging & Characterization (f/m/d)

YOUR FUTURE RESPONSIBILITIES

Together with our team of Power Electronic experts you will lead R&D projects in various application areas of power converters. As project manager you will be responsible for: 

• Contribute to R&D activities for novel test setups in the field of advanced electrical and thermal power semiconductor device and package characterization
• Align with other scientists and engineers to build prototypes and verify simulation results
• Contribute to research projects with international research and industrial partners
• Take on project responsibilities for successful execution of industrial research projects
• Continuously assessing the progress targeting given timeframe and budget
• Organization of work, alignment of resources and coordinate the project team as well as external collaborators
• Reporting internally to and externally to customers and partners
• Management of multi-firm consortia (typically up to 10 partners) collaborating in research projects both nationally and internationally
• Keep the overview and manage technical interdependencies of several project responsibilities
• Support of the project acquisition and thereby being constantly involved in the pushing future research topics
• Being sparring partner for Junior Scientist and supervise PhD and master students

YOUR PROFILE

• A PhD degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or similar fields
• A solid technical understanding of electronics and particular power electronics knowledge
• At least 4 years working experience as researcher within the area of power electronics in one or multiple of the following research areas:
  • Power semiconductor device characterization and modelling.
  • Power electronics simulation and optimization.
  • Power semiconductor device level packaging.
  • Power electronics system integration and high density packaging.
• Profound knowledge of state of the art electronics design and simulations tools
• Project Management experience is a prerequisite
• A proactive mindset with strong moderation skills
• The ability to analyze and understand complex project situations, making alleviation suggestions
• Knowledge on European funding landscape and contributions to funded research projects is a strong plus
• Convincing communication and presentation skills
• Excellent English skills; German is a plus

IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT SAL

• Start of your employment as soon as possible.
• State-of-the-art laboratory facilities and instruments.
• Permanent contract.
• Internal and external training opportunities for further technical and personal development.
• Flexible working time and possibilities for Home Office.
• € 4 /day food allowance in restaurants / € 2 /day in supermarkets.
• Family & kids friendly.
• Free coffee/milk/tea.

This position is subject to the Collective Agreement for employees in non-university research (Research CA) starting in occupational group F (F1 salary = EUR 4.594,- paid 14 times a year) based on 38,5 hours per week). For this position we offer competitive salaries and additional benefits based on your experience and qualifications, starting with a minimum salary of EUR 70.000 (annual, based on an All-in contract and bonus).