Organization unit:
Institute of Fluid Dynamics

Place of work/ Working hours:
Dresden
29,25 h/week

Hire date:
1 March 2025

Limitation:
36 months

For any questions, do not hesitate to ask:
Dr. Xuegeng Yang Tel.: +49 351 260 3863

Deadline:
6 January 2025

Online application
English / German
Job-Id: 2024/169 (1993)

At HZDR, we promote and value diversity among our employees. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds regardless of gender, ethnic and social origin, belief, disability, age, and sexual orientation. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability.

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Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf
Bautzner Landstraße 400
01328 Dresden

PhD Student (f/m/d) AI-assisted Performance tests of electrode material for water electrolysis

With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.

The Institute of Fluid Dynamics is conducting basic and applied research in the fields of thermo-fluid dynamics and magnetohydrodynamics in order to improve the sustainability, the energy efficiency and the safety of industrial processes.

The Group Electrochemical Systems is looking for a PhD Student (f/m/d) AI-assisted Performance tests of electrode material for water electrolysis. 

Your tasks

  • Manufacture hierarchically structured electrocatalytic materials based on advanced electrochemical methods and laser deposition methods
  • Adapt available small electrolyzer platforms for high throughput testing of these materials and of materials delivered by Helmholtz partner institutes
  • Perform performance test (surface properties, electrochemical behaviour, bubble dynamics) of these electrode materials using statistical experiment planning and AI-based feature extraction to identify the best operating parameters

Your profile

  • Completed university studies (Master/Diploma) in the field of Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or a comparable discipline
  • Profound knowledge of electrochemistry and material science, basic understanding of image analysis
  • Good experience and skills with hands-on experimental work
  • Well-developed social and communicative skills, ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team
  • Good English language skills
  • Programming skills in Python

Our offer

  • A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
  • Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
  • A structured PhD program with a comprehensive range of continuing education and networking opportunities - more information about the PhD program at the HZDR can be found here
  • Salary and social benefits in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD-Bund) including 30 days of paid holiday leave, company pension scheme (VBL)
  • We support a good work-life balance with the possibility of part-time employment, mobile working and flexible working hours
  • Numerous company health management offerings
  • Employee discounts with well-known providers via the platform Corporate Benefits
  • An employer subsidy for the "Deutschland-Ticket Jobticket"

We look forward to receiving your application documents (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.), which you can submit via our online-application-system.