Head of Research Unit - Instrumentation and Testing (all genders) / Job-ID: 164-1

Photonics Austria; Graz; Vor Ort; EUR 85 000 - 120 000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Photonics Austria seeks a highly talented Research Unit Leader to spearhead advanced research in power electronics. You will lead a team, manage research projects, and cultivate long-term research visions. The position involves significant leadership responsibilities and requires a strong background in power electronics with a PhD qualification and proven experience.

Leistungen

Home Office possible

€4 per day food allowance in restaurants

Free coffee/milk/tea & fresh fruits

Internal & external training opportunities

Qualifikationen

• At least 8 years of practical experience in power electronics.
• Expertise in control engineering.
• Active industrial and academic network preferred.

Aufgaben

• Lead and drive high-quality research in power electronics.
• Manage a unit of 10 researchers and oversee project budgets.
• Establish industrial and academic partnerships.

Kenntnisse

Project management

Power electronics expertise

Leadership qualities

Strong scientific track record

Excellent communication skills

Ausbildung

PhD in Electrical Engineering or related fields

Jobbeschreibung

Your future responsibilities

We are looking for a highly talented Research Unit Leader who will lead and drive the highest quality, industrial-grade research in power electronics devices.

Leadership responsibilities

• Continue to develop the unit of 10 researchers focused on control platforms for power electronic converter systems for a wide range of sectors and applications.
• Provide vision for long-term research opportunities in power electronics.
• Establish and manage research projects with a wide range of industrial and academic partners.
• Shaping the department's research programme and project portfolio with supervisors and peers.
• Effectively delegate research issues to the right combination of SAL scientists and researchers for best team performance.
• Plan and control the research unit's budget and resources.
• Provide overall leadership for the research unit to deliver high quality research outputs, innovation and economic impact.

Technology

• Development of hardware and software for power electronic systems. Focus on microcontroller and FPGA-based control platforms for typically complex converter systems with demanding requirements (in terms of dynamics, synchronised paralleling, fail-safe solutions).
• Model-based design of firmware and software for both FPGA and microcontroller control platforms.
• Development of control architectures and modulation strategies for dynamic and efficient converter systems
• Vision of how future power electronics systems and their control units can benefit from other scientific domains (e.g. artificial intelligence, sensor technology, numerical techniques...).

Your Leadership responsibilities

Your Scientific responsibilities

Your profile

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Control Engineering or related fields with a specialisation in power electronics.
• At least 8 years of practical experience in power electronics. Experience in an academic environment is an advantage.
• Expertise in power electronics with a focus on control engineering.
• Strong scientific track record as evidenced by publications, invited talks, etc.
• Project management skills.
• Experience in the Austrian and European funding landscape preferred.
• Active industrial and academic network preferred.
• Contacts within the international power electronics industrial network are a plus.
• Autonomous, well organised and enjoy working in a dynamic and multicultural team.
• Innovative and keen to find solutions to applied research challenges.
• Leadership qualities, ability to inspire, develop and motivate young scientists and researchers to perform at their best.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

Important Facts about SAL

• Diversified research activities with plenty of technical challenges.
• State-of-the-art lab facilities and instruments.
• Internal and external training opportunities for further development.
• Home Office possible.
• € 4 per day food allowance in restaurants or € 2 per day in supermarkets.
• Family & kids friendly.
• Free coffee/milk/tea & fresh fruits.
• Start: as soon as possible.

This position is subject to the Collective Agreement for employees in non-university research (Research CA) in occupational group G (G1 salary = EUR 5.546, paid 14 times a year). Your actual salary depends on your experience and qualifications. We offer a gross salary in the range between EUR 85.000 to EUR 120.000 (annual, based on an All-in contract and bonus).

Become part of Silicon Austria Labs

Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) has been founded to be a top European research center for electronic-based systems. The Division Power Electronics cooperates with world leading scientific and industrial partners to provide technologies for the power electronic systems of tomorrow.