Postdoc: Sodium-Ion Battery State Estimation & BMS

DTU — Technical University of Denmark; Aalborg; Hybrid; DKK 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Aalborg University’s AAU Energy invites applications for a postdoctoral position focused on sodium-ion battery state estimation. The appointment runs from 1 November 2026 for 20 months and is based at the Aalborg campus.

You will join the Batteries group within Mechatronic Systems, developing BMS concepts, modelling and algorithms for estimating charge, health and power, with collaboration across Denmark and abroad.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, Electrochemistry or closely related field.
• Research focus on battery state estimation and modelling.
• Experience with open-circuit voltage, Kalman filtering, ML or neural networks.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on battery state estimation for sodium-ion technology.
• Develop models and algorithms for charge, health, and power estimation.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners and publish results.

Skills

Matlab/Simulink

Experimental work

Battery testing equipment

Data processing

Battery state estimation

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

EIS equipment

Battery cyclers

Job description

Aalborg University’s AAU Energy invites applications for a postdoctoral position focused on sodium-ion battery state estimation. The appointment runs from 1 November 2026 for 20 months and is based at the Aalborg campus.

You will join the Batteries group within Mechatronic Systems, developing BMS concepts, modelling and algorithms for estimating charge, health and power, with collaboration across Denmark and abroad.