Job offer

Organisation/Company: Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne

Research Field: Engineering » Materials engineering

Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)

Positions: Research Support Positions

Country: France

Application Deadline: 27 Apr 2025 - 00:00 (Africa/Abidjan)

Type of Contract: Other

Extra Information: Titularization in the Professors' corps at the end of a 3 to 6-year contract

Job Status: Full-time

Hours Per Week: 40

Offer Starting Date: 1 Jun 2025

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Joining Mines Saint-Étienne means engaging in an institution where science and innovation build a more sustainable future. A school of excellence where everyone has the opportunity to reveal their full potential and contribute to meeting tomorrow's challenges.

Ranked among the best engineering schools in France and recognized worldwide, our school, a member of the Institut Mines-Télécom, trains tomorrow's talents while actively contributing to addressing major industrial, digital, and environmental challenges. With us, you join a community of 500 collaborators, 2500 students, and participate in an ambitious project: combining academic excellence, cutting-edge research, and positive societal impact.

The Institut Mines-Télécom brings together the major French engineering schools around major industrial, digital, energy, and ecological challenges. Together, we imagine and build a sustainable future by training the actors who will shape tomorrow's transitions.

The Center for Materials and Structural Sciences (SMS Center) conducts research and educational activities in the field of mechanics and physics of materials, focusing on metals, composites, and ceramics. Its activities, experimental and numerical, concern the optimization of the in-service properties of volumetric and/or surface materials. The Center offers training programs at all levels of education at the Saint-Etienne Mines.

The main activity of the PMM (Physics and Mechanics applied to Metallurgy) team at the LGF laboratory focuses on the measurement, modelling and prediction of microstructural evolution resulting from advanced forming and manufacturing processes. The team is also engaged in the development of alloy design methodologies, using their expertise in development processes to evaluate the performance of newly designed alloys.

What we expect from you

The position focuses on the development of numerical tools for the design of new metallic materials and tailor-made microstructures to facilitate the production of high-performance and environmentally friendly innovative materials. The junior professor chair is intended for researchers in the first part of their career, with strong potential for supervising and leading a research team, as well as the ability to participate in national, European or international projects.

JOB DESCRIPTION :

The research and teaching activities will be carried out on the Saint-Etienne campus. Occasional involvement in the other campus’ activities is possible.

Teaching
The teaching mission consists of giving courses, tutorials and practical work, as well as supervising projects and internships, mainly within the Civil Mining Engineer and Research Masters programs. The candidate should have broad expertise in materials, physics, mechanics and processes and actively contribute to courses and tutorials on digital methods applied to materials science. Fluency in English is required.

Research
The research mission addresses the challenge of computational design of new metallic materials, integrating new constraints of sustainability and holistic considerations of sustainable development. The successful candidate will ideally specialize in one or more of these areas. S/he will have access to an intensive computing center (cluster) with significant parallel computing resources.

The candidate should hold a PhD degree in the field of Materials Science and Engineering and/or Mechanics with a strong emphasis on the development of digital approaches. Command of the English language is essential. Given the envisioned international development projects, a significant international experience is strongly favoured.

The successful candidate must :

• Have demonstrated research and/or industrial transfer capabilities (publications, patents, conferences, participation in industrial or collaborative projects, etc.).
• Be able to innovate in teaching and research methods.
• Must be able to work in a team in an international environment.

Candidate assessment criteria :

• The capacity to actively contribute to and eventually take the lead in the "alloy design" domain.
• Ability to contribute to LGF's research fields related to the development of advanced materials elaboration and processing.
• Significant teaching experience in the above-mentioned fields.
• Experience in partnership research.
• International experience and/or partnerships.
• Ability to work in a team.

The jury will assess the candidate's ability to defend an Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) within 3 to 6 years of recruitment.

Additional Information

We support each of our collaborators on the path to excellence, with the conviction that together, we can have a lasting and significant impact on our world.

Joining Mines Saint-Étienne offers the opportunity to find:

• A stimulating environment : State-of-the-art experimental facilities, a welcoming work environment, and a strong international network.
• Real impact : Contractual research projects amounting to €11M per year, predominantly with industrial partners.
• Unmatched quality of life : 49 days of leave and RTT, partial telecommuting, financial support for carpooling and cycling.

Let's build a more sustainable future through science, engineering, and meaningful projects.

Eligibility criteria:

• Validation by the tenure commission after a hearing at the end of the 3 to 6-year fixed-term contract.
• HDR obtained before the end of the 3 to 6-year fixed-term contract.
• Be a national of a member state of the European Union or of another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Selection process:

Only candidates previously selected on file by the hiring commission will be summoned to the hearing.

Additional comments:

The position is open to all, with accommodation available on request for candidates with disabilities. Remuneration: the person recruited will receive a minimum monthly salary of 3,443.50 euros gross.