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Job Responsibilities

To achieve reduced carbon dioxide emissions within the industrial sector, we focus on technically efficient and cost-effective solutions that integrate renewable energy sources, electrification of heating, and energy storage.

We strive to design and prototype various thermal technologies and evaluate their integration and control within given hybrid systems, and under different market scenarios and industrial applications. Among these technologies, we consider thermal energy storage (TES), heat pumps, electric heaters, and solar collectors. The postdoctoral researcher will lead activities within the framework of TES technology development (e.g., through numerical analyses and material characterization), laboratory testing, and data analysis for validation and scaling, as well as system-level investigations for commercialization. The latter potentially involves techno-economic analysis and AI-driven models to optimize design and operation. Activities in project management and co-supervision of PhD students are also planned. Collaboration with industrial and academic partners is planned, both nationally and internationally. Candidates must have a documented background and interest in thermodynamics, heat transfer, as well as experimental methods and activities.

Qualifications

Requirements

• PhD degree or foreign degree in the field of energy technology assessed to be equivalent to a PhD. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled by the time the employment decision is made.
• Proven experience from doctoral thesis, writing scientific publications, or writing industry reports (or equivalent industry) in applied industrial thermal energy technology.

Meritorious

• At the closing date of application, no more than three years since the PhD degree or a foreign degree assessed to be equivalent to a PhD was obtained.
• Previous experimental work with the technologies mentioned in the description, i.e., thermal energy storage, thermal machines, heat pumps, and/or solar thermal systems is meritorious.
• Previous work (numerical and experimental) with boundary layer flows, heat transfer, surface effects, and additive manufacturing is meritorious.
• Previous experience in data analysis and processing with Python (or similar), preferably including the use of machine learning is meritorious.
• Awareness of diversity and equal treatment issues with a particular focus on gender equality is meritorious.

We will place great emphasis on personal qualities.

Join KTH

KTH shapes the future through education, research, and innovation. As a leading international technical university, we play an active role in driving and participating in the transition to a sustainable society. Here you are offered the opportunity to grow and develop in a creative and dynamic workplace with good working conditions and benefits. Gender equality, diversity, and equal opportunities are a quality issue and an obvious part of KTH's values as a university and government agency.

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Union Representatives

Contact details at https://www.kth.se/om/work-at-kth/fackrepresentanter-1.500898 (https://www.kth.se/om/work-at-kth/fackrepresentanter-1.500898)

Application

You apply via KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you have the main responsibility for ensuring that your application is complete when submitted.

The application should include:

• CV including relevant work experience and knowledge. A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in either of these languages.
• A brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests, and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Maximum 2 pages long.
• A copy of selected authored reports, scientific articles (or industrial equivalent) demonstrating previous experience (Max 3 reports, all in PDF format).

The application must be received by KTH no later than the closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the Employment

The employment is permanent, but for a maximum of three years.

A https://www.arbetsgivarverket.se/globalassets/arbetsgivarverket/avtal-och-skrifter/avtal/avtal-om-tidsbegransad-anstallning-som-postdoktor/avtal-om-tidsbegransad-anstallning-som-postdoktor-2021-11-19.pdf (https://www.arbetsgivarverket.se/globalassets/arbetsgivarverket/avtal-och-skrifter/avtal/avtal-om-tidsbegransad-anstallning-som-postdoktor/avtal-om-tidsbegransad-anstallning-som-postdoktor-2021-11-19.pdf) is a fixed-term qualification position primarily aimed at research intended as a first career step after the doctorate.

Other

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