Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH
- Research Field
- Other
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- Austria
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Permanent
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- Offer Starting Date
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Not funded by an EU programme
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
- Tailored test definition for a comprehensive experimental setup for characterizing fatigue behavior with a special focus on composites
- Evaluation and benchmarking of different simulation methods to predict fatigue crack growth
- Establishing a simulation strategy that will combine engineering tools which allow design engineers to predict fatigue life of engineering plastics applications, including anisotropy in detail
- Development of a multiscale approach capable of relating the complex micro-scale failure events to the macroscopic damage law
- Close cooperation with national and international project partners from industry and academia and regular presentation of results
- Communication of research results to the scientific community (e.g. papers in peer-reviewed journals, oral presentations at national and international conferences)
Requirements
- Research Field
- Chemistry
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
- Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, polymer science or related field or work experience related to modeling and simulation topics
- Experienced with numerical simulation tools (Abaqus, …) and programming (Python, Matlab, …)
- Willingness to co-operate and communicate with academic and industrial partners
- Structured and independent way of working
- Personal initiative, skills for self-organization and teamwork, effective communication skills with the ability to communicate with partner companies and research organizations Excellent skills in English; German skills are a clear benefit
Additional Information
Benefits
- Collaboration in a highly-motivated multi-disciplinary team with excellent contacts to industry as well as to national and international research organizations
- Gross income € 3.579,- (for a classification as a PhD candidate; full-time employment, 14 times a year)
- Flexible working conditions
- Possibility to perform a PhD thesis
- We aim at increasing the number of women in our organization and would be glad to fill this position with a female researcher
Additional comments
Please send your application (motivation letter, CV) along with copies of your certificates and diplomas to jobs@pccl.at, indicating the Job-ID 20240108.
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH
- Country
- Austria
- State/Province
- Styria
- City
- Leoben
- Postal Code
- 8700
- Street
- Sauraugasse 1
Where to apply
- jobs@pccl.at
Contact
- City
- Leoben
- Website
- Street
- Roseggerstrasse 12
- Postal Code
- 8700