Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Project Coordinator)
- Department
- Ingeniería Térmica y de Fluidos
- Research Field
- Engineering
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- Spain
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- Offer Starting Date
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- HE / MSCA
- Marie Curie Grant Agreement Number
- 101072537
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
Three PhD positions are still available in TOPCSP doctoral network funded by the Horizon-MSCA DN- 2021 call: DLR (Germany), The Cyprus Institute (Cyprus) and John Cockerill Renewables (Belgium).
The Towards Competitive, Reliable, Safe and Sustainable Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plants (TOPCSP) project will offer a unique international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research and innovation framework to 10 promising doctoral candidates and will boost their excellence in the development of innovative technologies and so that they will be capable of solving the challenges that currently face the solar thermal power industry. The overall research objective of the project is to improve the design of the different systems of a CSP plant to increase its cost-competitiveness, reliability, environmental profile, and operational safety.
Core research skills will be acquired by each doctoral candidate through the doctoral-level investigations of the task associated with his/her individual research project. Additional research skills will be delivered in the network-wide workshops, international conferences and training modules. A training in transferable skills,will help the doctoral candidates project their careers towards innovative and hi-tech applications in the non-academic sector. Every doctoral candidate will undertake secondments in academic and non-academic institutions of the consortium to develop their intersectoral and interdisciplinary skills.
Please, send the application form and required documents to the contact email of each position you want to apply for. Information about the three PhD positions is included below.
Information on benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply can be found under ADDITIONAL INFO section at the bottom of this page. The application form can be downloaded from the "Internal Application form(s) needed" section.
- DC1: Universal flux density measurement system for large-scale externaland cavity receivers with high-performance image processing
Development and deployment of a universal flux density measurement system for large-scale external and cavity receivers with high-performance image processing.
Host institution: DLR (Julich, Germany), PhD enrolment at RWTH-Aachen University
Main supervisor: Dr. Christian Raeder
Secondments (to be confirmed): The Cyprus Institute (academic) and Synhelion (non-academic)
Contact email: Christian.Raeder@dlr.de
General information about the DLR Graduate Program and undertaking a PhD in DLR can be found here.
Candidate requirements:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in the field of mechanical engineering, industrial technology engineering, energy engineering, telecommunication engineering, electronics engineering, automation engineering, physics, applied mathematics, computer science.
- Solid knowledge in optics, concentrated solar power systems and solar radiation in the high-power range and their measurement and display.
- Knowledge in mechanical engineering, heat transfer and applied thermodynamics and computer science.
- Experience in programming: image processing and machine learning, data acquisition, data analysis and presentation.
- A scientific, independent, responsible, systematic and creative way of working and a passion for developing solutions.
- Good English speaking/writing/reading skills.
- We are looking for an open-minded, eager to learn and enthusiastic personality with excellent communication skills and a very good team player.
- Good English speaking/writing/reading skills.
- DC 8: Generative designs of solar tower receivers
Development of an open-source computational framework to automatically generate receiver designs fulfilling multiple objectives.
Host institution: The Cyprus Institute (Nicosia, Cyprus)
Main supervisors: Dr. Manuel Blanco and Dr. Mihalis Nicolaou
Secondments (to be confirmed): Politecnico di Milano (academic) and John Cockerill Renewables (non-academic)
Contact email: m.blanco@cyi.ac.cy
Candidate requirements:
Needed:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in the fields of mechanical engineering, industrial technology engineering, energy engineering, physics, applied mathematics, computer science, and the like.
- Good academic records in relevant fields.
- Good communication and writing skills; ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Proficiency in oral and written English.
- Proficient/experience in, at least, a programming language (desirable Python or C++).
Desirable but not needed:
- Knowledge or experience in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning.
- Solid knowledge of heat transfer and applied thermodynamics
- DC 10: Full economic and environmental analysis of CSP plants
Life Cycle Analysis and economic analysis of a state-of-the-art CSP plant and comparison of the results with other renewable energy generation technologies.
Host institution: John Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium)
PhD enrolment: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Main supervisors: Dr. Ridha Harzallah and Dr. Domingo Santana
Secondments (to be confirmed): Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (academic) and Universidad de Sevilla (academic)
Contact email: ridha.harzallah@johncockerill.com
Candidate requirements:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in the field of mechanical engineering, industrial technology engineering, energy engineering, physics, applied mathematics.
- Solid knowledge of heat transfer and applied thermodynamics.
- Experience in programming is also appreciated.
- Good English speaking/writing/reading skills.
Requirements
- Research Field
- Engineering
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Research Field
- Computer science » Modelling tools
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Research Field
- Physics » Applied physics
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Research Field
- Mathematics » Applied mathematics
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
See the requirements for each PhD position at the Offer Description
The candidates must comply with the PhD regulation of the recruiting institution.
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Excellent
Additional Information
The selected candidates will receive a 36-month, full-time employment contract based on the MSCA allowances in line with the MSCA WP 2021-2022.
The approximate allowances are (before all compulsory taxes, deductions and social charges are subtracted): Living allowance 3400 €/month + Mobility allowance 600 €/month + Family allowance (if applicable) 660 €/month.
Small variation on the above allowances results of the application of a country correction coefficient to the living allowance in order to ensure equal treatment and purchasing power parity for all researchers. Additional funding may be possible to extend the contract, depending on the host institution, and in accordance with the regular PhD duration in the host institution.
Supported researchers must be doctoral candidates, i.e. not already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment. Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will not be considered eligible.
Recruited researchers can be of any nationality and must comply with the following mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work,studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date.
For 'International European Research Organisations' (IERO), 'international organisations', or entities created under Union law, the researchers must not have spent more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment in the same appointing organisation.
Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays and time spent by the researcher as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not taken into account.
Master’s students in their final year may apply but the candidates must hold a degree that allows enrolment in a doctoral programme at the contract signature stage.
The candidates must comply with the PhD regulation of the recruiting institution.
Candidates will send to the email address of the contact person of each position the following information. Please, if you are interested in more than one position, send the information to each contact person indicating the order of preference in the application form:
- Application form
- Detailed CV of the candidate, including the list of the applicant's publications (if any).
- Motivation letter
- Transcripts of bachelor and master’s degrees (including the grade range)
- English language certificate (if available)
- e-mail address and telephone number of two referees, who can provide a letter of recommendation if needed
The recruitment strategy will be in line with the recommendations in the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The process will adhere to OTM-R (open, transparent, and merit-based recruitment of researchers) practices.
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- The Cyprus Institute
- Country
- Cyprus
- City
- Nicosia
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- John Cockerill Renewables
- Country
- Belgium
- City
- Seraing
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- DLR
- Country
- Germany
- City
- Jülich
Where to apply
- csobrino@ing.uc3m.es
Contact
- State/Province
- Madrid
- City
- Leganés
- Website
- Street
- Avenida de la Universidad 30
- Postal Code
- 28911