PhD candidate in materials simulation

20.07.2023, Wissenschaftliches Personal

The Chair of Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing is looking for a full-time applicant as Wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in (m/f/d) Founded in 2019, the new Chair of Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing at the Technical University of Munich teaches and researches in the promising field of additive manufacturing of metallic structures. The main focus is developing and characterizing metallic high-performance materials for/through additive technologies using experiments and computer-aided methods. Furthermore, the chair is dedicated to challenging questions in the field of computational material design, especially with the help of CALPHAD-based methods. For further development of our simulation environment (https://github.com/cmatdesign/CAROUSEL) and its application for developing new materials and adapting the additive manufacturing process parameters, we are looking for support as soon as possible.

The Chair of Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing is looking for a full-time applicant as researcher (m/f/d)

Qualifications and Experience

• Outstanding academic degree in computer science and engineering, materials science, metallurgy, metal physics, or a similar degree
• Experience in software engineering (incl. high-throughput computing)
  
• Knowledge in the field of materials engineering of metals and materials modelling (i.e. CALPHAD)
  
• Scientific curiosity and result-oriented, creative, and independent working methods
  
• Very good knowledge of English (C1 level), both written and spoken; knowledge of German would be an advantage
  
  

Tasks

• Independent research project work
  
• Presentation of the results at national and international conferences and fairs
• Close cooperation with project partners from science and industry
• Publication of research results in leading journals
• Support of contract research/services of the chair
• Supervision of student projects as well as cooperation in teaching activities
• General tasks in chair management and operation
  
  

We offer

• Exciting research and work environment in a technology field with extremely high potential
  
• Interesting and challenging research activity in close exchange with other experts
  
• Opportunity to obtain a doctoral degree and for professional and personal development
  
• Embedding in a young, committed team with regular events
  
• Remuneration according to the collective agreement for the public service of the federal states (TV-L) in fixed term full employment (100 % of the working time)

Application

We look forward to receiving your informative application documents (cover letter with personal motivation, tabular CV, relevant references and certificates). Please send them as a single file in PDF format by e-mail with the subject line MAT-COMP until at the latest 07.08.2023 to application.mat@ed.tum.de

The Technical University of Munich will not assume any costs associated with your application or the performance of interviews. If you apply in writing, we request that you submit only copies of official documents, as we cannot return your materials after completion of the application process.

TUM and the Chair of Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing strives to raise the proportion of women in its workforce and explicitly encourages applications from qualified women. 

The position is suitable for severely disabled persons.
Severely disabled applicants will be given preference in the event of otherwise essentially equal suitability, ability and professional performance.

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Kontakt: Fr. Dr. Kabliman application.mat@ed.tum.de