Research Assistant/Associate in Power Electronics and Magnetics (Fixed Term)

Location: West Cambridge, Cambs, UK

A place exists, for a Analysis Assistant/Affiliate within the Division of Engineering, to work on Energy Electronics and Magnetics for Electromobility and Electrical Energy.

The put up holder will likely be positioned in West Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.

Key tasks and duties are the design, implementation, and testing of high-current power-electronic circuits and circuit boards in addition to of magnetic elements, magnetic fields, and motor know-how, reporting progress in common conferences with the worldwide companions, writing of analysis papers, and establishing analysis collaborations and writing proposals.

The abilities, {qualifications} and expertise required to carry out the function are expertise in high-current, high-frequency PCB designs and SiC/GaN-based energy converters; familiarity with magnetic simulation software program packages and finite ingredient evaluation; earlier information in wi-fi energy switch; expertise in spatial magnetic discipline shaping; expertise with mathematical modelling and customary convex optimization algorithms; expertise with mathematical modelling for non-deterministic polynomial (NP-hard) issues; familiarity with frequent digital controllers/sign processors in addition to management methods and in progressive modulation technique designs; expertise in designing built-in energy electronics for battery or sensor methods; confirmed monitor document of publishing in tier-1 journals; expertise in coping with worldwide collaborations; expertise in grant writing, ideally in English; expertise of working in collaborative analysis initiatives with common strict milestones, exterior companions counting on outcomes, and common progress and justification conferences with a sponsor or supervisor, and skill to organize standing stories and lead a standing assembly.

The candidate can have or be near acquiring a PhD in electrical engineering or an analogous discipline with work intently associated to the analysis to be carried out on this place.

Appointment at Analysis Affiliate stage depends on having a PhD. Those that have submitted however not but acquired their PhD will likely be appointed at Analysis Assistant stage, which will likely be amended to Analysis Affiliate as soon as the PhD has been awarded.

Candidates wishing to work part-time (minimal 50% FTE) will likely be thought of.

Wage Ranges:

Analysis Assistant: £29,605 – £33,966

Analysis Affiliate: £36,024 – £44,263

Fastened-term: This put up is out there for 12 months within the first occasion, with the opportunity of extension, topic to accessible funding.

To use on-line for this emptiness and to view additional details about the function, please go to: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/45753 .

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