Location: West Cambridge, Cambs, UK
A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, to work on Power Electronics and Magnetics for Electromobility and Electrical Power.
The post holder will be located in West Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Key responsibilities and duties are the design, implementation, and testing of high-current power-electronic circuits and circuit boards as well as of magnetic components, magnetic fields, and motor technology, reporting progress in regular meetings with the international partners, writing of research papers, and establishing research collaborations and writing proposals.
The skills, qualifications and experience required to perform the role are experience in high-current, high-frequency PCB designs and SiC/GaN-based power converters; familiarity with magnetic simulation software packages and finite element analysis; previous knowledge in wireless power transfer; experience in spatial magnetic field shaping; experience with mathematical modelling and common convex optimization algorithms; experience with mathematical modelling for non-deterministic polynomial (NP-hard) problems; familiarity with common digital controllers/signal processors as well as control strategies and in innovative modulation strategy designs; experience in designing integrated power electronics for battery or sensor systems; proven track record of publishing in tier-1 journals; experience in dealing with international collaborations; experience in grant writing, preferably in English; experience of working in collaborative research projects with regular strict milestones, external partners relying on results, and regular progress and justification meetings with a sponsor or manager, and ability to prepare status reports and lead a status meeting.
The candidate will have or be close to obtaining a PhD in electrical engineering or a similar field with work closely related to the research to be performed in this position.
Appointment at Research Associate level is dependent on having a PhD. Those who have submitted but not yet received their PhD will be appointed at Research Assistant level, which will be amended to Research Associate once the PhD has been awarded.
Applicants wishing to work part-time (minimum 50% FTE) will be considered.
Salary Ranges:
Research Assistant: £29,605 - £33,966
Research Associate: £36,024 - £44,263
Fixed-term: This post is available for 12 months in the first instance, with the possibility of extension, subject to available funding.
To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/45753 .
Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a covering letter in the Upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application. Please submit your application by midnight on the closing date.
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Sue Murkett by email: [email protected]
Please quote reference NM40967 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Similar Positions
-
Research Assistant/Associate X 3 (Fixed Term), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, about 23 hours ago
Up to 3 positions are open for Postdoctoral Research Assistants/Associates as part of an ERC awarded project funded by UKIR at the University of Cambridge in the group Catalysis and Process Integr...
-
Research Assistant/Associate In Rock/Mineral Magnetism, Mineral Chemistry And/Or Microscopy (Fixed Term), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, about 23 hours ago
We invite applications for a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant/Associate (PDRA) with expertise in the general field of mineral magnetism and/or prebiotic chemistry. The post is funded through the L...
-
Research Assistant/Associate In Translational Bioelectronics (Fixed Term), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 20 days ago
A position exists for a Research Assistant/Associate to design, fabricate and validate implantable bioelectronic devices as part of a NIHR funded project to develop a minimally invasive spinal cor...
-
Research Assistant In Targeted Drug Delivery Validation Engineering (Fixed Term), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, about 23 hours ago
Two vacant Research Assistant positions exist, in the Department of Engineering, to work on the development of new highly targeted methods to deliver therapies to tumours. This is funded by an EPS...
-
Research Assistant (Summer Internship) (Fixed Term), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, about 23 hours ago
Internship Opportunities, Summer 2024 The MRC Biostatistics Unit, one of Europe's leading biostatistics research institutions, is pleased to announce the launch of a Summer Internship Programme fo...
-
Research Assistant/Associate In Mechanics Of Chemofracture (Fixed Term), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, about 23 hours ago
A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, to work on Batteries. The post holder will be located in Central Cambridge Cambridgeshire, UK. Energy mater...