PhD position in Integrated Design and Optimization — EPFL
NeuCHF 60'500 - 91'500
EPFL · Neuchâtel (NE)
- Ort
- Neuchâtel
- Vertrag
- full-time
- Veröffentlicht
- Heute
LohnCHF 60'500 - 91'500
Rollenüberblick
Mission
We are offering a challenging position as a full-time (100%) PhD Student at STI IGM LAMD at EPFL, Neuchatel.
- Mission
- We are offering a challenging position as a full-time (100%) PhD Student at STI IGM LAMD at EPFL, Neuchatel.
- Main duties and responsibilities As a PhD Student, you will be expected to:
- Have full responsibility for your own dissertation
- Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (in English) including official description of grading scale A copy of your BSc thesis (in pdf) A copy of your MSc thesis (in pdf)
- Doctoral Candidates will benefit from a competitive salary, paid leave (in accordance with institutional regulations), and access to national social security schemes.
Hauptaufgaben
- Main duties and responsibilities As a PhD Student, you will be expected to:
- Have full responsibility for your own dissertation
- Research in close collaboration with industry partners Experiment design and execution Analyze and interpret experimental results
- Write scientific articles for publication in peer-reviewed journals Present at international conferences
- Participate in education and supervise student projects
- More specifically, within this project, you will:
- Develop viable concepts for internal cooling of hollow hub and blade structures in small-scale turbomachinery, addressing the thermo-structural challenges inherent in these configurations.
- Integrate hollow hub structural design with a robust design and optimization framework to ensure performance reliability across varying operating conditions and manufacturing uncertainties. Required competences
- Topology optimization, multi-objective optimization methods, and multi-disciplinary design optimization frameworks.
- Heat transfer fundamentals, structural mechanics and integrity assessment, coupled thermal-structural analysis.
Wichtige Anforderungen
- Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (in English) including official description of grading scale A copy of your BSc thesis (in pdf) A copy of your MSc thesis (in pdf)
Was das Unternehmen bietet
- Doctoral Candidates will benefit from a competitive salary, paid leave (in accordance with institutional regulations), and access to national social security schemes.
Bewerbungsprozess
- Develop and apply multi-objective topology optimization to identify and characterize the trade-off between structural integrity and heat-transfer resistance in turbomachinery components.
- You will be working on the TurboImpact project, funded by Horizon Europe – MSCA-DN, tackles challenges in designing, optimizing, selecting materials, and manufacturing small-scale turbomachinery for applications in heat pumps, fuel cells, organic Rankine cycles, or gas turbines.
- This project develops robust system and component design methods, an integrated manufacturing platform, and multi-material joining techniques to efficiently produce small-scale turbomachinery.
- The goal will be achieved by establishing a network of 14 Doctoral Candidates (DC) working in synergy on complementary topics and supported by highly qualified supervisors from European universities and research-intensive European companies Application procedure
- Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 30 November 2026 (23:59h).
- Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration.
- To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include: A motivation letter Curriculum vitae
- The names of three referees who are willing to write a reference letter
Kontakte
- For more information, please contact: [email protected] or [email protected].
Unternehmen und Kontext
- Employment will be provided by the recruiting organization and will include mobility and family allowances (where applicable), together with full social security coverage.
- The period of employment is 3 years, starting on 1 February 2027 or according to mutual agreement.
- The position is a full-time position.
- Read about our employment conditions and employee benefits Assessment
- Recruitment will be carried out and monitored in full accordance with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers, the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, and the Doctoral Network mobility rules.
- The process will follow an open, transparent, merit-based, impartial, and equitable procedure, tailored to each individual DC position.
- Promising candidates will undergo a series of interviews with the PI, the Supervisory Team, and the Recruitment Committee. Successful candidates will:
- be enrolled in a PhD program of the hiring university,
- conduct research in a stimulating international environment with access to state-of-the-art facilities and supervision by recognized experts,
- participate in local and network-wide training activities aimed at advancing scientific knowledge and transferable skills,
Weitere Details
- The goal will be achieved by establishing a network of 14 Doctoral Candidates (DC) working in synergy on complementary topics and supported by highly qualified supervisors from European universities and research-intensive European companies Main duties and responsibilities As a PhD Student, you will be expected to:
- Research in close collaboration with industry partners Experiment design and execution Analyze and interpret experimental results
- Write scientific articles for publication in peer-reviewed journals Present at international conferences
- Integrate hollow hub structural design with a robust design and optimization framework to ensure performance reliability across varying operating conditions and manufacturing uncertainties.
- Robust design methodologies and uncertainty quantification. Special requirements
- Software Engineering, or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a two-year master's degree.
- Read about our employment conditions and employee benefits
- Promising candidates will undergo a series of interviews with the PI, the Supervisory Team, and the Recruitment Committee. Successful candidates will: Application procedure
- To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include: A motivation letter
- Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (in English) including official description of grading scale A copy of your BSc thesis (in pdf) A copy of your MSc thesis (in pdf)
Notizen und Originalinhalt
- The goal will be achieved by establishing a network of 14 Doctoral Candidates (DC) working in synergy on complementary topics and supported by highly qualified supervisors from European universities and research-intensive European companies
- Main duties and responsibilities
- As a PhD Student, you will be expected to:
- Research in close collaboration with industry partners
- Experiment design and execution
- Analyze and interpret experimental results
- Write scientific articles for publication in peer-reviewed journals
- Present at international conferences
- Robust design methodologies and uncertainty quantification.
- Special requirements
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