Academic Associate UAS Mechanochemical Process Development — Etat de Fribourg
- Location
- Fribourg
- Contract
- Full-time
- Posted
- 37 days ago
Full description
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Who are we?
The School of Engineering and Architecture of Friborg (HEIA-FR), a member institution of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO), offers bilingual study programs at the BSc and MSc levels.
Why join us?
The HES-SO//FR adopts a recruitment policy in favor of equal opportunities. We rely on the complementarity of skills and the variety of perspectives because it is the diversity of backgrounds and profiles that makes the strength of the State of Friborg. We promote work-life balance and flexible working conditions. To find out more, follow this link.
Your missions
The project - Mechanochemistry is a leading route to solvent-free sustainable chemical manufacturing. In this joint project, WAB, FHWN, Syngenta and HEIA-FR join forces to develop a new bead-reactor technology based on Dyno®-mill systems and to demonstrate its potential for fine chemicals. Your mission - You will lead the synthetic and process-development core, bridging lab discovery and industrial application. You will design, run and interpret transformations in mechanical bead reactors, from lab to pilot scale. In this context, you will establish advanced metrics as decisive benchmarks and generate the datasets needed for predictive scale-up models, delivering validated scaling rules and a reproducible lab-to-industry transfer methodology.
- Benchmark representing mechanical transformations and industrially relevant targets
- Run design-of-experiments campaigns on the new Dyno®-mill technology
- Characterize products and map process parameters to critical quality attributes
- Contribute to predictive modeling and identify scale-invariant parameters and transferable operating windows
- Scale up to pilot plant with the industrial partner, verifying robustness and reproducibility
- Consolidated results in a standardized scale-transfer workflow and guidelines for industrial adoption
- Interact with the consortium, present at conferences, and uphold lab safety and good scientific practice
Desired profile
- Master's degree in chemistry or chemical engineering with experience in organic synthesis
- Strong interest in pursuing interdisciplinary research involving synthesis, process development, characterization, and chemical engineering
- Ability to conduct cutting-edge R&D with initiative, creativity and a problem-solving mindset
- Rigorous, autonomous and well-organized experimental work, with careful data documentation
- Enthusiasm, resourcefulness and teamwork skills; readiness to be on the look-out for improvements and ability to approach and solve problems in a creative way
- Excellent English oral and written communication skills, basic communication skills in French and/or German is a plus
Contact details
Ludovic Gremaud, Full Professor UAS, T +41 26 429 68 06
Questions about this listing
What salary does Etat de Fribourg offer for this role?
The original listing does not state a salary. Our estimate for this role and sector in Fribourg is CHF 68'500 - 104'000 gross per year — an estimate, not a figure communicated by Etat de Fribourg. The calculator on this site converts a gross salary into your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Etat de Fribourg offer?
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