Our focus topics are: offshore wind energy, hydrogen, test infrastructure and digitization. More than 400 employees - including around 100 students - from over 50 countries work at nine locations in scientific and non-scientific teams on the development of innovative methods to accelerate the expansion of the wind energy and hydrogen economy, minimize risks, and increase cost efficiency. We operate a hydrogen test field, HLB for short, with an extensive test infrastructure, which we utilize to research the interaction between wind turbines and electrolytic hydrogen production in greater detail. At present, the team consists of four employees and several students. We support each other irrespective of our projects and backgrounds. This will include advancing the technical integration of new DUTs by aligning interface data and planning, implementing, or coordinating the electrical connection. Depending on the respective test requirements, you will be responsible for the coordination with the local grid operator and organize joint test projects with other groups within IWES. In future research and industry projects, you will plan system modifications and expansions, coordinate companies and tenders for the implementation, and perform both the commissioning and operation yourself and/or supervise necessary steps.
This will include hands-on tasks such as operating converters and switchgears as well as troubleshooting. In the future, you should also obtain switch operation authorization, enabling you to offer support in electrical safety procedures and operations at the HLB. You have completed your diploma or master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar subject. Did you perhaps also complete vocational training in the field of electrical engineering beforehand? It would be an advantage if you have already gathered experience working on EU-funded projects, maybe even in a technical project management role. Are you also familiar with programming in Python? Here at IWES, we operate on an international level - a good command of German and English will make your day-to-day work easier.
Whether personally, professionally, or methodically, we find the right qualification measures for you. We achieve this, for example, through our onboarding program for new employees as well as by raising awareness of and providing training on diversity and equal opportunity issues. Interested in employee discounts for events, clothes, vacations, etc.? For sustainable mobility, you can also benefit from the Deutschland-Ticket as a job ticket.
This position is also available on a part-time basis, preferably close to full-time. Appointment, remuneration and social security benefits based on the public-sector collective wage agreement (TVöD). Additionally Fraunhofer may grant performance-based variable remuneration components.
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