Group leader – Method development for Energy System Models

Your Job:

Support us in providing orientation knowledge for politics, industry, and society for the success of the energy transition by joining our team in the topic area method development for energy systems analysis on the way to greenhouse gas neutrality. Your tasks will include:

• Developing and analyzing relevant research questions for achieving a successful energy system transformation and publishing scientific articles
  
• Developing temporal, spatial and technological aggregation methods
  
• Developing mathematical approaches in energy system modeling in cooperation with mathematicians from other universities
  
• Developing of methods based on artificial intelligence
  
• Developing new energy system models on high performance platforms
  
• Supervision of students and doctoral candidates
  
• Acquisition and management of research projects
  
• Presentation of your research results at international conferences as well as publication in high impact journals
  

Do you find these topics exciting and enjoy modeling and analyzing energy systems? Do you have further innovative ideas to contribute to the success of the energy transition? Then please apply! We look forward to welcoming committed new colleagues who want to work with us in finding solutions for the realization of the clean energy transition.

Your Profile:

• Above-average university degree (Master) in engineering (energy technology, process engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering), physics, mathematics or a comparable course of study as well as a doctorate in the field of energy system modeling.
  
• Experience in analytical and methodological development of energy system models
  
• Experience in leading employees, PhD students or students
  
• Independent, target-oriented, and strategic working style
  
• Strong social and communication skills to lead and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams
  
• Programming skills in Python
  
• Fluent written and spoken English and/or German
  

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the opportunity to actively help in shaping change. Here is what Forschungszentrum Jülich can offer you:

• Help us develop sustainable solutions for the clean energy transition
  
• Join a highly motivated and international team at one of the largest research centers in Europe
  
• Excellent technical infrastructure – ideal conditions for extensive system analyses, including institute’s own cluster computer and access to the HPC at the FZJ
  
• Excellent conditions for remote working
  
• Opportunity to participate at international conferences
  
• Ideal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly corporate policy supported by our Equal Opportunities Bureau https://go.fzj.de/ReconcilingWorkandFamilyLife
  
• Working for one of the best employers in Germany - 6th place in the Glassdoor award for employee satisfaction: https://www.glassdoor.de/Award/Beste-Arbeitgeber-Deutschland-LST_KQ0,29.htm
  
• Flexible working hours in a full-time position (39 hours/week) with the option of slightly reduced working hours
  
• 30 days of annual leave and provision for days off between public holidays and weekends (e.g. between Christmas and New Year)
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: https://go.fzj.de/benefits

You will be initially employed for a fixed term of 2 years but with the prospect of longer-term employment. Salary and social security benefits will conform to the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund), pay group 14, depending on your current qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks assigned to you.

We particularly welcome applications from people from a diverse range of backgrounds (e.g. regardless of age, gender, disabilities, sexual orientation/identity, as well as social, ethnic, and religious background). We strive to offer a diverse and inclusive working environment in which people enjoy equal opportunities and are able to fulfill their potential.