PhD Position ‒ Engineer* Adaptive Rotor Blade Structural Analysis and Lifetime Prediction

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world's leading applied research organization. Around 30 000 employees work with an annual research budget of 2.9 billion euros. Who we are ... Our primary focuses at Fraunhofer IWES are on wind energy and hydrogen technologies. Our institute is home to more than 300 scientists and employees as well as over 100 students from over 30 countries pursuing careers in applied research and development at nine sites. We secure investments in technological developments through validation, shorten innovation cycles, accelerate certification procedures, and increase planning accuracy by means of innovative measurement methods. The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES offers at the site in Bremerhaven: PhD Position ‒ Engineer* Adaptive Rotor Blade Structural Analysis and Lifetime Prediction You should have completed your diploma or master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a similar field. Do you have a good understanding of mechanics or even dynamics and composites? Are you familiar with numerical simulation and optimization? You got some experience with data evaluation and analytics? Maybe you even have some knowledge of the wind industry and rotor blades? Great! Perhaps you have already carried out modal analysis and have experience in the field of scientific working. Are you familiar with scientific programming languages such as Python and eager to pursue a post-graduate training? Perfect, then you should definitely keep reading! Your profile is completed by a very good command of English, as we operate on an international level. Use the link to access the whole job posting: https://s.fhg.de/N7GZ The position is limited to 3 years. The weekly working time is 39 hours. Terms of contract according to the European Commission's Marie Curie fellowship scheme. We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability. If you have any further questions, please contact: Ms. Laura Tessmer People & Development The entire team is on hand to assist you further. E-mail: apply.job.25708325@hokifyjob.com Phone: +49 471 14 290-230 Only online applications via the portal can be considered: https://s.fhg.de/N7GZ Please note that we observe the provisions of the valid General Data Protection Regulation when processing applications.