Research Assistant - Institute of Electrical Systems and Networks, Digitalization and Energy Economics (m/f/d)

Supplier: Chair of transmission networks and energy management The Chair of Transmission Networks and Energy Industry, led by Prof. Albert Moser, researches the market and network integration of renewable energy plants, electric vehicles, battery stores, heat pumps and electrolyzers to achieve climate protection targets. The employees are offered the opportunity to research on a variety of technical and energy issues and thus contribute to the desired climate neutrality. The chair aims to prepare its employees for future demanding tasks in the network and energy industry through the cooperation in teaching and on various projects as well as early adoption of leadership and project responsibility. The research on the transmission network focuses on network development as well as safe and stable operation of hybrid rotary and DC networks in Germany and Europe with high penetration of renewable energies and power electronics. Energy-economic topics consider interdisciplinary technical-economic issues at the interface between electricity markets and transmission network, i.e. security of supply, allocation of transmission capacities for markets, procurement of system services and market simulations. As a methodological approach, digital simulation models of the markets and the transmission network are further developed. The mathematical methods used in this process include complex optimization algorithms, machine learning and the calculation of large dynamic systems. Further information: https://www.iaew.rwth-aachen.de/cms/IAEW/Forschung/~dqrpy/Ueübertragsnetz-undEnergiewirtschaft/ We are looking for scientific staff with a doctoral plan. If you are interested, please contact us! The RWTH is certified as a family-friendly university. RWTH offers a variety of health, counselling and prevention services (e.g. university sports) as part of a university health management. There is a wide range of training and the possibility of obtaining a job ticket for employees and civil servants.

The research fields of the chair are in detail: Cost-benefit analyses of infrastructure projects of the European transmission network Network development planning of the German transmission network taking into account the expansion of renewable energies, sector coupling (transport, heat, hydrogen) and storage Modeling and Analysis of European Supply Safety (Resource Adequacy, Transmission Adequacy and Economic Viability Analysis) Bidding zone configuration and allocation of available transmission capacities for electricity and reserve trading Market simulations, feed models of renewable energies and consumer models Voltage maintenance and bottleneck management in the operation of transmission networks Frequency, voltage and pole wheel angle stability in converter-dominated transmission networks Your duties You prepare a dissertation on a current research topic. The work is in the context of an ongoing research project. You participate in doctoral students/doctoral students seminars to advance your own dissertation project, as well as your colleagues/collegians. You are working on other interesting research and industrial projects that will help you acquire additional expertise beyond your dissertation and build a personal network. You publish research results in scientific journals and international conferences. You represent project results in final reports and submit them to the client. This gives you valuable experience in communicating and presenting complex issues. You participate in teaching by supporting lectures and exams, as well as conducting exercises, seminars, laboratory internships and student projects. You will attend bachelor's and master's thesis and guide student assistants involved in your projects and your dissertation projects. With increasing experience, you take on project and leadership responsibility and acquire first organizational and management skills.

You have a successfully completed degree (master or comparable) in the fields of electrical engineering, industrial engineering, mathematics, computer science, mechanical engineering or physics, or your university degree is foreseeable. You have good tuition. You have great interest in the questions and scientific methods of the Chair of Transmission Networks and Energy Economics. You are open to new challenges as well as ready and able to work in motivated teams.

The employment is in the employment relationship. The place shall be occupied at the next possible time and shall be limited to 1 year. A project-independent further employment of a further 4 years is envisaged. The temporary employment is carried out within the framework of the time-limits of the science-time contract law. It is a full-time job. There is a doctoral opportunity. The grouping depends on the TV-L. The place is rated with EG 13 TV-L. The job description is aimed at all sexes. We want to promote the careers of women at RWTH Aachen University and are therefore looking forward to applicants. Women are preferably taken into account in the case of equal suitability, competence and professional performance, provided You are underrepresented in the organisational unit and, if not in the person of a competitor, outweigh the reasons. Applications for suitable people with difficulty are expressly desired. For the purposes of equal treatment, we ask you to waive an application photo. Information on the collection of personal data pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can be found at https://www.rwth-aachen.de/dsgvo-information-bewerbe