Postdoc position on “Digital Twin Technologies for EV batteries”

As a Postdoctoral Fellow, you will play a key role in this project. You will be the solution architect, responsible for:

• System definition and modeling: Define the EV battery system architecture and develop high-fidelity multi-physics models suitable for digital twin application.
• Digital twin development: Implement the digital twin framework, including data integration, model development, communication protocols, and validation.
• State estimation and control: implement advanced methods for estimating battery internal states and temperature distribution using the digital twin for optimized battery performance and lifespan
• Collaboration: Work closely with PhD students on battery-related research and contribute to scientific publications and presentations.

Requirements:

• Required PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related field with a focus on modeling and simulation.
• Desired knowledge and experience in building digital twins of complex systems, including data integration, model development, communication, and validation.
• Experience on applying systems thinking.
• Strong understanding of battery systems and how they integrate with other parts of an overall electrical system, including operation, degradation mechanisms, battery management systems, (BMS), thermal management systems (TMS), and existing state-of-the-art models.
• Experience with building experimental setups for (battery) systems.
• Experience with battery cyclers, BMS and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is highly desirable.
• Required proficiency in programming languages for data analytics and dynamic systems simulations, e.g., MATLAB/Simulink, Python, c++, etc.
• Familiarity with real time simulation software e.g., HIL, RTDS, OPAL, etc.
• Experience with control of battery converters and FEM analysis (a plus).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Good ability to communicate results in oral presentations and prepare scientific papers for publication in international journals and conferences.
• Motivation to learn new concepts and apply general knowledge on digital twins to extend to other applications, e.g., power systems integration.

Salary Benefits:

• You will be appointed for a period of maximum 2 years full-time within a very stimulating scientific environment. The university offers a dynamic ecosystem with enthusiastic colleagues.
• Your salary and associated conditions are in accordance with the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities (CAO-NU);
• Gross salary between € 3877.,- and € 5090,- per month depending on experience and qualifications;
• Excellent benefits including a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary, a year-end bonus of 8.3% and a solid pension scheme;
• The flexibility to work (partially) from home;
• Free access to sports facilities on campus
• A minimum of 232 leave hours in case of full-time employment based on a formal workweek of 38 hours. A full-time employment in practice means 40 hours a week, therefore resulting in 96 extra leave hours on an annual basis.
• Excellent support for research and facilities for professional and personal development.
• We encourage a high degree of responsibility and independence, while collaborating with close colleagues, researchers and other university staff.
• We are also a family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid) and career support for partners.

40 hours per week

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