PhD Opportunities in Mechatronics in Germany

This PhD opportunity at the University of Göttingen is based at the Institut für Röntgenphysik and focuses on coherent X-ray optics and related imaging methods. The project develops, implements, and applies X-ray optics for experiments using partially coherent X-ray radiation at both synchrotron/FEL facilities and laboratory micro-CT sources . The research is broad and can be tailored to the selected candidate’s profile and interests. Possible directions include X-ray optical physics , instrumen...

Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences is recruiting a PhD researcher or postdoctoral researcher to join its AI research group in Rosenheim, Germany. The project focuses on artificial intelligence for production scheduling , with potential use of transformer-based methods and reinforcement learning. The researcher will contribute to AI research addressing scheduling problems in production environments, developing and applying modern machine-learning approaches to improve decision-mak...

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon is offering a four-year PhD position in physics-guided digital twin development at the Institute of Material and Process Design in Geesthacht, Germany. The project combines machine learning with computer simulations to address complex problems in materials science, computational engineering and advanced manufacturing. The doctoral researcher will develop supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement-learning models for clustering, classification and regression. These models...

PhD position in integrated power, gas and hydrogen systems at the Institute of Climate and Energy Research – Energy Systems Engineering (ICE-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, in Jülich, Germany. The research focuses on developing scenario-based modelling, simulation and analysis methods for coupled electricity and gas infrastructures in Europe. The project will investigate how electricity, natural gas and hydrogen systems interact under future energy-transition scenarios, supporting informed de...

Forschungszentrum Jülich is offering a PhD position at the Institute of Climate and Energy Systems – Jülich Systems Analysis (ICE-2), within the Department of Circular Economy. The doctoral project addresses the sustainability of a planned data center supporting the Einstein Telescope, a next-generation gravitational-wave detector that will require extensive computing and data-storage infrastructure. The research will assess how high-performance computing infrastructure can meet demanding enviro...

Graduate School of Excellence Advanced Manufacturing Engineering in Stuttgart (GSaME) at the University of Stuttgart is a doctoral programme focused on advanced manufacturing engineering for next-generation factories. The programme brings together research and qualification in a central scientific institution with the right to award doctorates. Doctoral researchers are integrated into an interdisciplinary environment spanning university institutes and cooperation partners in industry and science...

The Department of Interface Science at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin-Dahlem offers a PhD position in the Carbon capture group led by Dr. Valentin Briega Martos, within a department headed by Prof. Beatriz Roldan Cuenya. The project focuses on the operando characterization of electrochemical carbon capture processes . The successful PhD student will investigate how CO2 capture adducts are reduced in capture liquids and how the catalysts used in these reactions dyna...

The GGNB Physics of Biological & Complex Systems programme is an international PhD research school at the University of Göttingen, run in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (MPI-NAT) and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation (MPI-DS). The programme focuses on the quantitative and molecular understanding of life processes at the interface of physics, chemistry, and the life sciences. Doctoral researchers can work on topics such as biomol...

The PhD project is hosted by the Institute of Fluid Dynamics at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) , within the Department of Thermal Energy and Process Technology. The research sits at the intersection of thermo-fluid dynamics and magnetohydrodynamics, with a strong application focus on improving the sustainability and energy efficiency of industrial processes. The doctoral work centers on the dynamic modeling and experimental analysis of supercritical CO2 (sCO2) Brayton cycles for was...