Postdoc in in PEM fuel cells for aviation

Job description

The project aims to develop next-generation hydrogen fuel cells for aviation together with industry and academic partners. The overall project will raise fuel cell stack performance, improve system performance, and increase the operating temperature, thereby reducing the mass of the system. Key activities for the postdoc at KTH include experimental research on membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for high temperature operation in intermediate temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (IT-PEMFC).

Hydrogen-electric propulsion addresses aviation’s climate challenges by reducing CO₂ and non-CO₂ emissions, lowering noise levels, and eliminating harmful local emissions. With Sweden’s goal of fossil-free domestic aviation by 2030, the project strengthens national innovation capacity and positions. The project promotes academia–industry collaboration and knowledge transfer, while directly contributing to the goals of climate-neutral aviation.

Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
• Scientific skill
• Research experience working experimental with polymer electrolyte fuel cells. 
• Documented knowledge in electrochemistry, and electrochemical cells and systems.

Personal skills

• Independence
• Collaborative abilities
• Good ability to express oneself in writing and speaking in English as this will be required in day-to-day work.

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
• Contributed to the publication of research results.
• Presented research results at scientific conferences.
• Teaching abilities.
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

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The application must include:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
• Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Maximally two pages long.

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, three years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

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