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You will work in research and development projects in the fields of decentralized energy systems for buildings, quarters and cities. You will design and evaluate system concepts by modelling and simulation and develop respective design and evaluation approaches and tools. You will execute your research ideas in various projects, in close collaboration with our team and our external scientific and industry partners. You will support our PhD and postdoctoral students and publish in scientific journals and conferences.

Ihre AufgabenMitgestaltung und Überwachung des Beschaffungsprozesses für die gesamte Empa unter Berücksichtigung der Einkaufsvorschriften für den ETH-BereichDurchführung und Begleitung von öffentlichen Ausschreibungen (inkl. WTO)Führung von kommerziellen Verhandlungen und Abschluss von RahmenverträgenUnterstützung der Forschungs- und Corporate Service Abteilungen bei der Beschaffung von Investitionsgütern und DienstleistungenZuständig für die Bestellabwicklung im SAPVerantwortlich für das Vertragsmanagement und EinkaufscontrollingKompetente Ansprechperson für die internen KundenBetreuung von LernendenAnsprechperson für VersicherungsfragenAktive Stellvertretung des Leiters EinkaufEnge Zusammenarbeit und Unterstützung der Kreditoren- und AnlagenbuchhaltungAuf- und Ausbau von bedarfsorientierten E-Procurement-Lösungen für die Direktbesteller/innen der AbteilungenMitglied in ERFA's im Bereich der koordinierten Beschaffung des ETH-BereichsSAP-MM Stellvertretung für das Modul MM (Bestellwesen)

Your tasksYou will work on applied research projects funded by InnoSuisse as well as on basic science projects on the design, synthesis, and analysis of hierarchical metamaterials. You will design and optimize structures for improved functionality and performance, synthesize them in cooperation with other lab members by processes such as two photon lithography, electrodeposition, and atomic layer deposition, and characterize them using cutting edge analytical techniques based on scanning and transmission electron microscopy as well as in situ micromechanical testing under extreme conditions (variable temperature and high strain rate).

Your tasksYou will work on research projects funded by the InnoSuisse Agency as well as on basic science projects in the fields of electrodeposition of functional metal thin films, 3D galvanoforming of metal microcomponents (LiGA process), and nanoscale 3D printing based on electrodeposition via scanning probe microscopy techniques. Together with other team members you will characterize your materials using cutting edge analytical techniques such as scanning and transmission electron microscopy as well as surface analysis techniques such as TOFSIMS.

Your tasksYou will work on applied research projects funded by InnoSuisse as well as on basic science projects on the small scale mechanical behavior of materials. You will exploit small scale mechanical testing facilities to study deformation and fracture mechanisms of hard ceramic coatings and nanocrystalline ceramics under extreme conditions of temperature and strain rate. You will characterize the microstructure of the deformed and fractured materials using cutting edge analytical techniques such as scanning and transmission electron microscopy. It is intended that all research output from the projects be publishable in peer-reviewed scien-tific journals, and the candidate will be expected to take a lead in the writing process.

Digitale Technologien verändern die Wettbewerbslandschaft auch in den Bereichen Gebäude, Energie und Mobilität. Für die Unternehmen erfordert das Aufrechterhalten der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ein kontinuierliches Weiterentwickeln von digitalen Technologien.Die systemische Kopplung von Gebäude, Energie und Mobilität und die daraus entstehenden Synergien erlauben es, ganzheitliche Lösungen zu entwickeln. Die Empa Demonstratoren stellen eine risikofreie Testumgebung für diese Entwicklungen dar. Es sollen verstärkt interne und externe Projekte im Bereich Gebäudetechnik mittels Daten der Demonstratoren akquiriert und durchgeführt werden.Ihre AufgabenIm wissenschaftlichen Bereich erwarten sie folgende Aufgaben:Leitung und Bearbeitung von industrienahen ForschungsprojektenErweiterung des Kompetenzbereichs "Machine Learning für Gebäudetechnik"Formulierung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsfragen anhand Industrieinteressen und der Empa/Abteilungs-StrategieSchreiben von Fördergesuchen und Akquise von Projektmitteln und -partnernPräsentation von Projekten und Resultaten an Konferenzen und ProjekttreffenDie Sicherstellung der Zusammenarbeit von mehreren Projektpartnern ergänzt ihre Tätigkeit:Aktivierung, Koordination und Sicherstellung des Fortschritts von Projekten, die F&E Partner aus dem Netzwerk an den Empa Demonstratoren durchführenErstellung und Pflege eines Netzwerks an Industriepartnern, Start-ups, Fachhochschulen und akademischen PartnernIdentifikation der Industriebedürfnisse und Verknüpfung mit dafür relevanter Expertise aus dem Partnernetzwerk, damit Projekte mit Bezug zu den Daten der Empa Demonstratoren durchgeführt werden können

The research project focuses on the development and understanding of catalysts and gas diffusion electrodes for electrochemical CO2 reduction. Your primary task is to relate catalyst activity and selectivity with their microstructural and chemical features using multiphysics modelling validated by experiments, and understand how these parameters influence the local reagent/product concentrations. You will also be in charge of coupling multiphysics modelling with experiment automation and integration with Empa/ETH's data management platform as part of a national initiative towards digital chemistry/material science.

Your tasksYou are leading a team of experts in instrumental analysis, you develop methods for chemical analysis in material science and process analysis within academic, governmental and industrial projects. You are interested in the automation and digitalization of the lab workflow, realization of LIMS/ELN platforms and interaction with the customers. You drive digital transformation with in-depth experience for the lab practices, sensors, portable diagnostics, and data science. You manage a large pool of instruments and sensors for elemental and molecular analysis, such as sample digestion autoclaves, GC/LC/ICP-MS, FT-IR, Raman, XRF, XPS, AAS, OES, LIBS etc. You collaborate with Empa labs, with national and international research teams and with industrial partners. You communicate results in scientific journals and to international conferences. You acquire third-party funding for your team. You cooperate with the head of laboratory on the strategy and goals.

The primary scientific aim of this project is the selective and sensitive detection of gaseous organic molecules that are relevant in medical applications. This work in analytical chemistry and physics is part of the “Zürich Exhalomics” flagship project. The successful candidate will be enrolled at ETH Zurich, co-supervised by Prof. Dr. R. Zenobi and benefit from a broad expertise in trace gas detection, and breath research, both at Empa and ETHZ. Job description, responsibilities and tasksDevelopment and application of quantum cascade laser spectroscopy for the detection of trace gases in human breathMethod validation and intercomparison with state-of-the-art mass spectrometry and gas chromatographyCollaboration with the Children's Hospital Zurich during a clinical studyData analysis, interpretation, and presentation at international conferences

Ihre Hauptaufgaben Selbständige Überwachung des Serviceintervalls, Service, Unterhalt und Reparatur von Laborgeräten, im Speziellen von Vakuumpumpen für die Empa an allen StandortenUnterhalt und Reparatur von Prüfgeräten und Betriebseinrichtungen, inklusive Schweiss- und LötarbeitenFabrikation von Bauteilen und Probekörpern mit allen spanabhebenden und umformenden Maschinen (CNC und konventionell)

The project: Metal halide perovskite semiconductors, including hybrid organic-inorganic compositions, have been the focus of intense research efforts due to their relative ease of fabrication, low cost, bandgap tuneability (~1.2 eV to >2 eV) and excellent performance in lab-scale devices. The great promise for next-generation optoelectronic devices motivates the development of economical and scalable synthesis routes for perovskite thin film materials. This project aims at developing new scalable deposition processes for perovskite thin films to help pave the way towards large-scale devices and commercial products. Your research activities will include the development of new deposition processes for novel perovskite thin-film materials, but also the deposition of contact layers and the study of the respective interface properties. High-throughput materials science techniques will enable you to perform rapid screening and development of promising materials and processing conditions. For a detailed characterization of the material’s structural and optoelectronic properties state-of-the-art experimental techniques (e.g. XPS, XRD, TEM) will be used. A particular emphasis in this PhD project is put on the development of perovskite thin films for solid-state lighting and photo detector applications.The project is a collaborative effort of different partners with multiple PhD projects at several institutes across Switzerland, namely Empa (Labs 208 and 207), EPFL (PVLAB) and ETHZ (ShihLab). Frequent exchange between the partners is envisioned.

We are looking for highly motivated candidates with a strong theoretical background in Solid State Physics or Physical Chemistry to take up a challenging PhD position in the area of low-dimensional magnetic carbon-based nanomaterials. In this PhD project, ab initio simulation techniques based on density functional theory and quantum chemistry methods as well as methods based on model Hamiltonians will be employed to predict the electronic and magnetic properties of nanographenes and nanographene-based spin chains and lattices produced in our laboratory, and to rationalize the results of scanning probe experiments related to them. The successful candidate will be integrated in the PhD program of the University of Zurich and will work within the binational project Understanding electronic and magnetic properties of carbon based nanomaterials which builds on a close collaboration with our theory partners at the University of Regensburg.

Your tasks: You will work on applied research projects funded by InnoSuisse as well as on basic science projects on the nucleation, growth, and characterization of thin ALD/PVD nanolaminate materials. You will exploit our growth facilities with in-situ monitoring to synthesize novel materials for gas barrier films on polymers and metals and study their adhesion, deformation, and fracture mechanisms in relation to their interface and microstructure properties. You will characterize the microstructure of the deformed and fractured materials using cutting edge analytical techniques such as scanning and transmission electron microscopy. It is intended that all research output from the projects be publishable in peer-reviewed scientific journals and the candidate will be expected to take a lead in the writing process.

Together with our team of experienced scientists, you will contribute to the development of the next generation of sustainable biocomposite materials. This project bridges our activities in the fields of nanocelluloses and applied fungal biotechnology. The goal of the project is to investigate, at a fundamental level, the mode of interaction of nanocelluloses and fungal protein aggregates and use this knowledge to tune their mutual co-assembly. We envision that the generated knowledge will lead to the discovery of novel functional material formulations (e.g. films, functionalized aerogels, foams and emulsions) that could have biomedical (e.g. antimicrobial coatings, drug delivery) or food science applications (e.g. stable foams/emulsions).Your challengesExtract and characterize proteins from different fungal strains.Develop protein aggregation protocols and investigate the physical and structural properties of the formed aggregates.Study the combined self-assembly of nanocelluloses and extracted fungal proteins at interfaces and in bulk.Characterize self-assembled materials using state-of-the art techniques.Investigate the possibility to express engineered forms of fungal strains for material science applications.Publish in peer-reviewed high-impact factor journals and present at international conferences.

The PhD project focuses on the fundamental study of Excimer laser grey level direct mask projection ablation, limitations in homogeneity and stitching challenges and the development of applications thereof. The main aim of the project is the realization of future high speed – high resolution gravure printing structures. The research work consists of comparisons of different kinds of grey level mask designs and testing these by direct ablation, creation of micron sized and sub-micron surface topologies and their influence on wetting and tribological properties of the final replicated metal structures. Specific topics to be considered are debris management by gas dynamical improvement of inert and or reactive gas guidance, by simulation, real-time observation and realization. We will address these tasks in a collaborative effort with partner research groups at EPF Lausanne, ETH Zurich, Paul-Scherrer-Institute (PSI) and several companies. Funding for the projects is received from the Strategic Focus Area Advanced Manufacturing of the ETH Board (the strategic management body of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and four research institutes) and is granted for a period of four years. The prospective student will carry out the research in the laboratory’s facilities in Thun and will be enrolled at the doctoral school of EPF Lausanne (http://phd.epfl.ch/) under the supervision of Prof. Patrik Hoffmann.

Your Tasks:Collaboration and work package lead in an 3-year industrial R&D project in the field of polymer composites cables for civil engineering applications. The position focusses on the numerical simulation and experiments related to the development of a novel CFRP anchorage device for parallel wire cables (CFRP wires) focusing on long-term behavior, damage mechanisms and fatigue behavior. In addition, the successful candidate is expected to lead and acquire engineering and experimental service projects for industrial customers in the areas of mechanical characterization of polymers and FRP composites. Scientific publishing is expected after completion of the R&D project.

Du hast Freude am Computer, Spass an exaktem Arbeiten und verfügst zudem über ein sehr gutes analytisches Denkvermögen? Informatiker mit Schwerpunkt Plattformentwicklung planen, installieren, betreiben und warten Informatiksysteme und deren Applikationen. Die Empa Dübendorf betreibt eine komplette Informatik-Infrastruktur für mehrere hundert Benutzer. Während deiner Ausbildung lernst du wie man in komplexen Computersystemen arbeitet, diese erweitert oder durch neue ersetzt.

Die Abteilung Informatik unterstützt die Forschungs- und Supportabteilungen an allen drei Standorten der Empa (Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun) mit professionellen und zeitgemässen Informatik-Dienstleistungen. Dabei orientiert sie sich an den Bedürfnissen der internen Kunden und setzt ihre Mittel effizient und nachhaltig ein.Ihre AufgabeKonzeption, Entwicklung, Testing und Integration von UnternehmensanwendungenÜberführung von Unternehmensanwendungen in den operativen BetriebSupport der UnternehmensanwendungenMitwirkung bei Aufnahme der Anforderung und der Architektur der LösungenErstellen von Betriebskonzepten und SystemdokumentationenSicherstellung der Qualität im gesamten Life Cycle der Applikation

Within a collaborative project DiPrintProtect funded by the Strategic Focus Area (SFA) Advanced Manufacturing https://www.sfa-am.ch/, we would like to push the limits of precision printing of protecting polymers coatings. The results of the project will find direct use within the watch manufacturing cycle by replacing the manual application step of protective coatings with a digital printing/coating process. We will pursue three main objectives that reflect industry needs: develop a printable resin/varnish/film to ensure the desired protective functionidentify a digital printing technology with the requested spatial definition down to 10 µmensure traceless removal of the protection, either by dissolution or preferably by peeling off/delamination Aerosol jet printing (AJP) is chosen as the primary digital printing technique as it has already been proven on an industrial scale for printing metal conductor circuits and will now be tested for printing low- and high-viscosity resins. Inkjet printing, dispensing, and precision spraying will be used for coating larger areas where a lower precision is acceptable. The printed layers will be photo-cured using LED and DUV irradiation, whereas photonic methods of LED, DUV, and flash lamp irradiation will be tested as non-contact methods for rapid delamination of the protective coatings. The demonstrators on watch dials, case and bracelet links will be carried out in partnership with interested industries.