Researcher in Building/communal Energy System - Winterthur, Schweiz - ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften

ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften

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Winterthur, Schweiz

vor 1 Woche

Geschrieben von:

Lena Schneider

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Beschreibung

Join our research Centre for Building Technologies and Processes at the department of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering at ZHAW, helping us to ramp-up and engage in new, exciting and interdisciplinary research projects in the built environment.

School:
School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering

Starting date: 1st of November 2023 or earlier

Your role*:

We offer a position as a scientist with research focus on simulation of building and communal energy systems.

The following tasks will be part of your responsibility:

Drive research in the area of building-level energy modelling, building analysis in the urban context, spatial, multi-criteria analysis (GIS) and data-driven methods
Supporting ongoing research in building and urban energy systems
Writing of research proposals and taking over/supporting project lead
Writing technical/project reports
Authoring/coauthoring articles in scientific journals
Supporting the creation of new ideas and buildup of the research team in the domain of building energy systems

Your profile*:

We are looking for a widely interested and open-minded person who likes to work in an interdisciplinary team, at the interface between building systems, architecture and construction and supports our team with new ideas and solid research work.

PhD in engineering, physics or related fields with specific knowhow in building and urban energy systems, with a particular focus on thermal energy systems
Good mathematical modelling skills and prior knowledge in optimization / optimal control theory
Expertise in conducting energy demand and system simulations, both at building and regional level
Ideally some experience with simulation tools such as EnergyPlus and Modelica
Experiences with GIS analysis and datadriven methods (understanding of clustering and spatial interpolation algorithms)
Experience in scripting/programming in PYTHON, MATLAB,...
Fluency in English oral and written, German level B1 and above desired