Postdoc (m/f/d) Electrochemistry and Battery Materials

Job description

Job Field: Research & Development
Location: Ludwigshafen, DE
Company: BASF SE
Job Type: Temporary
Job ID: EN57803398_ONLE_1

We are the world's leading chemical company because we offer intelligent solutions for our customers and for a sustainable future. We connect and develop people with diverse talents all over the world. For you, this means a variety of ways to advance. Not only your performance but also your personality matter to us, without regard to gender, age, origin, sexual orientation, disability or belief. At BASF, careers develop from opportunities.

The Battery and Electrochemistry Laboratory (BELLA) is funded equally by BASF and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and is part of the BASF scientific network on electrochemistry and batteries. It is located at the campus North of KIT and is associated to the Institute of Nanotechnology (INT). Research at BELLA combines fundamental work with application-driven projects on battery materials. The equipment of the laboratory allows for a variety of synthetic work, battery assembly, and characterization of both materials and cells. Furthermore, BELLA works in close cooperation with research units of BASF and KIT.
What you can expect

As a member of the BELLA team you will take on responsibility of research projects in the field of materials and technologies for lithium-ion batteries and lithium-based next-generation batteries in cooperation with BASF.

·  You will develop new material concepts for current and future battery technologies.
·  Furthermore, you will characterize the materials by means of electrochemical and analytical methods and develop new analytical tools.
·  Extensive cooperation with partners from KIT as well as researchers from BASF will be an essential element of your work.
·  You will present your findings to partners from industry and university as well as in scientific journals.

What we expect

·  You have a doctorate in chemistry, materials science or physics.
·  You have experience in electrochemistry, electrochemical measurement techniques and the development of battery materials.
·  Your scientific and research profile is completed by additional knowledge of inorganic or organic chemistry, especially in chemical and solid state analytical techniques.
·  Experience in scientific computing is appreciated.
·  In your day-to-day work, you enjoy contributing creativity and initiative, you view yourself as a team player and are distinguished by strong cooperation and communication skills.
·  You view good English language skills as a matter of course.

We offer

·  An opportunity to carry out fundamental scientific research in affiliation to industrial development of energy storage materials and technologies.
·  Responsibility from day one in challenging and versatile research projects and 'on-the-job' training as part of a committed team.

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