Function: Engineer or Postdoc
Contract: COD
Starting date: May 2021
Duration: 36 months
Working place: IPVF – 18 Boulevard Thomas Gobert, 91120 Palaiseau (Paris-Saclay cluster)
Education: Master of science ; Engineer ; PhD
Salary: salary grid
Become an actor of the Energy Transition by joining a team driven by innovation and impact to address today’s most decisive challenges.
IPVF – Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île-de-France, is a global Research, Innovation and Education center, which mission is to accelerate energy transition through science & technology.
Gathering industrial PV leaders (EDF, Total, Air Liquide, Horiba and Riber) and world-renowned academic research teams (CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique), multi-disciplinary and international IPVF teams conduct research for clean energy technologies. Supported by the French State, IPVF is labelled Institute for Energy Transition (ITE).
IPVF at a glance:
Integrated photovoltaics is gaining more and more attention thanks to its outstanding potential and the maturity and readiness of appropriate technologies. Reduction of system costs with integrated PV is paving the way to new markets with great opportunities for customization and local production, along to new developments for module technology.
Become a leading force in our team and advance industrially relevant knowledge in pursuing the diversification of PV uses and transfer to different industries.
IPVF is actively working on the development and for the transfer of high-efficiency, low-cost PV technologies for a wide range of applications. In the framework of developing its integrated PV activities, IPVF is interested in different market such as: BIPV (Building), APV (Agriculture), VIPV (Vehicle), FPV (Floating), UPV (Urban), DIPV (Devices), RIPV (Road). Part the position is to support IPVF’s commercialization activities through R&D and technology innovation.
You will be working in a dynamic and fertile environment, in collaboration with different teams, and your work will be exposed internally and externally.
More information about the research program and IPVF here:
IPVF Research Program involving this engineer/postdoc position: https://ipvf.fr/lars-oberbeck-introducing-ipvf-programme-1-techno-economic-analyses-and-opportunities/
The candidate will directly report to the Programs Deputy Director of IPVF.
The Engineer will have the following missions:
The candidate will integrate a dynamic and talented team driven by innovation and results.
Cover letter and résumé to be sent to: lars.oberbeck@total.com, pierre-philippe.grand@edf.fr and rh@ipvf.fr
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