Salary: £36,024 - £44,263
Term: Fixed Term (24 months)
FTE: 1 (35 hours/week)
Closing Date: 30 May 2024
To be considered for the role, you will:
1. Possess the knowledge, skills and experience normally associated with a PhD in a relevant field or be educated to Honours Degree level with relevant industrial experience.
2. Have experience in digital substation, protection and automation, and the IEC 61850 standard.
3. Have experience in the delivery of research and development projects in collaboration with industry or within an industrial context.
4. Have hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and testing protection schemes enabling the secure and resilient supply of electricity.
5. Demonstrate excellent technical writing ability and strong communication skills.
6. Be a self-starter, able to plan, conduct, and coordinate research and knowledge exchange activities with minimal supervision, as well as generate new ideas and concepts, with the capacity to work in a dynamically changing team environment.
Established in 2013 as one of the University of Strathclyde’s industry-facing innovation centres, PNDC is a world-class whole energy systems innovation, test and demonstration environment across multiple locations, shaping the energy transition through its leading-edge programme of work. The facilities and capabilities offered by PNDC are unique in Europe, attracting global organisations to partner with us in our combined efforts to accelerate the deployment of innovations across the whole energy system.
The PNDC innovation programme covers three main focus areas:
1. Advancement of Power Networks: Concentrates primarily on accelerating and de-risking innovations that support the major changes in electricity generation and demand characteristics resulting from the net zero transition. Particular focus is placed on solutions that increase power system robustness and security, support the digitalisation of the entire power network sector, and facilitate the greater flexibility and participation of demand side innovations in the energy transition.
2. Decarbonisation of Heat: Concentrates primarily on accelerating and de-risking novel low carbon heating solutions, both at large scale (e.g. zero-carbon CHP, district heating schemes, hydrogen-for-heating) and at smaller scale addressing the domestic/small commercial scale markets (e.g. heat pumps, hydrogen boilers, solar thermal). Particular focus is also placed on the integration of novel low carbon heating technologies into the wider energy system, their control and scheduling, and the impact of consumer behaviour on technology deployment.
3. Decarbonisation of Transport: Concentrates primarily on accelerating and de-risking novel low carbon transport systems for land, marine and aero transport sectors. This covers both innovations in vehicle charging infrastructure and innovations in onboard systems. Particular focus is placed on new electric drive trains and onboard power systems, including a number of new components such as fuel cells, batteries, and power electronic machine and drive components.
If this appeals to you, then please visit our website to learn more about our Focus Areas and our team. Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Ibrahim Abdulhadi, Lead R&D Engineer (Ibrahim.f.abdulhadi@strath.ac.uk).
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