Initiativbewerbung als Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter

Initiative Application as Scientific Staff Member

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft () is one of the world's leading organizations for applied research. 74 institutes develop pioneering technologies for our economy and society – specifically: 30,000 people from engineering, science, administration, and IT. They know:
Those who come to Fraunhofer want and can make a difference. For themselves, for us, and the markets of today and tomorrow. We at the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructures and Geotechnologies IEG shape the climate-neutral energy systems of the future. Our research facility conducts applied research, develops innovative technologies for public and industrial clients, and implements them in marketable products and processes.

With the know-how of our team, we support the sustainable transformation locally, nationally, and internationally. The Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructures and Geotechnologies IEG conducts research in the areas of integrated energy infrastructures, geothermal energy, and sector coupling for a successful energy transition. You have not found a suitable position in our career portal? You would like to change, have great ideas, and want to implement them?

Then apply now on an initiative basis with us. We are regularly looking for talents who, together with us, want to shape the future of IEG. Become part of our team in Aachen, Bochum, Cottbus, Holzkirchen, Jülich, Karlsruhe, or Zittau!

In your role as a scientist at Fraunhofer IEG, you will actively shape diverse research projects. If you are interested in working as a scientific staff member in our research facility to shape the climate-neutral future, you should apply now. The upcoming phase of the energy transition represents one of the greatest societal challenges. Take the opportunity to contribute your ideas to solve these current challenges and change the world together with us.

In these business areas, you can shape the future of climate-neutral energy systems with us:

• Integrated planning of infrastructures, neighborhoods, and buildings
• Research on sector-coupling energy infrastructures and integrated neighborhood planning
• Development and operation of models for analyzing transport networks and municipal distribution networks
• Support of politics, companies, and planners through holistic solutions and open data approaches
• Georesources research in the area of underground exploration and characterization of reservoirs and storages
• Development and innovation of exploration and management procedures as well as reservoir simulation methods
• Investigation of hydraulic, thermal, and seismic influences of deep drillings and control of potential geo risks
• Geotechnologies research on technologies for the exploration and development of underground reservoirs and storage systems
• Development of innovative drilling methods in close cooperation with industry and research institutions
• Analysis and characterization of reservoirs and storage rocks by seismic explorations, laboratory tests, and borehole geophysical measurements
• Networks, energy, and process engineering research and development of future-proof concepts for heat, natural gas, and hydrogen
• Substitution of fossil primary raw materials and use of sustainable energy sources in various industries
• Coupling of sectors and development of complex control strategies
• Storage and underground systems development of innovative solutions for underground and above-ground extraction and storage systems
• Research on large-scale thermal phase change storages and material storages for hydrogen, carbon dioxide, or natural gas
• Analysis and feasibility studies for energy applications taking into account location factors and building properties
• Control, automation, and operational management development of new solutions for the transformation from vertical to cross-sector energy systems
• Research and development of flexible operation, control, and monitoring strategies based on distributed, intelligent, and digitally networked subsystems
• Connection of methods of artificial intelligence with concepts of automation, control, and process engineering for the efficient, safe, and flexible…