Postdoctoral Researcher, Time-varying Electromagnetic Systems

Postdoctoral Researcher, Time-varying Electromagnetic Systems

Aalto University

Espoo, Finland

Your role and goals

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will contribute to pioneering research in time-varying systems, including metasurfaces and photonic time crystals. The research will have both fundamental and applied science components. The research methodology will have both theoretical, simulation, fabrication, and experimental parts.

Your experience and ambitions

As a successful candidate for this position, you must have:

• A doctoral (PhD) degree in electrical engineering, physics, or similar.
• Strong background in electrodynamics and excellent mathematical skills.
• Experience in metasurface design.
• Ability to generate own research ideas.
• Proficiency in electromagnetic simulation software, such as COMSOL Multiphysics, CST Studio Suite, or ANSYS HFSS and electronic design software, such as ADS.
• High proficiency in Matlab, Python, or similar programming software.
• Solid list of publications.
• Prior student advisor experience.
• High motivation, patience, and stress resistance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including presentation skills.
• Highly proficient English language skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to details, and ability to meet deadlines.
• Willingness to learn and work collaboratively in a research environment.

Skills, knowledge, and abilities in the following areas are not required but highly desirable:

• Experience in time-varying systems, RF circuit design, diffraction gratings and antenna array theory.
• Industrial experience.
• Solid grant writing experience.
• Eligibility and willingness to apply for research funding (less than 7 years passed after the first PhD).
• Experience in machine learning or computational electromagnetics.

The applicant is expected to:

• Publish in top journals and participate in scientific conferences.
• Lead research proposal preparation.
• Guide master's and doctoral students.
• Participate as a teaching assistant for courses at Aalto.
• Undertake one or several research visits abroad to external partners.

The primary language of communication within the group is English.

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