Research Assistant (m/f/d) specialising in Process Engineering, Process and Plant Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Energy and Process Engineering, or a comparable field

Research Assistant (m/f/d) specialising in Process Engineering, Process and Plant Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Energy and Process Engineering, or a comparable field

Location: Baruth/Mark
Division: 2.1: Safety of Energy Carriers
Start Date: 01.09.2026
Contract: Temporary until 31.08.2027
Salary: E 13 TVöD

Your responsibilities include

Independent research and development as part of a third-party funded project entitled ‘Risk assessment of deeply discharged energy storage devices’ within the overarching project ‘Lithium-ion battery transport and safe deactivation for recycling (LiBaTra)’.

• Development and construction of test setups
• Conducting test series
• Test evaluation and analysis
• Report writing for project sponsors
• Scientific publication in English

Your qualifications

• A successfully completed university degree (Diploma / Master’s) in the field of process engineering, process and plant engineering, electrical engineering or energy and process engineering, or equivalent
• Excellent knowledge and experience of experimental work
• Good knowledge of the analysis and processing of experimental data, as well as the presentation of results (e. g. Origin)
• Experience in producing scientific publications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in German and English
• Willingness to undertake domestic and international business travel
• Ability to work independently
• Good communication and information management skills, initiative and commitment, decisiveness, ability to work in a team and cooperate, as well as conceptual, strategic and innovative thinking skills