About the position

The Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences has a vacant temporary position as PhD Research Fellow in advanced power management circuits for piezoelectric Wirelss Energy transfer.

Appointment is for a period of three years. The position does not include teaching duties.

University of South-Eastern Norway

University of South-Eastern Norway has about 18 000 students and about 1500 employees. The university is organized in four faculties, with instruction and R&D activities on eight campuses. The main profile of the university is to provide socially relevant education, geared towards specific professions, and adapted to the requirements of the workplace, as well as to produce applied research and development.

The position is at the Department of Microsystems and the candidate reports to the Head of Department. The place of employment is Campus Vestfold in Horten.

Responsibilities and dutiesThe position is within a project on piezoelectric devices funded by the Research council of Norway and has industry collaboration. The position covers the area circuit solutions for acoustic power transfer with focus on advanced power management circuits for piezoelectric wireless energy transfer. The candidate must have deep understanding of and experience with microsystems and microeletronics related to the topic. Proven knowledge and ability in ultra low power, power managment circuitries, knowledge of low level simulation tool Cadence and understanding of low power, low voltage circuit design is required.

For further information concerning the position please contact Mehdi Azadmehr (mehdi.azadmehr@usn.no) or Einar Halvorsen (einar.halvorsen@usn.no) at the Department of Microsystems.

Qualifications

Applicants to the PhD position must have a Master's degree or equivalent higher education qualifications in microsystems or microelectronics. The applicant must have gained the degree within the planned time of appointment.

It is a requirement that the successful applicant is granted admission to the university's doctoral programme within a set deadline.

The research will be conducted within a project team and the candidate's ablitity to work in such team will be assessed. Personal suitability for the position will be emphasized.

We offer

• A professionally stimulating working environment.
• Good opportunities to develop your career and your academic skills
• A good social environment
• Attractive welfare benefits in the State Pension Plan

Salary

PhD Research Fellow (code 1017): NOK 449 400 a year. In special cases, employment in code 1378 may be concidered. A statutory contribution will be made from the employee’s salary to the state pension plan.

Additional information

It is the personnel policy of University College of South-Eastern Norway that the academic staff should reflect the composition of the general population. Women are especially ecouraged to apply.

According to the Norwegian Freedom of Information act § 25 2 paragraph, information about the applicant may be included in the public applicant list, even though the applicant has requested non-disclosure. The applicant will be informed if his/her request has been declined.

How to apply

University of South-Eastern Norway uses online applications. We therefore ask applicants to register their application and CV online by clicking on the “Send application” link to the right. The application must include the following document:

• Certified diplomas and certificates from university college/university
• Master's thesis
• Any scientific publications and a list of these
• Names and contact information of three referees

Please note that all documents must be translated into English or a Scandinavian language by an authorized translator if not written in any of these languages. For the master's thesis, a translation of the abstract together with the full text in the original language may be accepted.

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