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We are a university with a focus on engineering and natural sciences as well as economics, human sciences and medicine. We offer excellent study and working conditions to 13,000 students from Germany and abroad as well as approx. 3,000 employees.

As part of the interdisciplinary EFRE joint project “SmartMESplus”, you will be working on economic issues relating to the intelligent realization of multi-energy systems (MES). The project is funded by the ESF and the state of Saxony-Anhalt and aims, among other things, to develop techno-economic concepts for the coupling of energy infrastructures (sector coupling) and to derive their optimal and economical operational management. The advertised position belongs to the scientific sub-project on economic valuation which focuses primarily on the financial evaluation of strategic and operational flexibility of Power-to-X technologies under uncertainty.

Job description:

• You develop financial mathematical models and algorithms for the evaluation of Power-to-X solutions in the (municipal) energy industry and derive recommendations for action for important stakeholders (companies, municipalities, state)
• You are actively involved in the preparation and implementation of project meetings with project partners from universities and industry and regularly prepare project status reports
• You will present research results at scientific conferences and work on publication projects
• You will have the opportunity to gain academic qualifications as part of a doctorate and will be supported accordingly

Requirements profile:

We expect a university degree with honors (diploma/master's degree) in the field of business administration/economics with focus on finance, (industrial) engineering, (industrial) physics, (industrial) mathematics or a comparable course of study

• You have very good methodological knowledge of financial mathematics or option pricing theory, operations research and are confident in using computer algebra systems (CAS) and programming languages, especially Python, SymPy, Mathematica and/or MATLAB
• Knowledge of the energy industry and a technical understanding are an advantage
  
• You want to work scientifically and are actively pursuing a doctorate
• In addition to very good German (B2) and English language skills, you have the ability to work in a team, a high level of motivation and social skills

Your benefits:

• You will have the opportunity to do a doctorate and will be supported and encouraged accordingly
• The prospect of very good networking opportunities with partners in research and industry
• As an internationally oriented university, we offer a diverse working environment
  

For further information about the position, please contact Prof. Dr. Elmar Lukas at: Tel.: +49 391 67-58933/Mail: elmar.lukas(at)ovgu.de

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Please send your complete application (motivation letter, curriculum vitae, graduation certificates, references) by November 08, 2024 using the online application portal.