Student Assistant (F/M/Non-Binary) – Support For The Implementation Of Life Cycle Assessments In Stationary And Mobile Battery Storage Applications

Institution

Chair of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Systems

Our Profile

With more than 80 employees, the Chair for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Systems and the Institute for Power Generation and Storage Systems are among the largest university research institutions for battery storage systems in Europe. We are continuously looking for motivated and highly qualified support to advance the energy transition. We deal with all issues arising from the planning and operation of battery storage systems, electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. These range from system design and the development of operating strategies to profitability calculations and policy advice on all the latest battery-related topics. We operate our own fleet of electric vehicles, support the power grid with a large-scale battery storage system, plan the decarbonisation of industrial operations or advise political ministries on strategic decisions that affect our society.

What we offer you:

• Warm and engaged environment at one of the most renowned research institutions in Europe in the battery sector
• Good support with regular meetings
• Valuable increase in knowledge in a growth market
• Collaboration in projects in the field of research, industry and politics

Your Profile

Your must-haves:

• You are interested in learning about the technical aspects of electric vehicles
• You have an independent, reliable and careful way of working and are always interested in learning something new
• You have good German and English skills
• You are currently enrolled at a university or university of applied sciences

What would be nice to have:

• You already have experience in independently developing problem-solving methodologies
• You already have experience in the coding language pyhton
• You already have experience in dealing with Life-Cycle-Assessments (LCA) and known LCA software

Your Duties and Responsibilities

Background of the task:
In order to drive forward the decarbonisation of industrial sites, fossil fuels are being avoided. To this end, vehicles at industrial sites are being converted to battery-electric operation and stationary storage systems are being used to optimize self-consumption. Life cycle assessments (LCA) are being carried out as part of various projects on stationary and mobile battery storage systems to evaluate the reduction of CO2 emissions. An LCA describes the life cycle assessment of a product in the production, operation and recycling phases. In our projects, LCAs are conducted, for example, to compare the life cycle assessment of electric vehicles with conventional combustion engines. In addition, different battery technologies are analysed in terms of their environmental impact. Methodologies are created for this in order to apply these LCA´s consistently. The production, operation and recycling processes are modelled using LCA tools, e.g. openLCA and brightway.

Your concrete tasks:

• Support with general research tasks in the field of LCA
• Support in the development / implementation of methodologies for the LCA mo-delling of processes using LCA tools
• Preparation and visualization of the results

What We Offer

The successful candidate will be employed as a student assistant.
The position is to be filled at the earliest possible date and offered for a fixed term of initially 1 year.
An extension is being sought.
This is a part-time contract position.
The standard weekly hours will be 8-12 hours.
The salary is based on the RWTH Guidelines for Student and Graduate Assistants.
The position corresponds to a pay grade of 13.25 euros per hour.

About us

RWTH is a certified family-friendly University. We support our employees in maintaining a good work-life balance with a wide range of health, advising, and prevention services, for example university sports. Employees who are covered by collective bargaining agreements and civil servants have access to an extensive range of further training courses and the opportunity to purchase a job ticket.
RWTH is an equal opportunities employer. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, particularly from groups that are underrepresented at the University. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability or age. RWTH is strongly committed to encouraging women in their careers. Female applicants are given preference if they are equally suitable, competent, and professionally qualified, unless a fellow candidate is favored for a specific reason.
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