In close cooperation with its scientific partners at four universities 100 highly qualified employees are active in a wide field of applications for plastics ranging from automotive and aircraft, to packaging, solar and photovoltaic industries. By linking scientific knowledge to the industrial need for innovation PCCL contributes to the competitiveness of its industrial partners (e.g., AT&S, Andritz, ContiTech, DOW, FACC, SKF, Semperit or Isovoltaic), who cooperate on the basis of medium- and long-term R&D-projects with the PCCL. In the field of Polymer Tribology the PCCL is active in research projects with industry developing friction optimised polymeric materials as well as solutions for advanced tribological applications.

Description

Specific job responsibilities • Literature survey about friction reducing filler- respectively coating strategies for polymers • Development of tribological and failure analytical testing methods • Analysis of structure- property relationship of tribological systems • Modelling and simulation of contact problems

Benefits

We provide: • A workplace in an environment with excellent contacts to industry and national as well as international research institutions • Work in a dedicated, multi-disciplinary team • Gross income € 2.712,- p.m. (for a classification as a PhD candidate; full-time employment) • Flexible working condition • Writing a dissertation (PhD) is possible and welcomed

Additional Job Details

Employer website: http://www.pccl.at/en/ Employment Ad: https://www.uar.at/Media/490856a6-ee37-422f-bff2-0e5e02dd34f0/Stellenausschreibungen/2013-07-29_ausschreibung-tribologie-engl..pdf