Laboratory Technician Photovoltaic Materials and Devices group

Laboratory Technician Photovoltaic Materials and Devices Group

The PVMD group looks for an energetic technician supporting the basic operation of our fabrication, characterization, and monitoring equipment, work on its maintenance and manage our data platforms.

Job description

Within this job position, you will be assigned to the following tasks:

1. Maintaining and operating fabrication equipment in our Module Manufacturing Room in the PVMD wing of the ESP Lab;
2. Supporting the measurement setups for the electrical, optical, and structural characterisation of photovoltaic devices, in the different PVMD labs.
3. Giving support for the outdoor PVMD monitoring station, the Photovoltatronics Lab and the educational PV Lab;
4. Creating upgrades (software/hardware) to extend the possibilities of our equipment, including those in the TU Delft PV Technology Center;
5. Support the coding and the maintenance of the Dutch PV Portal (www.tudelft.nl/dutchpvportal) as well as other data platforms of the PVMD group;
6. Training users;
7. Executing projects for third parties.

You will become a member of the ESP Lab section, headed by Lab Manager Sandra Dordevic. Technicians of the ESP Lab are responsible for the research equipment of the research groups and take care of the infrastructure of the ESP Lab. Your work will be focused on the support of the PVMD group, headed by Prof. Olindo Isabella.

About the department

The research in the department of Electrical Sustainable Energy is inspired by the technical, scientific, and societal challenges originating from the transition towards a more sustainable society and focuses on four areas:

• DC Systems, Energy Conversion and Storage (DCE&S)
• Photovoltaic Materials and Devices (PVMD)
• Intelligent Electrical Power Grids (IEPG)
• High Voltage Technologies (HVT)

The Electrical Sustainable Energy department provides expertise in each of these areas throughout the entire energy system chain. The department owns a large ESP Laboratory (ESP Lab) assembling High Voltage testing, DC Grids testing environment, and large RTDS that is actively used for real-time simulation of future electrical power systems, AC and DC protection and wide-area monitoring and protection.

The PVMD group has vacuum equipment in a clean room for depositing thin films and fabricating high efficiency silicon-based solar cells, opto-electrical characterization equipment, photovoltaic modules manufacturing unit, an outdoor testing facility and a photovoltaic laboratory. In latter, practicals, courses and demonstrations are organized for students. The technicians ensure that the MSc and PhD students have access to the necessary testing equipment.

Job requirements

• Hold a BSc/MSc degree in applied physics or electrical engineering or have demonstrable relevant experience.
• Have experience/affinity with 3D design and printing, PCB design and electronics, programming PC/PLC control software (Labview, Matlab, Python), prototyping (with microcontrollers) and LAMP/Python/HTML/Java for web applications.
• Basic optics knowledge is a prerequisite.
• Work organized and tidy.
• Manage time effectively.
• Be a reliable team worker.

Specific knowledge in photovoltaic technologies, PV modules manufacturing, PV systems deployment, numerical modelling & coding, and previous work in clean room are welcome.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) brings together three scientific disciplines. Combined, they reinforce each other and are the driving force behind the technology we all use in our daily lives. Technology such as the electricity grid, which our faculty is helping to make completely sustainable and future-proof. At the same time, we are developing the chips and sensors of the future, whilst also setting the foundations for the software technologies to run on this new generation of equipment – which of course includes AI. Meanwhile we are pushing the limits of applied mathematics, for example mapping out disease processes using single cell data, and using mathematics to simulate gigantic ash plumes after a volcanic eruption. In other words: there is plenty of room at the faculty for ground-breaking research. We educate innovative engineers and have excellent labs and facilities that underline our strong international position. In total, more than 1000 employees and 4,000 students work and study in this innovative environment.

Conditions of employment

• Duration of contract is 1 year with prospect of permanent
• An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
• Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages.
• Flexible working week.
• Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave
• Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.

Additional information

For more information about this vacancy, please contact:

• Olindo Isabella, Professor, email: o.isabella@tudelft.nl, tel: +31 (0)15 27 81947.
• Sandra Dordevic, Electrical Sustainable Power Laboratory Manager, email: a.dordevic@tudelft.nl, tel: +31 (0)15 27 83279.