Full-time research and teaching assistant position in electrical engineering - Ecole polytechnique de bruxelles

Reference : 2024/S233

Application deadline: 31/05/2024

Start date : 01/10/2024

Job Description

This job of teaching assistant consists of a half-time teaching (for BA and MA students) and a half-time research in the field of Electrical Engineering.

• the teaching part is devoted to mentoring students in exercises, labs, projects, internships and master thesis
• the second half is devoted to a PhD Thesis (on a subject to be determined in the research fields of the BEAMS/Electrical Energy Research Unit) under the supervision of a professor of the Department 

The courses and research of BEAMS/Electrical Energy are in several fields of electrical engineering (electricity, power systems, electrical drives, power electronics, renewable energies).

Bachelor courses are in taught in French and Master courses are in taught in English.

See also below the links to the concerned study programs and the Google Scholar profiles of the two professors of the Electrical Energy research unit.

https://polytech.ulb.be/en/studies/masters/msc-in-electromechanical-engineering

https://polytech.ulb.be/fr/les-etudes/bacheliers/ingenieur-civil

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mV_VDDsAAAAJ&hl=en

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WQZZuv0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Main Research Field : Engineering

Sub Research Field : Electrical engineering

Required educational level: Master level in Electrical or Electromechanical engineering

Required Languages :

Français : Excellent

English : Excellent

Skills required 

• the willingness to invest oneself in teaching activities and the development of pedagogical competences
• the willingness to conduct a PhD research project
• autonomy, reliability and motivation
• ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
• level B2 in French and English
• innovative and creative spirit

Courses covered

• ELEC-H-3001 – Électricité appliquée 
• ELEC-H-201 – Électricité et électronique
• ELEC-H-312 – Power electronics
• ELEC-H-413 – Electric power systems I
• ELEC-H-405 – Electrical drives
• ELEC-H-419 – Multi-physics modelling and simulation

And possibly

• ELEC-H-543 – Electric power systems II
• ELEC-H-412 – Design and control of electrical machines
• MECA-H-414 – Renewable energy technology 

Interested ?

For more information, please contact Mr. Johan Gyselinck (telephone : +32 2 650.26.69 – email: johan.gyselinck@ulb.be) or Mr. Pierre Henneaux (telephone : +32 2 650.26.62 – email: pierre.henneaux@ulb.be).

Applications must be sent by e-mail to the rectorate of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (rectrice@ulb.be ) and to the faculty deanship (le-doyen-polytech@ulb.be). 

They must include the following :

• a motivation letter
• a Curriculum vitae including a list of publications :
  if you want you can complete a standard form via our website at https://www.ulb.be/fr/documents-officiels/completer-votre-cv-en-ligne.  Once completed, it must be downloaded and attached to the application file.
• a note on the applicant’s PhD research project (4 pages)
• two letters of reference

Equal opportunities policy

ULB's personnel management policy is geared towards diversity and equal opportunities.

We recruit candidates on the basis of their skills, irrespective of age, gender, sexual orientation, origin, nationality, beliefs, disability, etc.

Would you like to be provided with reasonable accommodation in the selection procedure because of a disability, disorder, or illness?  Please contact Marie Botty, the person in charge of diversity aspects for the academic and scientific staff (marie.botty@ulb.be). Be assured of the confidentiality of this information.

More details on the ULB gender and diversity policy are available at https://www.ulb.be/en/about-ulb/gender-equality-at-ulb. 

You will find all the regulations relating to research careers on our site at http://www.ulb.ac.be/emploi/academique.html.