Research Engineer* Sail Systems for Sustainable Shipping

at  Wind Energy Systems

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world’s leading applied research organization. Around 30 800 employees work with an annual research budget of 3.0 billion euros.

WHO WE ARE …

Our primary focuses at Fraunhofer IWES are on wind energy and hydrogen technologies. Our institute is home to more than 300 scientists and employees as well as over 100 students from over 30 countries pursuing careers in applied research and development at nine sites. We secure investments in technological developments through validation, shorten innovation cycles, accelerate certification procedures, and increase planning accuracy by means of innovative measurement methods.

THESE DUTIES AWAITING YOU …

You will mainly work on research projects with us and can contribute your ideas to the development of new projects. Therefore, you will establish research focuses for sail systems for commercial shipping and get an overview of the various auxiliary wind drives, in order to identify weak spots and optimization potential. This includes the mechanical design of the rig as a complete system as well as the flap and adjustment mechanisms for the wind propulsion system. To do so, you will determine the operating loads of sail systems. Employing your results, you will then optimize the operating and vibration behavior. In addition, you will also optimize the design of wind propulsion systems with regard to lightweight construction and resource efficiency.