Chemical Engineer or Process Engineer (f/m/d)
Polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) are found all over the world in water, drinking water, soil and also in offices and sales areas where materials containing flourine are used or sold, in varying concentrations. A large number of the approximately 14,000 individual substances currently known are particularly stable in the environment and some have harmful effects on health.
Products and residues containing PFAS must therefore be safely degraded and the end of their life and converted into harmless substances. In plants for thermal treatment or recycling processes, a very high degree of degradation must be ensured and recorded by appropriate measurements. The aim of the investigations at the Institute of Technical Chemistry (ITC) is to improve our understanding of PFAS degradation under the conditions of incineration and pyrolysis plants.
We have suitable test facilities, sampling and analysis methds to evaluate the PFAS behaviour.
Organizational unit
Institute for Technical Chemistry (ITC)
Job description
Your tasks will include:
- Planning, conducting, and evaluating experimental studies on the detection and degradation of PFAS, both in defined laboratory experiments and at pilot or industrial scale.
- The focus will be on the further development of analytical methods as well as the understanding and description of PFAS degradation as a function of chemical reaction conditions.
- You will work within a team and collaborate on relevant research projects with internal and external partners.
Starting date
15.09.2025
Personal qualification
- You have completed your university degree (chemical engineering, process engineering, technical chemistry, or related disciplines) with excellent grades.
- You show a strong interest in scientific work and are pursuing a doctorate.
- Experience in sampling and analytics is desirable.
- Very good English skills are required.
This is what we offer
Become a member of staff of the only German University of Excellence that conducts large-scale research on the national level. Work under excellent working conditions in an interna-tional environment and be active in research and academic education for our future. Benefit from specific training when starting your job and from a wide range of further qualification offers. Use our flexible working time models (flexitime, work from home), our sports and leisure offers, as well as our child and holiday care services. We also pay a share of EUR 25/month in the Job Ticket Baden-Württemberg. Enjoy a large variety of dishes, snacks, and beverages at our canteens.
Salary
Salary category 13 TV-L, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.
Contract duration
December 31st, 2027.
Application up to
September 1st, 2025
Contact person in line-management
For further information, please contact Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Gehrmann,
hans-joachim.gehrmann@kit.edu.
Please apply online using the button below for this vacancy number 289/2025.
Vacancy number: 289/2025
We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore we kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job. Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are equally qualified.Contact
Personnel Support is provided by:
Personalservice (PSE) - Human Resources
Ms Rink
Phone: +49 721 608-25004,
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany