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ZSW is a nonprofit research institute with ~300 scientists and engineers across three German locations, focused on photovoltaics, hydrogen, batteries, and fuel cells. The hiring profile skews heavily toward research-track roles (24 of 28 active postings) with a majority at intern/entry level, reflecting a mission-driven organization scaling experimental capacity rather than commercial product teams. Active projects span PV forecasting, energy management software, battery simulation, and direct-air capture—revealing a portfolio focused on solving engineering bottlenecks in renewable energy infrastructure rather than consumer-facing products.
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What Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) Is Building
◆Challenges
- Pv production challenges for distribution networks
- Estimating climate impact of policy measures
- Reducing cost of solar cells
- Characterization methods improvement
- Workflow improvement
- Co2 separation from air
- Efficiency optimization of perovskite solar cells
- Cost-effective vacuum-free coating methods
- Optimizing co2 capture process
- Scaling up dac plant
▲Active Projects
- Load and pv generation forecasting
- Energy management software for buildings
- Alternative layer structures
- Simulation tool development
- Efficiency optimization
- Wind energy test field
- Battery storage simulation and control
- Co2 capture from air
- Power-to-x storage
- Erprobung anderer materialvarianten zur erhöhung der zellstabilität
Hiring Activity
30 roles · 15 in 30d
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