Research Associate

Fixed-term 3 years

$56,759 - $60,924 p.a. + 17% super

The Role: Professor Alireza Baghai-Wadji has an ARC Linkage grant commencing in 2008 and is looking to recruit an appropriately qualified and experienced researcher. This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative multidisciplinary team in developing models for the simulation of the characteristics of Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Devices in a research group which has pioneered numerous modelling and simulation tools for SAW devices in Europe, the United States and South East Asia since 1979. Funding is available to support attendance at overseas and national conferences annually.

The Person: You will require a PhD in either Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics or Mathematical Physics, have a strong research background in either computational techniques for electronic materials, device modelling or algorithms design, be proficient in C++ and have extensive experience in the development of customised codes using one or more of the following techniques: the Finite Element Method, the Finite Difference Method, the Boundary Element Method, or Evolutionary Programming.

PLEASE NOTE: An RMIT Application sheet must accompany your application.

Further information: Professor Alireza Baghai-Wadji +61 3 9925 2851

Applications Close: 07 December 2007

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