Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Part-time Research Associate / Research Assistant
(Ref. 261016015)
[Appointment period: two months]
Duties
The appointee will assist the project leader in the research project - “A novel medium-voltage contactless sold-state transformer for subsea data centres: from electro-thermal modelling to communication-free active partial discharge suppression”.
Qualifications
For the post of Research Associate, applicants should have a master’s degree or a good honours degree in Electrical Engineering with three or more years of research/relevant work experience.
For the post of Research Assistant, applicants should have an honours degree in the aforesaid discipline or an equivalent qualification.
For both posts, applicants should also have a strong background in power electronics.
Applicants are invited to contact Dr Liu Junwei at telephone number 2766 6129 or via email at junwei.jw.liu@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
For part-time appointment, the remuneration rates are $181 per hour for the post of Research Associate and $125 per hour for the post of Research Assistant.
Consideration of applications will commence on 23 October 2026 until the position is filled.
Posting date: 16 October 2026