Senior Research Fellow (Wireless Power Transfer)

About the role

The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University is looking for a Senior Research Fellow to develop, optimise and validate wireless power transfer (WPT) systems for electric vehicle charging roadway applications. The fellow contributes to double-D coil-based WPT system design, electromagnetic simulation, magnetic coupling enhancement, electromagnetic shielding evaluation and laboratory validation within a multidisciplinary project involving civil and electrical engineering.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and optimise double-D coil-based WPT systems.
• Simulate WPT efficiency, electromagnetic field distribution, impedance matching and misalignment tolerance using electromagnetic simulation tools.
• Design and evaluate surfaces and/or dielectric matching layers to improve magnetic coupling.
• Evaluate electromagnetic shielding performance and electromagnetic field safety compliance.
• Develop laboratory measurement setups to validate WPT efficiency, shielding effectiveness, lateral misalignment tolerance and system robustness.
• Analyse simulation and experimental results, prepare technical reports, publish research findings and support project milestones.
• Work closely with PhD/MSc students, undergraduate students and collaborators from civil and electrical engineering.

Required profile

• PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Applied Electromagnetics, Power Electronics, Wireless Power Transfer or a closely related field.
• More than 5 years of research experience in wireless power transfer, electromagnetic compatibility/interference, electromagnetic shielding, antenna/coil design or related areas.
• Good publication record in relevant research areas.
• Ability to communicate well in writing and orally and to work in a multidisciplinary research team.

Required skills

• Experience with electromagnetic simulation tools.
• Experience with WPT coil design, resonant inductive coupling, impedance matching, magnetic-field analysis and efficiency optimisation.
• Experience with laboratory measurements for WPT, electromagnetic shielding or RF/low-frequency electromagnetic systems.
• Proficiency in MATLAB, Python, C/C++ or equivalent tools for simulation, data analysis and automation.