Mechanics and physics of materials in environmental conditions M/F
- Tenure Track Position
This offer is open to people with a document recognizing their status as a disabled worker.
Offer at a glance
The Unit
CNRS Ingénierie
Contract Type
Tenure Track Position
Working hHours
Full Time
Remuneration
Annual salary from 54 600 Euros to 57 800 Euros depending on professionnal experience.
Apply Application Deadline : 02 September 2026 17:00
Job Description
Summary of the scientific project
The CPJ addresses the new challenges posed by the storage and use of new energy carriers, such as hydrogen, ammonia, and synthetic fuels. These compounds, particularly H₂, impose strong design constraints on the materials used for their containment, such as low temperatures and high pressures, which give rise to fluid-material interactions that need to be characterized and modeled. This requires a multidisciplinary approach, encompassing physical chemistry at small-scales, such as corrosion issues, fluid-wall interactions, mechanics at both microscopic and macroscopic scales regarding the strength and durability of container materials in relation to their microstructure, and the coupling between diffusion of species, fluid and mechanics of materials... The CPJ thus aims to develop expertise in the challenges posed by the intensive use of new energy sources, using methodologies that include modeling, simulation, and experimental characterization.
Summary of the teaching project
The candidate will join the educational programs at the relevant campus to teach courses related to their research topics, for a maximum of 42 hours. This will primarily involve research-based education, in the form of research projects or guest lectures in the campus's master's programs. Integration into these programs will be coordinated with the institutions involved, including the University of Poitiers, ISAE-ENSMA, Arts et Métiers, or Sorbonne Paris Nord University.
Potential host facilities
- INSIS - CNRS Ingénierie
- PIMM - Procédés et Ingénierie en Mécanique et Matériaux
- Institut P' - Institut P': Physique et Ingénierie en Matériaux, Mécanique et Énergétique
- LSPM - Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux
Your Profil
Profile Required
Holders of a doctorate or a PhD or equivalent degree or applicants who have gained scientific qualifications or carried out scientific work deemed to be of an equivalent level.There is no restriction on the age or nationality of applicants. All CNRS positions are accessible to people with disabilities, with special arrangements for tests made necessary by the nature of the disability
Your Work Environment
Host Lab Strategy
The three targeted research units conduct cutting-edge research in the fields of mechanics, materials, and interfaces. Their multidisciplinary activities focus on understanding and modeling the macroscopic and microscopic properties of materials and structures, including phenomena at the smallest scales, and the physical chemistry of interfaces. Their expertise in instrumentation and metrology, along with first-class experimental platforms, supports this research. Their strategy is particularly focused on addressing challenges related to energy, decarbonization, the environment, and sustainability.
Institution Strategy
The CNRS conducts fundamental research for the benefit of society and has identified energy transition and sustainability as key scientific priorities. The CNRS also leads the Climate, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Society Agency, where interdisciplinarity plays a significant role. In this context, CNRS Engineering aims to strengthen expert communities in the field of new energy carriers for carbon-free transportation, sustainability, and energy sovereignty. The CPJ will enable upstream scientific advancement in the field of hydrogen applications, new sustainable fuels, and ammonia. The chair will be part of a continuum of upstream research/ commercialization, and innovation led by the organization, within one of the proposed host laboratories.
International Strategy
The CNRS is a key player in international science. Across the globe, CNRS teams collaborate with the best laboratories, and each year, top-level foreign researchers join it. Its international policy aims to enhance the impact and relevance of its research. This is why the CNRS encourages and supports the development of international research projects, particularly in Europe (ERC and EIC), as well as collaborative exchanges (IRP, IRN).
Compensation and benefits
Compensation
Annual salary from 54 600 Euros to 57 800 Euros depending on professionnal experience.
Total funding
200k€
Annual leave and RTT
44 jours
Remote Working practice and compensation
Pratique et indemnisation du TT
Transport
Prise en charge à 75% du coût et forfait mobilité durable jusqu’à 300€
Research Policy
Open Science
The CNRS is developing a strong policy in favor of open science. Open science consists of making research results "as accessible as possible and closed as necessary". As such, the CNRS aims to make 100% of the texts of publications resulting from the work of its laboratories accessible , in particular through deposit in HAL. The data produced must also be made available and reusable, except for specific restrictions. In addition, the guiding principles of individual evaluation have been revised in accordance with the DORA declaration, to be more qualitative and to take into account all facets of the researcher's profession.
Science and society
The relationship between science and society is now recognized as a full dimension of scientific activity. The project will develop this dimension in synergy with all the partners. The resulting research work will contribute to informing public decision-making. Participatory science initiatives may be initiated with actors from the project’s socio-economic and cultural eco-system.
Scientific dissemination
The dissemination of the results will be done through world-class scientific productions: publications, patents, software... In addition, the results will be communicated to various targets such as scientific communities, media, decision makers, general public, schools, etc., with an adapted calendar. Specific tools may be developed such as websites, newsletters, meetings, international symposia, summer schools and conferences.
About the offer
| Offer reference | CPJ-2026-009 |
|---|---|
| CN Section(s) / Research Area | Material and structural engineering, solid mechanics, biomechanics, acoustics Fluid and reactive environments: transport, transfer, transformation processes |
About the CNRS
The CNRS is a major player in fundamental research on a global scale. The CNRS is the only French organization active in all scientific fields. Its unique position as a multi-specialist allows it to bring together different disciplines to address the most important challenges of the contemporary world, in connection with the actors of change.
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