Open positions

We are hiring!

Our team is growing! We have 2 open PhD positions. Details below…

PhD position

We are looking for motivated and passionate doctoral students to join our team. The PhD thesis will focus on dynamic phase transformations under large mechanical stresses and coupled multiphysical fields. The student will develop dynamic impact experiments, multi-physical test benches and high-speed instrumentation towards the discovery of phase transformation kinetics in shape memory alloys at short time scales.

Does this excite you? Then please do apply! Complete application details can be found in the pdf attached.

In case of questions, please feel free to contact me at vignesh.kannan@polytechnique.edu.

Application deadline (extended): January 31, 2026

Apart from open calls for funded positions, we are always excited to discuss potential doctoral/post-doctoral positions through external fellowships.

As a growing lab there are always positions for masters and undergraduate students to contribute to our team.

Please do not hesitate to reach out at vignesh.kannan@polytechnique.edu if you are interested in working with us.