Research Engineer / R&D Project Manager – Hydrogen Combustion (M/F)

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description Company : . As a higher education institution, the University of Orléans operates across 7 campuses in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 20,200 students, offers 141 national degree programs, employs 2,000 staff members, and operates 24 research units. Work Location: PRISME Laboratory. Start Date: Position available starting in January 2027. Contract Type/Status: Research Engineer (IGR), Project-Based Fixed-Term Contract (2 years), Full-time. Presentation of the project : . The DELHYCE Industrial Chair, entitled ‘Design of efficient, low-emission hydrogen internal combustion engines’, aims to develop a methodology for the retrofitting and redesign of hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines, based on small-displacement diesel engines for commercial vehicles and larger-displacement diesel engines for heavy goods vehicles, utilising, in particular, optical diagnostics to improve hydrogen-air flow and reactive mixtures. Two STELLANTIS engines and one RENAULT TRUCKS engine will then be optimised and tested. Presentation of the Service / laboratory : . The PRISME laboratory is a research laboratory at the University of Orléans and INSA Centre Val de Loire (UR 4229). Its scientific scope and methodological approaches fall within the scientific field of Science and Technology (ST). They cover both Engineering Sciences (SPI) and Information and Communication Sciences and Technologie