COEP Research Associate Electric Tractor Recruitment 2026

COEP Research Associate Recruitment 2026: Overview

COEP Technological University, Pune (COEP) is recruiting a Research Associate for an electric-tractor motor project under the ANRF-PAIR programme. The project brings COEP together with IIT Bombay through a hub-and-spoke research partnership. It focuses on switched reluctance and permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motors, linking motor development with the needs of an electric tractor.

The work belongs to Project UID 01, with the position identified by post code 01/RA-1. You would join a project appointment at COEP in Pune, rather than a regular university post. The university was formerly known as the College of Engineering Pune and is now a public technological university of the Government of Maharashtra.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Initial tenure: The appointment starts with one year. The notice allows extension up to four years, depending on your performance and the availability of project funds.
• Project-linked appointment: The position ends with the ANRF-PAIR project or when project completion or funding conditions bring the appointment to an end. The notice identifies the broader project period as 2025–2030.
• No permanent appointment claim: Working on this project does not give you a right to regular or permanent employment at COEP. Keep this distinction in mind when considering the appointment.
• Service arrangement: The university treats the position as non-vacational under its own rules and the funding agency’s norms. The appointment order also needs approval from the university’s competent legal authority.
• Joining conditions: You must accept the project appointment’s terms when joining. The university can change, limit or cancel the recruitment, an application or the post without giving a reason.
• Alternative designation: The university may consider an applicant for a suitable lower designation when the mandatory requirements for this post are not met. The designation and corresponding pay would then follow the institution’s and funding agency’s rules.
• Interview travel: No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. You should account for your own travel costs if called.
• Separate applications: If you apply for more than one post, send a separate application for each. The university may reject incomplete forms or applications missing the required supporting material.

Application Submission Notes

Use the prescribed application form available under Careers on the university website, and send your application by Registered Post, Speed Post or courier to The Registrar, COEP Technological University, Wellesley Road, Shivajinagar, Pune – 411 005, Maharashtra, India. Mark the envelope “APPLICATION FOR RESEARCH POSITION (POST CODE:01/RA-1) UNDER ANRF-PAIR Programme”.

The university processes this rolling advertisement in monthly batches; the monthly receipt rule is recorded with the application requirements. For recruitment queries, contact mohitess.mech@coeptech.ac.in; the notice gives this as a clarification address, while the application route is postal.

• Design prototypes for switched reluctance and permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motors.
• Run experiments to validate the motor designs.
• Perform thermal finite-element studies.
• Suggest suitable cooling arrangements for the motors.
• Model control systems using MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent tools.
• Troubleshoot complex hardware and software integration problems.