Administrative staff

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Z_DET

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

27.06.2024

DESY-Zeuthen

The Zeuthen location of DESY has a strong focus on astroparticle and particle physics (gamma-ray and neutrino astronomy, and collider particle physics). The experimental groups are accompanied by a strong theory group. DESY Zeuthen is responsible for developing and delivering detectors for astroparticle and particle physics experiments, and is actively engaged in R&D for future applications.With the Centre for Quantum Technology and Applications (CQTA), DESY Zeuthen is taking a leading role in applying quantum technology to challenges in particle and astroparticle physics. A new search for the effects of ultralight dark matter is being constructed, using ultra-sensitive optical atomic clocks as the sensing element. The post holder will contribute to this search, driving the development of a test setup for networked clock comparison and frequency stabilisation. The post holder will also help to develop the procedures to collect and analyse the frequency comparisons, forming the basis of fundamental physics searches for (e.g.) ultralight dark matter.

About your role:

• Active role in networked clock comparisons for dark matter and fundamental physics measurements
• Develop a test network comprising clocks, frequency combs, glass fibres and transfer lasers
• Participate in the collaboration between DESY, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (Heidelberg), and U. Birmingham
• Analyse experimental atomic clock data and participate in the interpretation of results

About you:

• PhD in experimental physics or equivalent qualification
• Experience with optics and lasers and in one of the relevant physics fields (e.g. particle, atomic/nuclear physics, quantum optics)
• Very good command of English is required and knowledge of German is of advantage
• Willingness to travel and participate in working meetings, conferences, and field work abroad
• Strong motivation, very good organizational skills, resilience; ability to work in teams and excellent communication skills

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time, job-sharing models and participation in mobile work (up to 50%). You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities. Remuneration is according to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) at both locations.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PGI-11 - JARA-Institut Quanten Information

Sonstiges

Your Job:

Support of the institute management with general administrative tasks:

• Assistance in the creation of reports
  
• Support with public relations and the organization for trade fairs and events
  
• Support in the creation of digital and print media
  
• Supporting work in the implementation the website relaunch and the Website migration

Your Profile:

• Ideally a degree in economics or law, natural or engineering sciences as well as the humanities or Social sciences
  
• Discretion as well as a careful and structured way of working
  
• Competent, confident and friendly appearance
  
• Professional handling of Adobe CS - InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
  
• Very good knowledge of MS Office
  
• Very good knowledge of written and spoken German and English

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• Ideal conditions for gaining practical experience alongside your studies
  
• A part-time position (20 hours/week) with ideal conditions for balancing work and private life
  
• The chance to independently prepare and work on your tasks
  
• An interdisciplinary collaboration on projects in an international, committed and collegial team
  
• A large research campus with green spaces, offering the best possible means for networking with colleagues and pursuing sports alongside work
  
• Comprehensive training courses and individual opportunities for personal and professional further development
  
• Extensive company health management
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. Salary and social benefits in conformity with the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD). Depending on the applicant`s qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks, salary grade 3 TVöD-Bund.

Place of employment: Aachen

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PGI-11 - JARA-Institut Quanten Information

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Your Job:

Building on in-house fabricated devices, we have recently demonstrated the ability to shuttle electrons between gate defined quantum dots in Si/SiGe over micron-scale distances using only four different AC-voltages, independent of the distance covered arxiv.org/abs/2108.00879 . Theoretical consideration indicate good prospects for maintaining spin-coherence of the shuttled electron, which would make this approach very promising for scaling up semiconductor spin qubit devices. This position focuses on experimentally demonstrating coherent spin shuttling, shuttling-compatible high-fidelity qubit control and further ingredients for a shuttling-based architecture, using devices from academic or industrial fabrication.
Key activities can include:

• Demonstration and experimental characterization of spin coherence during shuttling
  
• Shuttling-compatible demonstration of high-fidelity qubit control
  
• Demonstration of T-Junctions (Fig. 1(b)) as step towards qubit grids
  
• Advancement of a shuttling based architecture with 2D-connectivity
  
• Migration to industrially fabricated devices

Your Profile:

• Master and PhD in physics or a related field
  
• In-depth experience with quantum control experiments on quantum dot qubits
  
• Good software development skills
  
• Experience with sub-Kelvin cryogenic techniques
  
• Strong aptitude for mentoring students
  
• Good communication skills
  
• A strong drive to conduct ambitious, cutting edge research towards scalable quantum computing
  
• A research track record commensurate with our ambition

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• A large research campus with green spaces, offering the best possible means for networking with colleagues and pursuing sports alongside work
  
• Comprehensive training courses and individual opportunities for personal and professional further development
  
• Extensive company health management
  
• Ideal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly corporate policy
  
• Flexible work (location) arrangements, e.g. remote work
  
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible long-term prospects. Salary and social benefits will conform to the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund), pay group 13-14, depending on the applicant’s qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks assigned to them.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

IBG-1 - Biotechnologie

Work placement

Your Job:

Our Modeling and Simulation Group offers an interdisciplinary and agile research environment within a dynamic and diverse group. The project is an excellent example for research at the interface of computational systems biology and mathematics/statistics with a strong attitude to open research software development. For more information visit www.fz-juelich.de/ibg/ibg-1/modsim or github.com/modsim.

Quantifying the activity of enzymes operating within the large-scale biochemical network is a fundamental challenge in Systems Bio(tech)nology. Here, the unknown parameters must be inferred from models that are incomplete and data that involve errors. For such challenges, Bayesian analysis using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) has become the gold standard.

For addressing high dimensional parameter inference problems with Bayesian statistics, powerful MCMC methods have been proposed, for example the MCMC differential evolution and the Riemann Manifold Langevin Monte Carlo methods. Because of the specific structure of the inference problems occurring in metabolic models, direct application of these MCMC algorithms is, however, not possible.

In this project, you will bring MCMC methods into the setting of metabolic flux inference and, with inspiration from existing algorithms, develop tailored MCMC algorithms. You will implement the ensuing algorithms in an existing C++ framework, validate and benchmark them with a realistic case study.

The main focus of the project can develop either more in the mathematical theory of MCMC, the implementation of code for the Jülich supercomputers (GPU/CPU), or being combined with a practical modeling project.

Your Profile:

• You are highly motivated, with an interest in probability theory, mathematics, and data science.
  
• Very good practical C++ and Python programming skills allow you to make your ideas happen.
  
• You have strong interest in curiosity-driven multidisciplinary research.

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change!

We support you in your work with:

• An interesting and socially relevant topic for your thesis with future-oriented topics
  
• Ideal conditions for gaining practical experience alongside your Master studies
  
• An interdisciplinary collaboration on projects in an international, committed and collegial team
  
• Excellent technical equipment and the newest technology
  
• Qualified supervision and support
  
• The chance to independently prepare and work on your tasks
  
• Flexible working hours as well as working location
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

FSR

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

17.01.2025

DESY

The brilliant synchrotron source PETRA III as well as the intense free-electron laser FLASH and our inhouse research groups at DESY CFEL offer a broad range of research opportunities, ranging from life science to the study of fundamental physical processes in various areas. DESY offers several career opportunities also in the enabling technologies like detector or laser physics and development.

About your role:

• Condensed matter physics
• Atoms, Molecules and Optics
• Laser physics
• Detector development
• Structural Chemistry
• Structural Biology

About you:

• Ph.D. completed within the last 5 years after your doctorate
• Experience in experimental or theoretical science in one of the areas of the DESY photon science division

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time, job-sharing models and participation in mobile work (up to 50%). You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities. Remuneration is according to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) at both locations.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

IBG-4 - Bioinformatik

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Your Job:

We are seeking highly motivated postdoctoral researchers to join these projects.
If you are passionate about protein dynamics and design, protein function prediction, small molecule property prediction, modern artificial intelligence methods, molecular dynamics, and interdisciplinary research, this is your chance to be part of an exciting journey at the forefront of science and technology.

• Development of cutting edge foundation models for protein design, small molecule property prediction, or protein function prediction
  
• Data generation and curation, including molecular simulation and genomic approaches
  
• Application of the modeling approaches in relevant downstream tasks
  
• Co-development of high-performance computing AI training codes for the first European Exascale Supercomputer JUPITER
  
• Engagement in national and international ML/DL communities and the Helmholtz Foundation Model initiative
  
• Present research results at scientific meetings, conferences, and as scientific publications
  

Your Profile:

• A Master`s degree and an excellent PhD degree in Biochemistry, Chemistry, or a related Molecular Science
  
• Proven Track Record in Machine Learning, Molecular Simulations, Chemoinformatics, Statistical Physics, Genome Annotation, and/or related fields
  
• Practical experience with High Performance Computing Systems as well as parallel/distributed programming
  
• Very good command of written and spoken English
  
• Your experience should be documented in research papers and Open Source code projects
  
• Self-motivated personality, curiosity about working in a multi-disciplinary team environment on scientifically challenging problems
  

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• Work on frontiers of scientific and technological challenges with access to cutting-edge and unique supercomputing systems
  
• Scientific work embedded in a vibrant community of experts in Molecular Modeling and Simulations, Machine Learning, and lab research
  
• An exciting working environment on an attractive research campus, located between the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Aachen
  
• Full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours and 30 days of annual leave
  
• Flexible working hours and various opportunities to reconcile work and private life
  
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g., through our International Advisory Service
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer:
go.fzj.de/benefits

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible long-term prospects. Salary and social benefits will conform to the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund), pay group EG 13, depending on the applicant’s qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks assigned to them. All information about the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed . The monthly salaries in euros can be found on page 66 of the PDF download.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

JCNS-3 - Neutronenanalytik für die Energieforschung

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Your Job:

• Synthesis and physicochemical characterization of energy materials or representative model systems
  
• Characterization of the dynamical and structural properties of energy materials with a focus on neutron spectroscopy as main analysis technique, supported by complementary experimental techniques or theoretical simulations
  
• Hands-on participation in experiments at large scale facilities as well as the opportunity to design and construct instruments and/or sample environments
  
• Establishment of cooperation projects with institutes at Forschungszentrum Jülich working on energy materials
  
• Supervision of MSc and BSc students
  
• Presentation of research results at conferences and publication in peer-reviewed journals
  
• Representation of JCNS-3 in project meetings and on international conferences to foster our network

Your Profile:

Basic qualifications:

• Completed Master’s degree with subsequent PhD in Physics, Chemistry, Material Science or related disciplines
  
• Experience with neutron spectroscopy (e.g. INS, QENS, NSE) and the structural characterization of materials (e.g. powder diffraction)
  
• Experience in material synthesis and complementary characterization techniques, e.g. IR
  
• Motivated and creative approach to research with the ability to work independently and in collaborative teams
  

Preferred additional qualifications:

• Good written and oral communication skills in English
  
• Research background in energy materials (e.g. fuel cells, batteries, heterogeneous catalysts, interfaces)
  
• Proficiency in high-level programming languages, e.g. Python
  
• Previous supervision of graduate students, as well as laboratory or instrument responsibilities

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• The opportunity to be an active part in the establishing of our department
  
• Comprehensive training programs and individual opportunities for personal and professional development
  
• Access to a strong research network at the FZJ, and to the infrastructure of the Institute of Crystallography, RWTH Aachen University
  
• Comprehensive company health management
  
• Flexible working hours in a full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours ( go.fzj.de/near-full-time )
  
• The opportunity to work to some extend from home or another location within reasonable limits and in consultation with the supervisor
  
• 30 days of annual leave and provision for days off between public holidays and weekends (e.g. between Christmas and New Year)
  
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

You will be employed for a fixed term of 2 years but with the prospect of longer-term employment. Salary and social security benefits will conform to the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund), pay group 13, depending on your current qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks assigned to you. All information about the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed The monthly salaries in euros can be found on page 66 of the PDF download.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

We use brain imaging to further our understanding of the structural and functional characteristics and changes that impact brain health. We investigate determinants of brain imaging substrates, including genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors, and derive imaging biomarkers and classifiers to predict trajectories of brain aging and development of cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative pathology. Our ultimate aim is to contribute to the prevention of neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular diseases and support healthy brain aging.

Our research is primarily based on the Rhineland Study, a large prospective cohort study that emphasizes deep phenotyping. We collect advanced MRI data (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-024-01085-w) as well as extensive behavioral and clinical data, including cognitive and neurological assessments, cardiovascular and anthropometric assessments, sensory systems tests, medical history, and medication use. Moreover, comprehensive multi-omics data ((epi)genomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic, lipidomic and proteomic data) from our study participants have been analyzed, with data sets expanding. The study currently includes over 12,500 individuals, nearly 5,000 of whom already have longitudinal data. Additional baseline and follow-up data collection is ongoing.

In this context, the group of Prof. Dr. Breteler is looking for an ambitious and experienced researcher (m/f/x) in full time to join our team.

• Focus on topics in population-based imaging, particularly structural MRI, in the context of the Rhineland Study
• Integration of advanced tools for the analysis of structural MRI data with extensive clinical and phenotypic data
• Investigation of determinants, biomarkers, and clinical correlates of brain structure and function over the adult life course
• Contribution to ongoing projects and development of independent research projects
• Management and oversight of image acquisition and image analysis pipelines
• Supervision of PhD and master’s students
• Active participation in national and international collaborations

• You hold a PhD in biomedical image processing, epidemiology, medicine, (bio)medical sciences or other relevant discipline
• Experience with epidemiological research or large-scale observational studies using structural MRI or other brain imaging techniques
• Experience with standard neuroimaging tools (e.g. FreeSurfer, SPM, ANTS or FSL)
• Knowledge of epidemiological methods, study design, and statistics
• A track record of publishing high quality scientific articles
• Enjoy working as part of an interdisciplinary and international team
• Proficiency in spoken and written English is required

• Innovation and internationality a forward-looking infrastructure, modern laboratory and office equipment, software tools and the opportunity for international exchange with your colleagues from 65 nations
• Work-life balance - we reconcile work and private life with flexible working hours, mobile working, 30 days' holiday (On top free on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve) and subsidised job/ Germany ticket options
• Family-conscious corporate culture - because we know that family is important, we support you with parent-child offices, family services and daycare co-operations
• Health promotion – through our extensive range of company health programmes, in cooperation with Sozialwerk.Bund
• Focus on development - excellent publication opportunities and great potential for the further development of your own research profile
• Remuneration and conditions according to TVöD-Bund - including annual special payment, capital-forming benefits and VBL supplementary pension scheme
• Personalised Onboarding - for a good start to your new professional challenge
• A feel-good working environment - our Bonn employees enjoy a campus surrounded by greenery, with on-site parking and public transport connections as well our company restaurant
• Job with prospects - The position is initially limited to 3 years with the possibility of tenure-track extension

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, a CV, and transcripts in one single PDF file. The cover letter should describe your motivation to apply for this position and detail how your research interests and experience align with the research conducted in our group. Please highlight any relevant projects, publications, or collaborations. Note: We highly value authenticity in applications and discourage the use of AI-generated cover letters.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

For inquiries about the position, please contact Prof Dr Dr Monique Breteler at population-research@dzne.de

You will obtain special skills and knowledge for your scientific qualification during your activities at DZNE. The DZNE is an equal opportunity employer. It is committed to employing disabled individuals and especially encourages them to apply.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Work placement

Das GFZ ist das nationale Zentrum für die Erforschung der festen Erde in Deutschland. Wir fördern das Verständnis dynamischer Prozesse zur Bewältigung globaler Herausforderungen - von der Milderung der Auswirkungen von Naturgefahren über die Bewahrung unserer Umwelt in Zeiten des globalen Wandels bis hin zum verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit natürlichen Ressourcen. Wir sind Mitglied der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, der größten deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisation. Mit rund 1.200 Beschäftigten sowie ca. 500 Gästen tragen wir zum Helmholtz-Forschungsbereich Erde und Umwelt bei und verbinden Spitzenforschung mit gesellschaftlicher Relevanz und internationaler Zusammenarbeit. Unsere Arbeit integriert multidisziplinäre Studien über die Systeme der Erde und nutzt fortschrittliche Technologien und Infrastrukturen, um Lösungen zu erforschen und unser Wissen in die Gesellschaft zu tragen. Wir tun dies im Einklang mit unserer Vision: „Am Puls der Erde, um sie als lebensfreundlichen Planeten zu erhalten“.

Kennziffer 10508

Startdatum:  ab 1. Januar 2026
Praktikumszeitraum:  maximal 2 Wochen

Das Department „Geochemie“ mit seinen 5 Sektionen beschäftigt sich mit den geochemischen und mikrobiellen Prozessen und Stoffkreisläufen im System Erde. Hierbei stehen Bildungs-, Umwandlungs-, Transport‑ und Anreicherungsprozesse von anorganischer und organischer Materie in der Geo-, Hydro-, Atmo- und Biosphäre im Mittelpunkt der Forschung.

Das erwartet Dich:

• Einblicke in die Forschungsinhalte des GFZ im Allgemeinen und des Departments "Geochemie" im Speziellen
• Tätigkeit in einer oder in mehreren Sektionen des Departments „Geochemie“
• Bearbeitung eines Praktikumprojektes in den Laboren des Departments von der Probenaufbereitung bis zur Datenmessung an unterschiedlichen Analysegeräten oder in der Computermodellierung von Geosystemen
• Einblick in das Schülerlabor am GFZ
• Besuch der Bibliothek "Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein"

Das bringst Du mit:

• großes Interesse und gute Leistungen in den naturwissenschaftlichen Fächern
• Interesse an wissenschaftlichen Experimenten und Analysen sowie an Computeranwendungen

Entscheidende Kriterien für die Vergabe der Praktikumsplätze sind die Qualität der Bewerbung und die Verfügbarkeit von Betreuer:innen zu den angefragten Themen und Terminen.

Haben wir Dein Interesse geweckt?

Dann freuen wir uns auf Deine aussagekräftige Bewerbung. Wir bitten Dich vorab eine Entscheidung für das entsprechende Department zu treffen und somit nur  eine Bewerbung bei uns einzureichen. Bitte sende diese ausschließlich über den in der jeweiligen Stellenanzeige enthaltenen "Bewerben-Button".

Deine Bewerbungsunterlagen sollten folgende Unterlagen umfassen:

• ein selbstständig verfasstes Motivationsschreiben
• Deinen Lebenslauf
• eine Kopie Deines letzten Zeugnisses
• den Praktikumsvertrag der Schule

Zusätzlich gibst Du uns bitte Dein Schuljahr und den genauen Zeitraum des Praktikums an.

Das GFZ setzt sich aktiv für Vielfalt ein und begrüßt ausdrücklich Bewerbungen aller qualifizierter Personen, unabhängig von ethnischer und sozialer Herkunft, Nationalität, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung und Identität, Religion/Weltanschauung, Alter und körperlichen Merkmalen. Wir fördern ein inklusives Arbeitsumfeld, in dem jede:r die eigenen Talente voll entfalten kann. Anerkannt schwerbehinderte Menschen werden bei gleicher Eignung und Qualifikation nach Maßgabe des Sozialgesetzbuches IX bevorzugt berücksichtigt. Bei Fragen zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter kannst Du gern mit unserer Gleichstellungsbeauftragten Kontakt aufnehmen.

„Vielfalt in den Perspektiven“ ist einer der Kernwerte des GFZ. Als integraler Bestandteil der Unterstützung der Vielfalt in unserem Zentrum fördern wir aktiv Frauen in der Wissenschaft und in Führungspositionen, u.a. durch unseren Gleichstellungsplan und die Maßnahmen des Kaskadenmodells, um nachhaltige Chancengleichheit in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen zu ermöglichen. Das GFZ setzt sich damit engagiert für die Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in der Wissenschaft, auch in Führungspositionen, ein und ermutigt Frauen ausdrücklich, sich zu bewerben.

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This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

JCNS-3 - Neutronenanalytik für die Energieforschung

PHD Thesis

Your Job:

• Synthesis of heterogeneous catalysts (Ni on Al2O3) and characterization involving e.g. TGA, IR, TEM, MS, BET
  
• Implementation of a reaction chamber for catalytic measurements into a laboratory PDF diffractometer, including the optimization of measurement protocols and combined mass spectrometry
  
• Experiments at synchrotron radiation facilities
  
• Analysis of powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and pair distribution function (PDF) data for structure refinement and modelling of heterogeneous catalysts
  
• Publication of results in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presentation at conferences
  

Your Profile:

Required qualifications and skills:

• University degree (M.Sc. or equivalent) in chemistry, materials science, geoscience, physics or related field
  
• Experience in laboratory work, e.g. synthesis and/or physicochemical characterization such as IR, BET, TGA
  
• Knowledge of X-ray scattering, possibly pair distribution function (PDF) analysis
  
• High motivation for further training, independent and goal-oriented way of working
  

A distinct advantage would be:

• Experience with data analysis and scientific programming (e.g. Origin, Igor Pro, Python, Matlab, Mathematica)
  
• A good command of written and spoken English
  
• You are interested in further academic qualifications (doctorate)

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! This project involves close collaboration with our esteemed cooperation partners at the RWTH Aachen University, i.e. the Institute of Crystallography and the Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry as well as the Cluster of Excellence “The Integrated Fuel & Chemical Science Center”. We support you in your work with:

• Access to a strong research network at the FZJ, such as transmission electron microscopy at the Ernst-Ruska-Zentrum, the Julich Supercomputing Centre, the Neutron-SimLab or various physicochemical characterization methods and workshops
  
• Comprehensive training programs and individual opportunities for personal and professional development
  
• Comprehensive company health management
  
• Optimal conditions for balancing work and private life as well as a family-conscious company policy
  
• 30 days of annual leave and provision for days off between public holidays and weekends (e.g. between Christmas and New Year)
  
• The opportunity to work flexibly (in terms of location), e.g. partly remote work
  
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/Benefits

The employment of doctoral researchers at Jülich is governed by a doctoral contract, which usually has a term of three years. In this position the first year though will serve as orientation and probation period and will then possibly transition in the full duration of the PhD contract. Pay in line with 67% of pay group 13 of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund). In addition, an annual special payment is granted (“Christmas payment”), which amounts to 60 % of the monthly salary. Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich (including its various branch offices) is available at www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/phd All information about the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed The monthly salaries in euros can be found on page 66 of the PDF download.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

FS-LA-LAH

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

11.06.2025

DESY

Over the recent years, DESY has also become an international hotspot for cutting-edge laser science. With the advent of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research in Germany, DESY will boost its activities in this thriving research field.We are seeking two motivated (one position can be filled with a candidate who just completed the PhD) and innovative Postdocs / Laser Scientists to join the IGNYTe project which is funded by the German Ministry of Research, Technology and Space in the scope of the Fusion 2040 programme. After reaching scientific gain in laser-driven ICF experiments at the National Ignition Facility, there is a global endeavour to turn the scientific milestone into practical application. The IGNYTe project addresses the currently unresolved challenge of creating an efficient ultraviolet (UV) light source that can suppress spurious nonlinearities in direct drive fusion target compression. As part of the IGNYTe team, you will develop a laser comprised of a shapeable incoherent fibre front-end, low-temperature cooled Joule-class Yb:YLF amplifiers and novel broadband third-harmonic generation schemes. The positions will be limited by default to two years, but we are seeking for candidates who are motivated to contribute longer to the project.

About your role:

• Laser development position
• Design, simulate and set-up cryogenically cooled solid-state regenerative and multi-pass Yb:YLF laser amplifiers
• Implement intelligent control over spectral and temporal shapes of broadband nanosecond laser pulses
• Broadband UV-generation position
• Push the frontiers of nonlinear optics in multi-pass cells
• Optimize third harmonic generation in nonlinear gases
• Develop scaling concepts to kJ pulse energy levels
• General tasks
• Collaborate closely with other laser research groups at DESY and with our international partners
• Integrate your developments into the control system of the facility and advance their technology readiness levels (TRLs) as far as possible
• Present your work on conferences and in scientific publications

About you:

• Ph.D. degree in physics, optics or related fields
• A least three years of laser laboratory hands-on experience, more is a plus
• Profound understanding of pulsed laser science and/or perturbative nonlinear optics
• Team player with good communication skills
• Good command of English
• High motivation to work on the project

• Advance one of the hottest topics in laser science and collect experience in the rapidly growing fields of optics and photonics
• Contribute to highly important fusion energy research
• Work in an excellently equipped research centre with cutting-edge laboratories and on-site computer clusters
• No teaching requirement, you can spend your working time for research

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Auszubildende

Das GFZ ist das nationale Zentrum für die Erforschung der festen Erde in Deutschland. Wir erkunden die Struktur und den Wandel des Planeten Erde und entwickeln Lösungen für die großen Herausforderungen unserer Gesellschaft wie den Klimawandel, Naturgefahren und eine nachhaltige Versorgung mit Energie und Rohstoffen. Ausgezeichnet als "Top-Ausbildungsbetrieb", bieten wir Dir ein internationales Arbeitsumfeld. Bei uns lernst Du mit modernsten Geräten und hochqualifizierten Ausbilder:innen und hast die Möglichkeit zu einem Auslandspraktikum weltweit. 

Kennziffer 10512

Du möchtest Abläufe und Prozesse eines internationalen wissenschaftlichen Arbeitsumfeldes kennenlernen und diese aktiv mitgestalten und organisieren? Dann warten bei uns viele spannende Themen auf dich!

Deine Ausbildung:

• aktive Mitarbeit in einem unserer Elektronik-Teams
• Herstellung, Inbetriebnahme und Instandhaltung von Geräten und komponentenmechanische Tätigkeiten wie das Konfektionieren von Geräten und Komponenten
• elektrische Tätigkeiten wie das Verdrahten von Systemkomponenten
• elektronische Tätigkeiten wie das Erstellen von Schaltplänen, Layouten, Bestücken und Testen von Leiterplatten
• Installation und Konfiguration von Programmen
• Funktionsprüfung technischer Geräte und Systeme
• Funktionsweise, Aufbau und Handhabung von geophysikalischen Sensoren
• zusätzliche Kenntnisse wie z.B. der SPS-Technik, der Regelungstechnik oder elektropneumatischer Steuerungen werden in ein- bis zweiwöchigen externen Lehrgängen erworben

Ausgezeichnet als „Top-Ausbildungsbetrieb“ bieten wir dir:    

• eine praxisnahe Erstausbildung in einem modernen wissenschaftlichen Umfeld*
• stetige Unterstützung durch kompetente und engagierte Ausbilder:innen
• 30 Urlaubstage pro Jahr
• Jahressonderzahlungen
• Auslandspraktika 
• externe und interne Fortbildungen (z.B. interne Sprachkurse)
• Bereitstellung eines Laptops für die Dauer der Ausbildung
• Betriebssport (z.B. Fußball, Volleyball, Tischtennis, Yoga etc.)
• betriebliche Altersvorsorge
• Zuschuss zum Jobticket/Deutschlandticket

Das bringst du mit:

• mittlerer Schulabschluss, Fachhochschulreife, allgemeine Hochschulreife
• gute Leistungen in den Schulfächern Mathematik, Physik, Englisch, Werken/Technik und Informatik
• sehr gute Deutschkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift, ggf. mind. C1 Zertifikat (damit Du den theoretischen Teil der Ausbildung verstehen und effektiv anwenden kannst)
• gute Konzentrations-, Team- und Kontaktfähigkeit
• Lernbereitschaft und Engagement
• Selbstständigkeit
• Interesse an geowissenschaftlichen Themen
• offen Neues zu lernen

*Diese Position richtet sich insbesondere an Bewerber:innen im Rahmen einer Erstausbildung.

Diversität und Chancengleichheit sind integrale Bestandteile unserer Personalpolitik. Das GFZ setzt sich aktiv für Vielfalt ein und begrüßt ausdrücklich Bewerbungen aller qualifizierter Personen, unabhängig von ethnischer und sozialer Herkunft, Nationalität, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung und Identität, Religion/Weltanschauung, Alter und körperlichen Merkmalen. Anerkannt schwerbehinderte Menschen werden bei gleicher Eignung und Qualifikation nach Maßgabe des Sozialgesetzbuches IX bevorzugt berücksichtigt. Bei Fragen zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter kannst du gern mit unserer Gleichstellungsbeauftragten Kontakt aufnehmen.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

Your Job:

The electrocatalytic interface engineering department led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Simon Thiele focuses on synthesis, manufacturing, analysis and simulation of functional materials to find an optimum structure on small scales from the micrometer to the nanometer scale. The investigated materials and systems play an essential role in sustainable technologies like water- and CO2-electrolyzers, as well as in fuel cells. Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Design and set-up of new testing equipment and procedures for application-driven characterization of new materials for water electrolysis
  
• Manufacturing of catalyst layers and membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for electrochemical characterization
  
• Physical, spectroscopic, and electrochemical characterization of MEAs prior to, during, and after operation
  
• Participation in project meetings.
  
• Coordination with internal and external partners
  
• Publication and presentation of research results in relevant journals and at international conferences

Your Profile:

• Excellent master’s degree in Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a similar discipline
  
• Strong interest in pursuing research on electrochemical systems
  
• Experience in one (or more) of the following areas is desirable: electrochemistry, additive manufacturing
  
• High motivation for pursuing a PhD within 3 years
  
• Excellent organizational skills
  
• Ability to show initiative and work independently
  
• Excellent cooperation and communication skills and ability to work as part of a team
  
• Excellent skills in spoken and written English

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• Excellent scientific and technical infrastructure for conducting high-quality research
  
• Work with globally unique analytical measurement
  
• International, interdisciplinary work environment on an attractive campus (AEG Campus), including many collaboration opportunities with partners at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, and international institutions
  
• Collaboration with world-leading industry partners
  
• Ideal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly corporate policy
  
• Flexible working hours
  
• 30 days of annual leave and provision for days off between public holidays and weekends (e.g. between Christmas and New Year)
  
• Further development of your personal strengths, e.g. through an extensive range of training courses; a structured program of continuing education and networking opportunities specifically for doctoral researchers via JuDocS, the Jülich Center for Doctoral Researchers and Supervisors: www.fz-juelich.de/en/judocs
  
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere in Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

The position is for a fixed term of 3 years. Pay in line with 75 % of pay group 13 of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) and additionally 60 % of a monthly salary as special payment („Christmas bonus“). The monthly salaries in euros can be found on page 66 of the PDF download: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed . Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_Docs

Place of employment: Erlangen

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

We invite applications for a postdoctoral position (24 + 24 months) in the Modeling and Neuroprognosis Group at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Magdeburg, Germany. The position offers a unique opportunity to work at the interface of artificial intelligence, medical imaging, and translational neuroscience in the context of ageing and neurodegeneration.

Project Context

The position is part of an ambitious interdisciplinary research program aiming to model disease trajectories, integrate multimodal biomarkers, and uncover individual risk and resilience factors for brain ageing and neurodegenerative disorders. The group combines Deep learning, Bayesian inference, and latent variable modeling to establish robust and interpretable models of individual differences in aging and disease progression using data from large-scale neuroimaging studies, cognitive phenotyping, and molecular biomarkers. The project is embedded in a state-of-the-art research infrastructure, high-performance computing, large cohorts, and benefits from the collaborative environment of the DZNE (including 10 sites), the University Hospital Magdeburg, and the CRC 1436.

• Conduct and publish high-impact research on AI-based models of brain ageing and neurodegeneration.
• Design and implement novel representation learning architectures (e.g., SSL, contrastive learning, uncertainty quantification) and disease progression models (e.g., latent multimodal dynamics).
• Integrate high-dimensional multimodal data (MRI, PET, cognitive, fluid biomarkers) into cohesive models.
• Contribute to collaborative studies and mentoring of junior researchers.

• PhD in Machine Learning, Computational Neuroscience, Biomedical Data Science, Physics, Applied Math, or related fields.
• Proven expertise in at least one of the following: representation learning, disease progression modeling, Bayesian or deep generative models.
• Proficient in Python and common ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn).
• Experience with neuroimaging (e.g., MRI or PET) or medical datasets is highly desirable.
• Excellent scientific writing, critical thinking, and communication skills.
• Motivation to work in a collaborative, translational, and interdisciplinary context.

• Innovation and internationality - a forward-looking infrastructure (inlcuding cutting-edge computational and imaging infrastructure (7T MRI, HPC)), modern laboratory and office equipment, software tools and the opportunity for international exchange with your colleagues from 65 nations
• Work-life balance - we reconcile work and private life with flexible working hours, 30 days' holiday (On top free on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve) and subsidised job/ Germany ticket options
• Family-conscious corporate culture - because we know that family is important, we support you with family services 
• Health promotion – through our extensive range of company health programmes, in cooperation with Sozialwerk.Bund
• Focus on development - training programmes tailored to your individual needs and annual HR-development meetings for concrete prospects and potential development. Also close mentorship, including support for career development and independent funding applications (e.g., DFG, ERC, NIH).
• Remuneration and conditions according to TVöD-Bund - including annual special payment, capital-forming benefits and VBL supplementary pension scheme
• Personalised Onboarding - for a good start to your new professional challenge
• Initial 2-year contract with the option for a 2-year extension, depending on performance and funding. Funding for international travel to conferences

Application Process

Please submit a single PDF including:

• Cover letter detailing your motivation and alignment with the position
• Curriculum vitae including publication list, PhD thesis
• 2 academic references
• Copies of academic transcripts and PhD certificate

Submit your application via the DZNE online portal. For informal inquiries, contact

Dr. Gabriel Ziegler (gabriel.ziegler@dzne.de)

Position start: ideally 1st of October, 2025 or later.

You will obtain special skills and knowledge for your scientific qualification during your activities at DZNE. The DZNE is an equal opportunity employer. It is committed to employing disabled individuals and especially encourages them to apply.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PGI-8 - Quantum Control

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Your Job:

• Develop techniques to simulate, control, and optimize the time-dependent dynamics for increasing system complexities
  
• Implement and optimize small quantum circuits on super- and semi- conducting processors with respect to practical short-depth (NISQ) quantum algorithms
  
• Cooperate and actively work with experimental partners developing quantum processors using these technological platforms
  
• Design and implement optimization techniques for full-stack improvement of quantum algorithms
  
• Model major sources of experimental error for control theory or for error mitigation techniques
  
• Scientific guidance and support for employees, doctoral candidates and students
  

Your Profile:

• Master`s degree with subsequent PhD in theoretical physics or a similar field
  
• Background and strong interest in developing theoretical models and methods as well as in implementing numerical optimization techniques
  
• Interest in working closely with experimentalists
  
• Detailed knowledge of quantum physics and experience with quantum technology
  
• Strong mathematical education, in particular in relation to linear algebra
  
• Strong programming experience
  
• Ability to effectively communicate in written and spoken English
  
• Ability to work autonomously, developing your own ideas, and in close interaction within a team, co-supervising younger colleagues
  
• Most importantly: enthusiasm to explore uncharted territory, develop, and follow your own ideas

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• A highly motivated research group as part of an international and interdisciplinary working environment with access to outstanding computing facilities and connections to the best research institutions around the world
  
• Opportunity to conduct research at the interface of theory and experiment in a world-leading group in quantum control
  
• Continuous scientific mentoring by your scientific advisor as well as feedback and wide-ranging expertise from the whole group in multiple facets of quantum technology and optimization
  
• Direct contact with research project writing, reviewing and management process
  
• Opportunity to participate in international conferences and project meetings
  
• A training and a networking in quantum technologies, a field which currently faces (for the next decade at least) significant investment from private and governmental funding agencies
  
• Flexible working hours in a full-time position (39 hours/week) with the option of slightly reduced working hours - go.fzj.de/near-full-time
  
• Flexible work (location) arrangements, e.g. remote work in accordance to the tasks
  
• 30 days of annual leave and provision for days off between public holidays and weekends (e.g. between Christmas and New Year)
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

The position is for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible longer-term prospects. Salary and social benefits will conform to the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund), pay group EG 13, depending on the applicant’s qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks assigned to them. All information about the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed The monthly salaries in euro can be found here: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PGI-7 - Elektronische Materialien

Diplom & Master

Your Job:

In this Master’s thesis, you will model bridge-type PCM devices in the sub-nanosecond regime. The aim is to explain experimentally observed dynamical behavior based on continuum simulation models. The work will be carried out in close collaboration with experienced researchers at PGI-7. Your tasks include:

• Applying a continuum simulation framework to model PCM devices
  
• Investigating the effect of different material properties on the switching dynamics
  
• Analyzing and interpreting the simulation results to explain the switching dynamics
  
• Identifying potential optimization strategies for different application use cases

Your Profile:

• Enrolled in a Master’s program in physics, materials science, electrical engineering or a related discipline
  
• Solid background in solid-state physics and/or semiconductor devices is helpful
  
• Basic programming skills (e.g. Python or MATLAB); prior simulation experience is an advantage
  
• Interest in nanoscale transport phenomena and physical modeling
  
• Independent, structured, and motivated working style
  
• Good command of English (written and spoken)

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• A research topic with strong relevance for future memory technologies
  
• Work with a well-established FEM simulation tool
  
• Close supervision and integration into a highly motivated, interdisciplinary team
  
• Opportunity to contribute to ongoing industry-related research
  
• Flexible working conditions (start date, working hours, home office options)
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere in Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

The position is initially for a fixed term of up to 12 months.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Your Job:

Urban aerosol particles pose one of the greatest global risks to human health. A substantial fraction of these particles is secondary – formed through atmospheric reactions of emitted trace gases. While motor vehicle emissions have been reduced through regulation, attention is shifting to understudied sources such as volatile chemical products (VCPs) and cooking emissions, which are now emerging as key precursors to ozone and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) in urban areas.

CHANEL aims to identify the key volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that lead to SOA and ozone pollution. Using cutting-edge chemical ionization mass spectrometry, the project will perform field measurements across European cities, with a Zeppelin-based airborne platform capturing the “urban breath” of major population centers.

As a research scientist, you will:

• Operate and characterize state-of-the-art mass spectrometers (PTR and NH4+ -CIMS; VOCUS) to measure urban VOCs and their oxidation products
  
• Lead the deployment and measurements of VOCUS onboard the Zeppelin for airborne field campaigns over European cities
  
• Perform VOC flux measurements for the 2026 Zeppelin flights and compare urban emissions to other cities as well as results from the JULIAC campaigns.
  
• Work with the CHARON aerosol inlet and a FUSION CIMS to analyze the particle-phase organic composition onboard the Zeppelin from 2027 onward
  
• Analyze large multi-dimensional datasets using statistical tools such as positive matrix factorization (PMF) and cluster analysis
  
• Investigate the influence of different urban emission sectors on atmospheric composition
  
• Present your results at international conferences and publish in peer-reviewed journals

Your Profile:

• A Masters with subsequent PhD degree in chemistry, physics, environmental science, atmospheric science, meteorology, or a related discipline
  
• Strong experimental skills; strong experience in analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry, and trace gas measurements using CIMS techniques
  
• Enthusiasm for laboratory and field work
  
• Strong background in programming and data analysis (preferably Python)
  
• Excellent data analysis and publication capabilities
  
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken
  
• Ability to work independently, as part of a collaborative team, and lead projects to completion
  

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change!

• Work at one of Europe’s leading interdisciplinary research centers with a vibrant, international atmosphere
  
• Join a dynamic institute hosting over ten atmospheric chemistry research groups, offering rich opportunities for collaboration and learning
  
• Extensive opportunities for personal development and training
  
• A large, green campus with sports facilities and a supportive research community
  
• Flexible working hours in a full-time position (39 hours/week) with the option of slightly reduced working hours
  
• Flexible work arrangements, e.g. partly working from home
  
• 30 days of annual leave and provision for days off between public holidays and weekends (e.g. between Christmas and New Year)
  
• Support services for international employees through the International Advisory Service
  
• Exploration and preparation of next career opportunities supported by our Career Center & Postdoc Office ( www.fz-juelich.de/careercenter )
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

Apply now and join us in unraveling the chemical complexity of urban air in Europe’s most exciting airborne platform.

Learn more about our group here: www.fz-juelich.de/en/ice/ice-3/research/reactive-trace-substances/organic-trace-gases

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is for a fixed term of 2 years, with the prospect of longer-term employment. Salary and social benefits will conform to the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund), pay group 13, depending on the applicant’s qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks assigned to them. All information about the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed The monthly salaries in euro can be found here: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

30.07.2025

We are advertising the university professorship (W3) for Physical Chemistry of Microscopic Systems, we seek an outstanding researcher having a high reputation in the area of the spectroscopic / spectrometric characterization of structures and dynamics of microscopic systems The applicant should be able to represent the full scope of the subject of physical chemistry within the context of both research and academic education.

The Professor should focus on scientific work on in-depth understanding and manipulation of atomic and molecular aggregates of variable dimensions in the gas phase and on surfaces. Of particular interest is the application and further development of spectroscopic / spectrometric methods to characterize and study dynamic processes, such as chemical reactions, ionization processes, and energy transfer in excited systems. Examples are single-molecule spectroscopy in optical cavities, non-linear laser spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and tunnelling spectroscopy studies.

Applicants are expected to work in the following areas: Spectroscopy under extreme conditions, e.g. of isolated ions at low temperatures in ion traps and/or of microscopic amounts of condensed matter at high pressures. These studies can be complemented by time and spatially resolved spectroscopy in order to study for example energy transfer and quantum phenomena in light-harvesting complexes as well as catalytically relevant processes.

The candidate is expected to have a comprehensive understanding of modern spectroscopic / spectrometric measurements and modelling methods. Collaboration with existing and future research groups at KIT is desired. Examples are collaboration on heterogeneous catalysis for emission control or energy storage, quantum technologies based on molecular quantum states, 4f molecular chemistry, in addition to establishing the use of AI-controlled autonomous laboratories.

The university professorship is part of the collegial leadership of the Institute of Physical Chemistry.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Diplom & Master

Your Job:

• Development of concepts for lightweight solar modules and manufacturing of these modules
  
• Development of concepts for solar cell interconnection within solar modules for higher mechanical and electrical stability and manufacturing of modules with this interconnection
  
• Test of new interconnection concepts like laser interconnection or interconnection using electrically conductive tape
  
• Characterization of the electrical properties of the new solar module concepts
  
• Simulation of electrical and optical properties of solar modules
  

Your Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, materials science or a comparable field
  
• Experience in material processing and analytics
  
• Basic experience with programming software for data analysis
  
• Ability to work independently
  
• Enjoy developing new processes
  
• Ability to work in a team
  
• Good knowledge of German and/or English
  

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• An interesting and socially relevant topic for your thesis with a future-oriented theme
  
• Interdisciplinary collaboration on projects in an international, motivated, committed and collegial team of scientists, technicians and engineers
  
• Exciting research topics in one of the most relevant and interdisciplinary areas of renewable energy
  
• Excellent scientific equipment and the latest technology
  
• Insights into various specialist areas from materials science to electrical engineering and the opportunity to gain experience in these areas
  
• Qualified and intensive support from scientific colleagues
  
• Support in developing and realizing your own ideas
  
• It is possible to fill the position for 6 or 12 months
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/Benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Diplom & Master

Your Job:

• Development of concepts for lightweight solar modules and manufacturing of these modules
  
• Systematic development of fastening concepts for lightweight solar modules
  
• Adaptation of the solar modules to the mechanical load profiles
  
• Investigation of the long-term stability of lightweight solar modules
  
• Simulation of the mechanical stress within the solar cells
  

Your Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, materials science or a comparable field
  
• Experience in material processing and analytics
  
• Basic experience with CAD and/or programming software
  
• Ability to work independently
  
• Enjoy developing new processes
  
• Ability to work in a team
  
• Good knowledge of German and/or English
  

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• An interesting and socially relevant topic for your thesis with a future-oriented theme
  
• Interdisciplinary collaboration on projects in an international, motivated, committed and collegial team of scientists, technicians and engineers
  
• Exciting research topics in one of the most relevant and interdisciplinary areas of renewable energy
  
• Excellent scientific equipment and the latest technology
  
• Insights into various specialist areas from materials science to electrical engineering and the opportunity to gain experience in these areas
  
• Qualified and intensive support from scientific colleagues
  
• Support in developing and realizing your own ideas
  
• It is possible to fill the position for 6 or 12 months
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/Benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

FS-ATTO

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

05.08.2025

DESY

We are opening a new post-doctoral position in the Attosecond Science Group at the Center for Free Electron Laser (CFEL) Science in Hamburg. In the CFEL-ATTO group, we develop advanced laser technologies with the aim of tracking and controlling electron dynamics in matter.

About your role:

• You will drive the development of synchronised ultrashort UV and NIR sources at the CFEL-ATTO labs for testing a setup for concurrent angular streaking of high and low kinetic energy electrons, ultimately to be used at the European XFEL
• Beginning with a state-of-the-art femtosecond laser system and mid-infrared optical parametric amplifier, you will develop a compression scheme to reach few-cycle pulse durations, and subsequently use them to drive deep UV resonant dispersive waves in a hollow core fiber
• You will design an optical setup to combine the sources spatially and temporally inside a multi-electron-spectrometer setup
• Carry out experiments on various samples in collaboration with an expert team
• In addition to the experiments at DESY, you will take part in experiments and the final commissioning of the setup at the European XFEL

About you:

• PhD in physics or equivalent degree
• Proven experience in nonlinear optics
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following: hollow core fibers, optical parametric amplifiers, high power ultrashort pulse laser systems
• Experimental skills and interest in instrumentation development
• Excellent knowledge of English
• Ability to work as part of a team

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time, job-sharing models and participation in mobile work (up to 50%). You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities. Remuneration is according to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) at both locations.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

MSK

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

25.02.2025

DESY

The MSK group is responsible for the synchronization and stabilization systems of DESY’s accelerators. Our international team of technicians, engineers, and scientists develops and operates state-of-the-art feedback control, novel diagnostics, and precision RF systems for the European XFEL, the Free-Electron Laser FLASH, and the storage ring PETRA.

About your role:

• Further develop, maintain, and operate DESY’s unique, femtosecond stable, RF synchronization system
• Research on ultra-low noise (< -170 dBc) RF components such as oscillators, multipliers, mixers, filters, switches, amplifiers, attenuators, and phase shifters in the MHz and GHz frequency range
• Investigate methods to enhance operation efficiency of high-power RF amplifiers
• Electronic designs, prototype developments, system characterization, and concept evaluation

About you:

• Completed scientific university education in electrical engineering or physics with PhD degree or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience
• Several years of professional experience in the design, construction, and modelling of low-noise RF electronics in the MHz and GHz range
• Professional experience in the field of analogue and digital electronics in the low- and high-frequency range
• Experience with modern RF measuring devices, CAD Software (e.g., Altium Designer), and RF modelling tools (HFSS, CST, ADS, etc.)
• Expertise in RF synchronization of systems with high-precision
• Work experience in creating specifications for a larger high-frequency project
• High level of commitment at work and great flexibility to find solutions to very different tasks within a team
• Excellent knowledge of English

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time, job-sharing models and participation in mobile work (up to 50%). You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities. Remuneration is according to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) at both locations.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

IBI-4 - Biomakromolekulare Systeme und Prozesse

PHD Thesis

Your Job:

The field of structural DNA nanotechnology holds a great promise for the realization of all-DNA building blocks with arbitrary complexity and shape at the sub-nanometer scale. Such structures can be used to construct artificial cell mimics and new materials. A scaffold-free DNA tile assembly is a programmable method for the formation of two- and three-dimensional DNA structures which self-assemble from a number of interacting single-stranded DNA molecules. An accurate prediction of DNA structures still remains difficult, which significantly slows down the development of new desirable nano-structures.
In this project, we will combine numerical models, experiments, and artificial intelligence (AI) to guide the design of specific DNA nanoconstructs. The primary goal is to build an AI-based digital twin, which can predict the assortment and sequence of two-dimensional all-DNA motifs required for the engineering desired tessellation patterns at the nanometer scale. We will use available DNA thermodynamic database, coarse-grained simulations of DNA motifs, and existing experimental data to establish an AI model that is able to guide the construction of desired secondary structures. Experimental validation of the established AI model is also expected to be a part of this project.

Specifically, your tasks will be:

• Running numerical simulations to generate training data
  
• Building transformer-like AI models which can predict DNA structures
  
• Performing experiments for validation
  
• Participation in conferences in Germany and abroad (incl. presenting your research results)
  
• Preparing scientific publications and project reports

Your Profile:

• Strong motivation for an interdisciplinary project that combines numerical models, experiments, and artificial intelligence
  
• A master`s degree or diploma in physics, applied mathematics, or a relevant engineering discipline
  
• Good programming skills and experience with numerical modeling
  
• Interest in performing experiments
  
• Excellent written and spoken English skills
  
• High degree of independence and commitment
  
• Experience with machine learning and high-performance computing is advantageous, but not necessary

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• A large research campus in a green setting, offering excellent opportunities for networking with colleagues and for sports and recreation alongside your work
  
• Experienced and friendly international research team with a strong background in biophysics and soft matter
  
• Cutting-edge computational facilities including the on-site top European supercomputers
  
• Excellent scientific and technical infrastructure
  
• Opportunity to participate in (international) conferences and project meetings
  
• Continuous professional support from your scientific supervisors
  
• 30 days of annual leave
  
• The option of flexible working arrangements
  
• A structured doctoral program for you and your supervisors with a comprehensive range of training and networking opportunities via the JuDocs doctoral platform: www.fz-juelich.de/judocs
  
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

We offer a 4-year PhD position. Salary and social benefits in conformity with the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD). Depending on your qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks, salary grade 13 TVöD-Bund (up to 100%) and additionally 60 % of a monthly salary as special payment („Christmas bonus“). The monthly salaries in euro can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt

Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich (including its various branch offices) is available at www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/phd

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Work placement

Kennziffer 10703

Startdatum:  ab 1. Januar 2026
Praktikumszeitraum:  2 Wochen (ggf. auch 3 Wochen)

Das erwartet Dich:

• Einblicke in die Forschungsinhalte des GFZ im Allgemeinen und des Departments "Geoinformation" im Speziellen
• Einführung in die Programmierung mit Python sowie die Webentwicklung anhand aktueller Webstandards (HTML5, CSS3)
• Einblicke in die Tätigkeiten des Rechenzentrums (z.B. Installation eines Betriebssystems, Mitarbeit im Support, kleine Scripte programmieren)
• Einblicke und Einführung in die Tätigkeiten einer wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und des Forschungsdatenmanagements

Das bringst Du mit:

• gute Leistungen in den naturwissenschaftlichen Schulfächern (Mathematik, Informatik)
• Englischkenntnisse
• Interesse an geowissenschaftlichen Themen

Entscheidende Kriterien für die Vergabe der Praktikumsplätze sind die Qualität der Bewerbung und die Verfügbarkeit von Betreuer:innen zu den angefragten Themen und Terminen.

Haben wir Dein Interesse geweckt?

Dann freuen wir uns auf Deine aussagekräftige Bewerbung. Wir bitten Dich vorab eine Entscheidung für das entsprechende Department zu treffen und somit nur  eine Bewerbung bei uns einzureichen. Bitte sende diese ausschließlich über den in der jeweiligen Stellenanzeige enthaltenen "Bewerben-Button".

Deine Bewerbungsunterlagen sollten folgende Unterlagen umfassen:

• ein selbstständig verfasstes Motivationsschreiben
• Deinen Lebenslauf
• eine Kopie Deines letzten Zeugnisses
• den Praktikumsvertrag der Schule

Zusätzlich gibst Du uns bitte Dein Schuljahr und den genauen Zeitraum des Praktikums an.

Das GFZ setzt sich aktiv für Vielfalt ein und begrüßt ausdrücklich Bewerbungen aller qualifizierter Personen, unabhängig von ethnischer und sozialer Herkunft, Nationalität, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung und Identität, Religion/Weltanschauung, Alter und körperlichen Merkmalen. Wir fördern ein inklusives Arbeitsumfeld, in dem jede:r die eigenen Talente voll entfalten kann. Anerkannt schwerbehinderte Menschen werden bei gleicher Eignung und Qualifikation nach Maßgabe des Sozialgesetzbuches IX bevorzugt berücksichtigt. Bei Fragen zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter kannst Du gern mit unserer Gleichstellungsbeauftragten Kontakt aufnehmen.

„Vielfalt in den Perspektiven“ ist einer der Kernwerte des GFZ. Als integraler Bestandteil der Unterstützung der Vielfalt in unserem Zentrum fördern wir aktiv Frauen in der Wissenschaft und in Führungspositionen, u.a. durch unseren Gleichstellungsplan und die Maßnahmen des Kaskadenmodells, um nachhaltige Chancengleichheit in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen zu ermöglichen. Das GFZ setzt sich damit engagiert für die Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in der Wissenschaft, auch in Führungspositionen, ein und ermutigt Frauen ausdrücklich, sich zu bewerben.

Deine personenbezogenen Daten werden zur Durchführung des Auswahlverfahrens auf Grundlage von Art. 6 Abs. 1 b, Art. 88 DSGVO i. V. m. § 26 BbgDSG verarbeitet. Nach Abschluss des Verfahrens werden Bewerbungsunterlagen unter Einhaltung der datenschutzrechtlichen Bestimmungen gelöscht.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Work placement

Kennziffer 10708

Startdatum:  ab 1. Januar 2026
Praktikumszeitraum:  maximal 2 Wochen

Das Department 4 bündelt Kompetenzen, die sich mit der Dynamik von Geosystemen in der tiefen Erde, an der Erdoberfläche und der Nutzung des Untergrunds befassen. Dazu kombinieren wir geologische, geophysikalische und geochemische Methoden sowie Laborexperimente und Prozesssimulationen: wir erforschen, wie die Erde sich verformt, wie die Erdoberfläche sich infolge von Plattenbewegungen und Klimawandel verändert und wie der Untergrund nachhaltig genutzt werden kann.

Weitere Einblicke zum Department 4 "Geosysteme" und seine Sektionen findest Du hier.

Das erwartet Dich:

• Einblicke in die Forschungsinhalte des GFZ im Allgemeinen und des Departments
• Wissenschaftsalltag in möglichst großer Bandbreite
• Wissenschaftsbetrieb mit seinen Besonderheiten - im Unterschied zur Privatwirtschaft
• Einblick in das Schülerlabor am GFZ
• Besuch der Bibliothek "Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein"

Das bringst Du mit:

• gute Leistungen in den naturwissenschaftlichen Schulfächern (wie Physik, Geografie, Mathematik, Informatik)
• sehr gute bis gute Englischkenntnisse
• Interesse an geowissenschaftlichen Themen

Entscheidende Kriterien für die Vergabe der Praktikumsplätze sind die Qualität der Bewerbung und die Verfügbarkeit von Betreuer:innen zu den angefragten Themen und Terminen.

Haben wir Dein Interesse geweckt?

Dann freuen wir uns auf Deine aussagekräftige Bewerbung. Wir bitten Dich vorab eine Entscheidung für das entsprechende Department zu treffen und somit nur  eine Bewerbung bei uns einzureichen. Bitte sende diese ausschließlich über den in der jeweiligen Stellenanzeige enthaltenen "Bewerben-Button".

Deine Bewerbungsunterlagen sollten folgende Unterlagen umfassen:

• ein selbstständig verfasstes Motivationsschreiben
• Deinen Lebenslauf
• eine Kopie Deines letzten Zeugnisses
• den Praktikumsvertrag der Schule

Zusätzlich gibst Du uns bitte Dein Schuljahr und den genauen Zeitraum des Praktikums an.

Das GFZ setzt sich aktiv für Vielfalt ein und begrüßt ausdrücklich Bewerbungen aller qualifizierter Personen, unabhängig von ethnischer und sozialer Herkunft, Nationalität, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung und Identität, Religion/Weltanschauung, Alter und körperlichen Merkmalen. Wir fördern ein inklusives Arbeitsumfeld, in dem jede:r die eigenen Talente voll entfalten kann. Anerkannt schwerbehinderte Menschen werden bei gleicher Eignung und Qualifikation nach Maßgabe des Sozialgesetzbuches IX bevorzugt berücksichtigt. Bei Fragen zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter kannst Du gern mit unserer Gleichstellungsbeauftragten Kontakt aufnehmen.

„Vielfalt in den Perspektiven“ ist einer der Kernwerte des GFZ. Als integraler Bestandteil der Unterstützung der Vielfalt in unserem Zentrum fördern wir aktiv Frauen in der Wissenschaft und in Führungspositionen, u.a. durch unseren Gleichstellungsplan und die Maßnahmen des Kaskadenmodells, um nachhaltige Chancengleichheit in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen zu ermöglichen. Das GFZ setzt sich damit engagiert für die Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in der Wissenschaft, auch in Führungspositionen, ein und ermutigt Frauen ausdrücklich, sich zu bewerben.

Deine personenbezogenen Daten werden zur Durchführung des Auswahlverfahrens auf Grundlage von Art. 6 Abs. 1 b, Art. 88 DSGVO i. V. m. § 26 BbgDSG verarbeitet. Nach Abschluss des Verfahrens werden Bewerbungsunterlagen unter Einhaltung der datenschutzrechtlichen Bestimmungen gelöscht.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

Your Job:

The Electrocatalysis research department (https://www.hi-ern.de/hi-ern/Electrocatalysis) is looking for three PhD students, which research area is to investigate fundamental relationships between electrolyte-electrode interface structure and selectivity or efficiency of chemical outcome during the preparation of complex and value-added compounds directly from the readily available feedstock. Organic synthesis under electrochemical conditions is a powerful tool for future sustainable chemical manufacturing, for which robust catalytic materials are of high demand. A unique platform for online real-time analysis of electrochemical processes, developed in the Department of Electrocatalysis, will be applied by You to discover and develop novel Organic Electrosynthetic Protocols. Your tasks for selected electro-organic transformation in detail:

• Design, validation and verification of online and offline analytical methods
  
• Design, synthesis, and characterization of catalytic materials
  
• Utilization of the obtained materials as electrocatalysts
  
• Analysis of the activity, selectivity, and stability of electrocatalysts
  
• Communication of the experimental data obtained
  
• Writing papers and presenting the results at conferences
  
• Representing the institute in project meetings and collaboration with partners within HI ERN and outside

Your Profile:

• Very good MSc degree in Chemistry, Organic chemistry, or a relevant discipline
  
• Hands-on experience in basic organic chemistry methods - synthesis and purification
  
• Desirable knowledge of Material science
  
• Excellent self-organizational skills, ability to show initiative and work independently
  
• Good cooperation and communication skills and ability to work as part of a team
  
• Excellent skills in spoken and written English
  
• Strong motivation for pursuing a Ph.D. degree within three years in a difficult cutting-edge but rewarding multidisciplinary project related to the investigation of electrode-electrolyte interfaces

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• A lively scientific environment within the institute and possibilities for cooperation with excellent partners at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, the FZ Jülich, RWTH Aachen, and numerous partners in Germany and abroad
  
• An excellent international environment to perform sound, high-quality research at the international level and daily, hands-on experience in unique worldwide electrochemical characterization techniques
  
• Active participation in project meetings, as well as at national and international conferences to present the results and to develop further competences
  
• Interaction and cooperation with world-leading industrial partners and strong support and mentoring for setting up a future career in science and/or industry
  
• A comprehensive training program, including soft skills, along with an flexible working hours and various opportunities to reconcile work and private life
  
• Flexible working hours
  
• 30 days of annual leave
  
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere in Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

The position is for a fixed term of 3 years. Pay in line with 75 % of pay group 13 of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) and additionally 60 % of a monthly salary as special payment („Christmas bonus“). The monthly salaries in euro can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich (including its various branch offices) is available at www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/phd

Place of employment: Erlangen

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Quantum Phenomena in Novel Materials

PHD Thesis

Reference No. QM 2025/12

The Institute Quantum Phenomena in Novel Materials is looking for

PhD Student (f/m/d) for the Investigation of Quantum Magnets

Your Tasks

• You perform neutron scattering and synchrotron X-ray experiments to explore the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of quantum magnets.
• You measure macroscopic physical properties using various laboratory techniques such as magnetization and heat capacity.
• You develop an understanding of the underlying magnetic processes through complex data analysis and computer simulations.
• You work in close collaboration with theoretical physicists to test models and develop new insights.

• Bachelor's degree in physics
• Master?s degree/diploma in condensed matter physics
• Good knowledge in the field of magnetism
• Knowledge of neutron scattering is helpful
• Good computer programming skills are useful

• Cover letter describing your research interests
• CV including the stages of your career and your research experience
• The contact details of at least two academic references
• Your academic certificates

Bella Lake

+49 30 8062 - 42058

bella.lake@helmholtz-berlin.de

Closing Date: 09.11.2025

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

One major area of research in our department focuses on the immune system, a critical factor in health and disease, and how it changes with age. We explore how the age-related decline in immune function, known as ‘inflammaging’, is associated with neurodegeneration and other non-communicable diseases. Our ultimate aim is to contribute to the prevention of neurodegenerative and support healthy brain aging.

Our research is primarily based on the Rhineland Study, a prospective cohort study that emphasizes deep phenotyping. To study the role of the immune system in health and disease across the adult livespan, we included FACS analyses, immune stimulation assays and extensive cytokine profiling into our core protocols. We collaborate with partners at Bonn University in the Cluster of Excellence “ImmunoSensation2” and the Collaborative Research Center “Metaflammation”. Additional data include detailed structural and functional brain imaging, cognitive and neurological assessments, cardiovascular and anthropometric assessments, sensory systems tests, and medical history and medication use data. Available multi-omics data, both from baseline and follow-up, include (epi) genomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic, lipidomic, proteomic and microbiome data. The study currently includes over 12,500 individuals, with longitudinal data already available for nearly 5,000 of them. Additional baseline and follow-up data collection is ongoing.

In this context, the group of Prof. Dr. Breteler is looking for an ambitious and experienced researcher (m/f/x) in full time to join the department of Population Health Sciences at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Bonn.

You will address questions related to immune diversity and brain health, primarily leveraging the rich data from the Rhineland Study and other large scale cohort studies. In addition to contributing to ongoing projects, you will develop your own research projects and profile. You will contribute to the management of the immunology pipelines, be involved in the supervision of PhD and master’s students, and actively participate in national and international collaborations.

• You hold a PhD in epidemiology, medicine, (bio)medical sciences, bioinformatics, immunology or in a related field
• Knowledge of epidemiological methods, study design, advanced statistics and novel computational methods for data analyses
• Experience in epidemiological research or large-scale observational studies
• Outstanding analytical and communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic team-oriented environment
• A track record of publishing high quality scientific articles
• Proficiency in spoken and written English is required

• Innovation and internationality a forward-looking infrastructure, modern laboratory and office equipment, software tools and the opportunity for international exchange with your colleagues from 65 nations
• Work-life balance - we reconcile work and private life with flexible working hours, mobile working, 30 days' holiday (On top free on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve) and subsidised job/ Germany ticket options
• Family-conscious corporate culture - because we know that family is important, we support you with parent-child offices, family services and daycare co-operations
• Health promotion – through our extensive range of company health programmes, in cooperation with Sozialwerk.Bund
• Focus on development - excellent publication opportunities and great potential for the further development of your own research profile
• Remuneration and conditions according to TVöD-Bund - including annual special payment, capital-forming benefits and VBL supplementary pension scheme
• Personalised Onboarding - for a good start to your new professional challenge
• A feel-good working environment - our Bonn employees enjoy a campus surrounded by greenery, with on-site parking and public transport connections as well our company restaurant
• Job with prospects - The position is initially limited to 3 years with the possibility of tenure-track extension

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, a CV, and transcripts in one single PDF file. The cover letter should describe your motivation to apply for this position and detail how your research interest and experience align with the research conducted in our group. Please highlight any relevant projects, publications, or collaborations. Note: We highly value authenticity in applications and discourage the use of AI-generated cover letters.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

For inquiries about the position, please contact Prof Dr Dr Monique Breteler at population-research@dzne.de

You will obtain special skills and knowledge for your scientific qualification during your activities at DZNE. The DZNE is an equal opportunity employer. It is committed to employing disabled individuals and especially encourages them to apply.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Diplom & Master

Your Job:

The focus of the thesis is on modelling the choice of process technologies in the chemical industry based in order to assess the potential of innovative bio-based processes to substitute fossil fuel based ones. Applying a Choice of Technology Model to a database of processes used to produce various chemical products in different world regions the objective estimate impact of changes in processes, feedstocks, energy prices, and government regulations on the diffusion of bio-based processes focusing on monomers and polymers and their wider sustainability implications.

• Literature review on technology choice and innovation diffusion in process industries
  
• Empirical analysis of the diffusion of bio-based processes in the chemical industry focusing on monomers and polymers
  
• Assessment of wider environmental, economic and social impacts of innovative bio-based chemical processes
  

Your Profile:

• Master studies in environmental economics, (business) engineering, (process) engineering, industrial ecology, data science, or related field with a strong quantitative background
  
• Interest in interdisciplinary research in bioeconomy and the sustainable transformation of supply chains
  
• Very good programming skills in R, Python or Matlab and ability to work with large datasets
  
• Independent and analytical working habits
  
• Very good English language skills
  

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• SCIENTIFIC ENVIRONMENT: You can expect excellent scientific facilities, modern technologies and qualified support from experienced colleagues
  
• MEANINGFUL RESEARCH: Your thesis deals with a future-oriented, socially relevant topic with direct practical relevance
  
• INTERNATIONAL TEAM: A pleasant working environment within an international team at one of the most prestigious research facilities in Europe
  
• APPROPRIATE REMUNERATION: You will receive appropriate remuneration for your work
  
• FLEXIBILITY: Flexible working hours make it easier for you to balance work and study
  
• CAMPUS-EXPERIENCE: Our research campus in the countryside provides ideal conditions for collegial exchange and sporting activities right on site
  
• SHAPING THE FUTURE: You will have the opportunity to collaborate with dedicated researchers from various scientific fields and actively contribute to designing the energy system of the future
  
• PERSPECTIVE: The position is for a fixed term of 6 months
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

The DZNE operates a central IT located in Bonn, which provides the central network, server and storage infrastructure, and services for the entire research center distributed across 10 sites, supporting the work of scientists and administration. We operate a virtualization infrastructure, with Linux and Windows servers.  

• Design, operation and continuous development of the central HPC and scientific computing systems of the DZNE
• Help design and implement NVIDIA GPU solution for scientific calculation
• Participation in the planning and construction of BeeGFS cluster, Slurm workload manager and InfiniBand switches
• Operation of the central data center and site data centers of the DZNE
• Rack and stack of data center servers and storage hardware
• With your experience, you will be also responsible for medium/long term projects and coordinate external providers

• University degree in Computer Science or relevant studies in a related field.
• Relevant experience in the areas of HP high performance computing systems hardware, GPU systems, and InfiniBand switches.
• Knowledge of the following technologies: Linux HPC, Slurm, Parallel cluster file system, HP high performance computing hardware compute and storage nodes.
• Willing to work in data center on physical servers, storage, switches rack and stack, cabling and labeling.
• Monitor, manage and prepare plan for power/cooling requirements of data center scientific computing hardware.
• Experience with Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery strategies.
• High level of responsibility, initiative and ability to work in a team.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail of data center operation.  
• Strong communications skills, and collaborative approach.

• Innovation and internationality -  a forward-looking infrastructure, modern laboratory and office equipment, software tools and the opportunity for international exchange with your colleagues from 65 nations
• Work-life balance - we reconcile work and private life with flexible working hours, 30 days' holiday (On top free on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve) and subsidised job/ Germany ticket options
• Family-conscious corporate culture - because we know that family is important, we support you with parent-child offices, family services and daycare co-operations
• Health promotion – through our extensive range of company health programmes, in cooperation with Sozialwerk.Bund
• Focus on development - excellent publication opportunities and great potential for the further development of your own research profile
• Remuneration and conditions according to TVöD-Bund - including annual special payment, capital-forming benefits and VBL supplementary pension scheme
• Personalised Onboarding - for a good start to your new professional challenge
• A feel-good working environment - our Bonn employees enjoy a campus surrounded by greenery, with on-site parking and public transport connections as well our company restaurant
• Job with prospects - the position is limited to 2 years with the possibility of extension

The DZNE is an equal opportunity employer. It is committed to employing disabled individuals and especially encourages them to apply

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Work placement

Kennziffer 10753

Startdatum:  ab 1. Januar 2026
Praktikumszeitraum:  maximal 2 Wochen

Das erwartet Dich:

• Einblicke in die Forschungsinhalte des GFZ im Allgemeinen und des Departments "Geodäsie" im Speziellen
• Tätigkeit in allen Sektionen des Departments "Geodäsie"
• Einblick in das Schülerlabor am GFZ
• Besuch der Bibliothek "Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein"
• der Wissenschaftsalltag in möglichst großer Bandbreite
• der Wissenschaftsbetrieb mit seinen Besonderheiten - im Unterschied zur Privatwirtschaft

Das bringst Du mit:

• gute Leistungen in den naturwissenschaftlichen Schulfächern (wie Physik, Geografie, Mathematik, Informatik)
• gute Englischkenntnisse
• Interesse an geowissenschaftlichen Themen

Entscheidende Kriterien für die Vergabe der Praktikumsplätze sind die Qualität der Bewerbung und die Verfügbarkeit von Betreuer:innen zu den angefragten Themen und Terminen.

Haben wir Dein Interesse geweckt?

Dann freuen wir uns auf Deine aussagekräftige Bewerbung. Wir bitten Dich vorab eine Entscheidung für das entsprechende Department zu treffen und somit nur  eine Bewerbung bei uns einzureichen. Bitte sende diese ausschließlich über den in der jeweiligen Stellenanzeige enthaltenen "Bewerben-Button".

Deine Bewerbungsunterlagen sollten folgende Unterlagen umfassen:

• ein selbstständig verfasstes Motivationsschreiben
• Deinen Lebenslauf
• eine Kopie Deines letzten Zeugnisses
• den Praktikumsvertrag der Schule

Zusätzlich gibst Du uns bitte Dein Schuljahr und den genauen Zeitraum des Praktikums an.

Das GFZ setzt sich aktiv für Vielfalt ein und begrüßt ausdrücklich Bewerbungen aller qualifizierter Personen, unabhängig von ethnischer und sozialer Herkunft, Nationalität, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung und Identität, Religion/Weltanschauung, Alter und körperlichen Merkmalen. Wir fördern ein inklusives Arbeitsumfeld, in dem jede:r die eigenen Talente voll entfalten kann. Anerkannt schwerbehinderte Menschen werden bei gleicher Eignung und Qualifikation nach Maßgabe des Sozialgesetzbuches IX bevorzugt berücksichtigt. Bei Fragen zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter kannst Du gern mit unserer Gleichstellungsbeauftragten Kontakt aufnehmen.

„Vielfalt in den Perspektiven“ ist einer der Kernwerte des GFZ. Als integraler Bestandteil der Unterstützung der Vielfalt in unserem Zentrum fördern wir aktiv Frauen in der Wissenschaft und in Führungspositionen, u.a. durch unseren Gleichstellungsplan und die Maßnahmen des Kaskadenmodells, um nachhaltige Chancengleichheit in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen zu ermöglichen. Das GFZ setzt sich damit engagiert für die Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in der Wissenschaft, auch in Führungspositionen, ein und ermutigt Frauen ausdrücklich, sich zu bewerben.

Deine personenbezogenen Daten werden zur Durchführung des Auswahlverfahrens auf Grundlage von Art. 6 Abs. 1 b, Art. 88 DSGVO i. V. m. § 26 BbgDSG verarbeitet. Nach Abschluss des Verfahrens werden Bewerbungsunterlagen unter Einhaltung der datenschutzrechtlichen Bestimmungen gelöscht.

Für nähere Informationen zum Aufgabengebiet steht Dir Dana Felski entweder per E-Mail zur Verfügung. Für allgemeine Fragen zum Bewerbungsverfahren wende Dich gerne an unser Recruiting-Team unter der Telefonnummer +49 (0) 331-6264-28787.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Work placement

Kennziffer 10757

Startdatum:  ab 1. Januar 2026
Praktikumszeitraum:  maximal 2 Wochen

Das erwartet Dich:

• Einblicke in die Forschungsinhalte des GFZ im Allgemeinen und des Departments "Geophysik" mit seinen einzelnen Sektionen
• Wissenschaftsalltag in möglichst großer Bandbreite
• Wissenschaftsbetrieb mit seinen Besonderheiten - im Unterschied zur Privatwirtschaft
• Einblick in das Schülerlabor am GFZ
• Besuch der Bibliothek "Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein"

Das bringst Du mit:

• gute Leistungen in den Schulfächern Physik, Mathematik, Informatik
• Englischkenntnisse
• Interesse an pyhsikalischen Experimenten, an Mathematik und an Computeranwendungen

Entscheidende Kriterien für die Vergabe der Praktikumsplätze sind die Qualität der Bewerbung und die Verfügbarkeit von Betreuer:innen zu den angefragten Themen und Terminen.

Haben wir Dein Interesse geweckt?

Dann freuen wir uns auf Deine aussagekräftige Bewerbung. Wir bitten Dich vorab eine Entscheidung für das entsprechende Department zu treffen und somit nur  eine Bewerbung bei uns einzureichen. Bitte sende diese ausschließlich über den in der jeweiligen Stellenanzeige enthaltenen "Bewerben-Button".

Deine Bewerbungsunterlagen sollten folgende Unterlagen umfassen:

• ein selbstständig verfasstes Motivationsschreiben
• Deinen Lebenslauf
• eine Kopie Deines letzten Zeugnisses
• den Praktikumsvertrag der Schule

Zusätzlich gibst Du uns bitte Dein Schuljahr und den genauen Zeitraum des Praktikums an.

Das GFZ setzt sich aktiv für Vielfalt ein und begrüßt ausdrücklich Bewerbungen aller qualifizierter Personen, unabhängig von ethnischer und sozialer Herkunft, Nationalität, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung und Identität, Religion/Weltanschauung, Alter und körperlichen Merkmalen. Wir fördern ein inklusives Arbeitsumfeld, in dem jede:r die eigenen Talente voll entfalten kann. Anerkannt schwerbehinderte Menschen werden bei gleicher Eignung und Qualifikation nach Maßgabe des Sozialgesetzbuches IX bevorzugt berücksichtigt. Bei Fragen zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter kannst Du gern mit unserer Gleichstellungsbeauftragten Kontakt aufnehmen.

„Vielfalt in den Perspektiven“ ist einer der Kernwerte des GFZ. Als integraler Bestandteil der Unterstützung der Vielfalt in unserem Zentrum fördern wir aktiv Frauen in der Wissenschaft und in Führungspositionen, u.a. durch unseren Gleichstellungsplan und die Maßnahmen des Kaskadenmodells, um nachhaltige Chancengleichheit in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen zu ermöglichen. Das GFZ setzt sich damit engagiert für die Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in der Wissenschaft, auch in Führungspositionen, ein und ermutigt Frauen ausdrücklich, sich zu bewerben.

 Deine personenbezogenen Daten werden zur Durchführung des Auswahlverfahrens auf Grundlage von Art. 6 Abs. 1 b, Art. 88 DSGVO i. V. m. § 26 BbgDSG verarbeitet. Nach Abschluss des Verfahrens werden Bewerbungsunterlagen unter Einhaltung der datenschutzrechtlichen Bestimmungen gelöscht.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

Your Job:

• Conduct the assembly, verification, and calibration of a novel optical instrument in our Cleanroom-5 laboratory at the University of Wuppertal
  
• Work with a variety of calibration units, optimize and extend existing setups, develop a novel setup to perform an absolute radiometric calibration
  
• Perform a line-of-sight calibration to precisely align the instrument’s viewing geometry with the satellite’s star cameras
  
• Support the integration of the optical payload into the satellite at our partner site in Boulder, Colorado
  
• Participate in in-orbit calibration activities during the Commissioning and Early Operations phases
  
• Present your research at international conferences and in peer-reviewed journals

Your Profile:

• A Master’s degree in physics or a related field is required
  
• Strong background in physics and/or optics, with enthusiasm for hands-on experimental work
  
• Willingness to work in a cleanroom environment with highly sensitive optical assemblies, including the evaluation of measurement data
  
• Proven laboratory experience and programming proficiency (Python or a comparable language)
  
• Ability to work independently and self-reliantly, while maintaining strong teamwork and collaboration skills
  
• Fluency in English

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• A three-year PhD project with a competitive salary in an international and stimulating research environment
  
• Integration into a multi-disciplinary team of PhD students and experts covering the full spectrum of satellite instrument development: design, manufacturing, characterization, data processing, and scientific analysis
  
• Opportunities to present your work at national and international conferences and to actively engage in project meetings
  
• Membership in the HITEC Graduate School, providing additional scientific and professional training, international networking, and exchange opportunities
  
• Comprehensive training courses and individual opportunities for personal and professional further development
  
• Part-time position with 19,5 hours per week and flexible working hours
  
• Further development of your personal strengths, e.g. through an extensive range of training courses; a structured program of continuing education and networking opportunities specifically for doctoral researchers via JuDocS, the Jülich Center for Doctoral Researchers and Supervisors: www.fz-juelich.de/en/judocs
  
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
  

In addition to exciting tasks and the collaborative working atmosphere at Forschungszentrum Jülich, we have a lot more to offer ( www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/julich-as-an-employer/benefits ).

The position is for a fixed term of 3 years. Pay in line with 67,5% of pay group 13 of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) and additionally 60 % of a monthly salary as special payment („Christmas bonus“). Pay higher than the basic pay may be possible. The monthly salaries in euro can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich (including its various branch offices) is available at www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/phd

Place of employment: Wuppertal

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

JSC - Jülich Supercomputing Centre

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Your Job:

In this position, you will work in an interdisciplinary team of experts in HPC, ML, and biomedicine. You will contribute your individual strengths while also developing in adjacent fields. Depending on your profile, you can set your own focus (e.g. on scalable training, data/feature pipelines, or model development) working closely with Helmholtz Munich, MDC Berlin, and NVIDIA.

You will:

• Set up and optimize large-scale training and inference runs for foundation models on JUPITER (multi-GPU/node, mixed precision, parallelization, I/O optimization)
  
• Integrate multimodal data sources (e.g., scRNA-seq, ATAC-seq, spatial transcriptomics, …) into modeling and develop efficient data/training pipelines
  
• Drive application cases with Helmholtz Munich, MDC Berlin, and NVIDIA—for example, disease modeling, prediction of cell states, or patient stratification
  
• Contribute to the further development of model architectures (e.g., transformers, multimodal fusion, generative models)
  
• Present results at conferences and publish in peer-reviewed journals

Your Profile:

• Master and preferable subsequent PhD in computer science, natural sciences, mathematics, or a related field, with a strong scientific record documented through publications in relevant journals; solid quantitative/statistical background (e.g., probability theory, linear algebra, optimization)
  
• Strong expertise in at least one of the following areas, with willingness to learn: High-performance computing (distributed systems, profiling, performance optimization), Training large AI models (PyTorch/JAX/TensorFlow, parallelization, mixed precision), Data analysis/statistics (experimental design, evaluation, uncertainty quantification)
  
• Excellent programming skills in Python (C/C++ is a plus); experience with HPC environments (e.g., SLURM) is welcome
  
• Interest in biological questions and enthusiasm for interdisciplinary collaboration
  
• Very good English skills; German is an advantage
  
• Desirable: experience with multimodal omics data (e.g., scRNA-seq, ATAC-seq, spatial transcriptomics, CITE-seq) or medical imaging data (H&E)
  
• Also desirable: contributions to open-source projects, benchmarks, or reproducibility pipelines

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• KNOWLEDGE & FURTHER TRAINING: Comprehensive training courses and individual opportunities for personal and professional further development
  
• HEALTH & WELL-BEING: Your health is important to us. You can look forward to a comprehensive company health management programme with a wide range of options, including a beach volleyball court, running groups, yoga classes and much more. In addition, our company medical service and an experienced social counselling team are available to assist you on site
  
• WORK-LIFE-BALANCE: Flexible working arrangements (including remote working) are generally possible upon agreement and in line with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments
  
• FLEXIBILITY: Flexible working time models, including options close to full-time, allow you to tailor your working hours to suit your individual needs. For more information, visit: go.fzj.de/near-full-time
  
• LEAVE: You will receive 30 days of leave plus additional days off (e.g. between Christmas and New Year`s Day)
  
• FAIR REMUNERATION: Depending on your existing qualifications and the tasks assigned to you, you will be classified in pay grade 13 of the TVöD-Bund (Collective Agreement for the Public Service). All information on the TVöD-Bund collective agreement can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed. The monthly salaries in euro can be found here: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt
  

The position is for a fixed term of 2 years. In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Experiment Control and Data Acquisition

Auszubildende

Reference No. IT 2025/14

The Department Experiment Control and Data Acquisition is looking for

Dual Computer Science Degree Programme 2026

Your Tasks

Your Profile

Further Information

Olaf-Peter Sauer

+49 30 8062 42591

sauer@helmholtz-berlin.de

Closing Date: 01.12.2025

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

IAS-9 - Materials Data Science and Informatics

PHD Thesis

Your Job:

Digital methods for inverse materials design are essential to efficiently create new, sustainable and recycling-adapted structural metals. Alloys with a reduced number of elements, so-called lean alloys, and material systems with a high tolerance to impurities from the use of secondary raw materials are of particular relevance for improving recyclability and sustainability. Al-Ca is a promising lean alloy system for additive manufacturing, as the mechanical properties can be tailored through phase composition, distribution and morphology by tuning process parameters. The work is carried out within the DFG Priority Programme “DaMic - Data-driven Alloy and Microstructure Design of Sustainable Structural Metals” (SPP 2489), in close collaboration with a research partner responsible for the manufacturing and characterization of material samples.

As such, the position offers the opportunity to be involved in fruitful national collaborations. In this exciting job you can expect:

• to develop automated workflows for descriptor based microstructure reconstruction
  
• to identify material parameters for crystal plasticity simulations from experimental data through inverse analysis
  
• to establish structure–property linkages based on numerical simulations and to transform them into AI- and ML-ready information
  
• to develop and implement an indirect inverse optimization framework to identify microstructures that exhibit desired macroscopic properties
  
• to publish and present research results in relevant journals and at international conferences

Your Profile:

• A completed university degree (Master or equivalent) with excellent grades in the field of mechanical engineering, material science, physics, computational science or similar, with experience in modeling and simulation
  
• Strong understanding of the (computational) mechanics of solids and the finite element method and/or spectral solvers
  
• Practical experience in at least one programming language (preferably Python) and experience with the use of Unix/Linux operating systems
  
• Structured and analytical thinking as well as a systematic, careful, independent, and reliable working method
  
• Interest in working closely with experimentalists
  
• Strong cooperation and communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team
  
• Excellent written and spoken English skills

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• The opportunity to conduct exciting research in an international and multidisciplinary environment with outstanding infrastructure
  
• A creative work environment at a leading research facility, located on an attractive research campus at the TZA Aachen tza-aachen.de and the Forschungszentrum Jülich
  
• The opportunity to gain your reputation in a dynamic and highly active research field
  
• Part-time position with 19,5 hours per week and flexible working hours
  
• 30 days of annual leave (depending on agreed working time arrangements)
  
• Further development of your personal strengths, e.g. through an extensive range of training courses; a structured program of continuing education and networking opportunities specifically for doctoral researchers via JuDocS, the Jülich Center for Doctoral Researchers and Supervisors: www.fz-juelich.de/en/judocs
  
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/benefits

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is for a fixed term of 3 years. Pay in line with 80% of pay group 13 of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) and additionally 60 % of a monthly salary as special payment („Christmas bonus“). Pay higher than the basic pay may be possible. The monthly salaries in euro can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt . Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_Docs . Please note that only applications including a motivation letter, CV, and university degree certificates and grade transcripts can be accepted.

Place of employment: Aachen/Jülich

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

01.10.2025

The holder of this position will represent the field of food processengineering in research and teaching. This professorship is associated withDivision I (Biology, Chemistry, and Process Engineering) and the KIT Departmentof Chemical and Process Engineering, and is located at the Institute of ProcessEngineering in Life Sciences. The holder of this position will also be a memberof the institute's collegial management team.

The professorship is expected to deliver scientific contributions toefficient production and processing of food from a process engineeringperspective, with a particular focus on availability of feedstock and energyresources. The research shall focus on developing a fundamental understandingof the processing methods and structure-property relationships of biopolymers.This will be achieved by using sophisticated experimental and/or theoreticalmethods across various timescales and spatial scales.

The institute's flexible research facilities, with a particular focus onfood processing machinery, provide an excellent foundation for the University Professorship’s(W3) future research in the aforementioned key areas and other current fieldsof food processing technology.

Teaching duties include courses in German and English for the Bachelor’sand Master’s degree programmes in Chemical and Bio-Engineering. In particular,the module ‘Food Bio-Process Engineering’ in the Bachelor programme and thespecialisation ‘Food Process Engineering’ in the Master programmes are mandatory,as well as various laboratory courses.

You will execute university tasks with ateaching obligation of 9 hours per week per semester.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

GFZ is Germany's national centre for solid Earth research. We advance the understanding of dynamic processes to address global challenges, from mitigating the impacts of natural hazards and sustaining our habitat amid global change to responsibly managing georesources. We are part of the Helmholtz Association, the largest German scientific organisation. With around 1,200 employees as well as ca. 500 guest researchers, we contribute to the Helmholtz Research Field Earth and Environment, aligning cutting-edge research with societal relevance and international collaboration. Our work integrates multidisciplinary studies across Earth's system components, leveraging advanced technologies and infrastructure to research solutions and to transfer our knowledge to society. We are doing this according to our vision: “Taking the pulse of our Earth to safeguard a habitable planet”.

For section 1.1 ‘Space Geodetic Techniques’ (Department 1: Geodesy), we are looking for a:

Reference Number 10733

Our Section ‘Space Geodetic Techniques’ has around 50 researchers and engineers with interdisciplinary background, who work together on innovative Earth Observation methods exploiting signals from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). We are an open, international and interdisciplinary team, that is passionate about advancing GNSS based Earth Observation and space geodetic research. If you are enthusiastic about innovation, successful team work and pushing the boundaries of Earth observation, we look forward to welcome you in our team!

The successful candidate should have an excellent track record in research on the application of GNSS signals for atmosphere/ionosphere and Earth surface remote sensing with focus on using ground-based observations from standard geodetic receivers. We expect the successful candidate to contribute actively to the further development and application of GNSS remote sensing techniques at an internationally leading level. This will also involve contributions to attract research grants to extend the scientific spectrum of our research group at GFZ. 

Your responsibilities:

• Development, implementation and testing of complex analysis software for GNSS remote sensing (atmosphere and earth surface), with focus on ground-based GNSS observations
• Contributing to the operational provision of GNSS-based atmospheric data to weather forecasting centres and the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 
• Using innovative techniques (data assimilation, machine learning, etc.) for the GNSS data analysis and applying GNSS data products in weather and climate research  
• Extending and maintaining scientific cooperation with academic partners on the national and international level 
• Contributing to the writing of scientific proposals to attract external research funding
• Publication of the research results in scientific journals and at conferences 
• Contributing to the supervision of Master´s and PhD students

Your qualifications:

• A Master's degree (or equivalent) and a PhD in Geodesy, Meteorology, Physics, Mathematics or Geophysics, preferably with a thesis topic in GNSS Remote Sensing
• You should have a strong background and publication record in the development and application of GNSS remote sensing techniques, preferably using ground-based standard geodetic receivers and operational GNSS data processing
• Experience in developing scientific software packages, e.g., in Python and/or Matlab. Good knowledge of UNIX/Linux
• Experience in using GNSS analysis software packages would be an advantage
• Demonstrated capability in proposal writing and securing third-party funding would be an advantage
• Excellent communication skills
• Fluency in English (written and oral)
• Experience of supervising Master's and PhD students would be advantageous

What we offer:

• Ambitious and varied tasks in a dynamic and international research environment
• State-of-the-art equipment
• Public service benefits
• Extensive training opportunities
• Professional career advice offered by our in-house Career-Centre
• Flexible working hours and conditions
• Support with finding a good work-life balance offered by benefit@work
• Institute day-care centre on site
• Working at the Albert Einstein science park on the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam 
• Work place within walking distance of Potsdam main train station, or just a short ride on the shuttle bus 

Have we piqued your interest?

The GFZ actively promotes diversity and explicitly welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of ethnic and social origin, nationality, gender, sexual orientation and identity, religion/belief, age and physical characteristics. We also promote an inclusive working environment in which everyone can fully develop their own talents. Anyone who has been recognised as severely disabled, will be given preferential consideration in the event of equal suitability and qualification in accordance with the provisions of the German Social Code IX. In case of further queries regarding gender equality, please do not hesitate to contact our Equal Opportunities Officer.

“Diversity in perspectives” is one of GFZ's core values. As an integral part of supporting diversity at our centre, we actively promote women in science and in leadership positions. We among others do this through our gender equality plan and the cascade model measures which we actively implement to enable sustainable equal opportunities in academic career paths. The GFZ thus committedly strives for gender equality in science, including in leadership positions, and strongly encourages women to apply.

Your personal data will be processed for the purpose of conducting the selection procedure on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 b, Art. 88 GDPR in conjunction with Art. 26 of the Data Protection Act for the State of Brandenburg. After completion of the procedure, application documents will be deleted in compliance with data protection regulations.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PGI-13 - Quantum Computing

PHD Thesis

Your Job:

This position focuses on building, operating, and testing superconducting quantum devices. Your tasks in detail are:

• Design and fabrication of superconducting quantum circuits
  
• Setting up experimental systems for cryogenic measurements
  
• Development of a microwave quantum control & readout stack
  
• Development of Python code to operate quantum systems
  
• Detailed experimental characterization of superconducting qubits to quantify performance and identify limiting physical mechanisms
  
• Perform quantum device calibrations, benchmarking, and run quantum algorithms
  
• Presenting and publishing the research on an international stage
  

To apply, please submit a complete CV, letter of motivation, university degree records (both Bachelor`s and Master`s degree)

Your Profile:

As part of our experimental team, you will regularly work in state-of-the-art laboratories and clean rooms. The role involves working in a cryogenic laboratory environment and following specific clean room protocols

• Master`s degree in physics or electrical engineering
  
• Willingness to work in laboratory and cleanroom environments
  
• Ideally, initial experience in a technical or scientific environment (e.g. cleanroom, laboratory)
  
• Knowledge of solid state physics and/or quantum information
  
• Experience with programming, preferably with Python
  
• Fluent speaking and writing skils in English
  
• Team-oriented and highly motivated to work in an experimental laboratory
  
• A background in quantum computing as well as experience with cryogenics, signal delivery, microfabrication, materials optimization, and microwave control are highly preferred qualifications
  

Please feel free to apply for the position even if you do not have all the required skills and knowledge. We may be able to teach you missing skills during your induction.

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• HEALTH & WELL-BEING: Your health is important to us. You can look forward to a comprehensive company health management programme with a wide range of options, including a beach volleyball court, running groups, yoga classes and much more. In addition, our company medical service and an experienced social counselling team are available to assist you on site
  
• WORK-LIFE BALANCE: Flexible working arrangements (including remote working) are generally possible upon agreement and in line with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments
  
• CAMPUS EXPERIENCE: Our research campus in the countryside provides ideal conditions for collegial exchange and sporting activities right on site
  
• SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEES: Our International Advisory Service makes it easier for international employees to get started
  
• FAIR REMUNERATION: Depending on your qualifications and assigned responsibilities, you will be classified according to pay group 13 (up to 75%) of the TVöD-Bund. Additionally, you will receive a special payment (“Christmas bonus”) amounting to 60% of one month’s salary. Additional compensation beyond the base salary may be possible. All information about the TVöD-Bund collective agreement can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed (pay scale table on page 66 of the PDF download).
  
• LEAVE: You will receive 30 days of leave plus additional days off (e.g. between Christmas and New Year`s Day)
  
• KNOWLEDGE & DEVELOPMENT: Your professional growth is important to us – we support you specifically and individually, for example through training opportunities and the structured JuDocS program for doctoral candidates: www.fz-juelich.de/en/judocs
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

JCNS - Jülich Centre for Neutron Science

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Your Job:

• Close collaboration with the project coordinator on administrative and organizational tasks, as well as support in implementing decisions
  
• Preparation of project reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders
  
• Continuous oversight and management of the HBS project’s progress
  
• Identification of potential project risks and development of strategies for risk mitigation
  
• Ensuring efficient information flow between the project coordinator, interdisciplinary teams, and external partners

Your Profile:

• Completed university degree (bachelor) in natural sciences, engineering, business administration, or a comparable discipline
  
• Proven expertise in project management methods (e.g., PRINCE2, PMI) and experience with digital project management tools
  
• Strong organizational and communication skills, analytical thinking, and a structured, process-oriented approach
  
• Fluent German and English skills in both spoken and written form
  
• Teamwork, reliability, independent work, strong communication skills, and flexibility
  

Our Offer:

We work on highly topical, socially relevant issues and offer you the opportunity to actively shape change! You can expect a wide range of opportunities:

• MEANINGFUL TASKS: A responsible position in a forward-looking research project of national significance
  
• TEAM & ENVIRONMENT: You will work in a motivated team with an international and interdisciplinary focus – at one of the largest research institutions in Europe
  
• INFRASTRUCTURE: Access to state-of-the-art research infrastructure and innovative technologies
  
• WORK-LIFE-BALANCE: The option of flexible working (in terms of location) is generally available after consultation and in line with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments
  
• FLEXIBILITY: Flexible working time models, including options close to full-time ( go.fzj.de/near-full-time ), allow you to tailor your working hours to suit your individual needs
  
• PERSPECTIVE: After a 2-year fixed-term contract, our goal is to hire you on a permanent basis. Let`s use this time to find out how well we fit together
  
• FAIR REMUNERATION: Depending on your existing qualifications and the tasks assigned to you, you will be classified in pay grade 9b - 11 of the TVöD-Bund (Collective Agreement for the Public Service). All information on the TVöD-Bund collective agreement can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed The monthly salaries in euros can be found here: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt
  
• ADDITIONAL BENEFITS: Benefit from attractive additional services such as a company pension scheme with employer contribution. In addition to your basic salary, you will receive an annual bonus and capital-forming benefits
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

The following links provide further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

IBG-1 - Biotechnologie

Executive posts

Your Job:

In this exciting position, you will manage an independent, internationally visible research program in the area of phage-host interactions and their applications. Research areas include, but are not limited to the:

• Impact and application of viruses infecting bacteria
  
• Biology of their hosts at the cellular or molecular level
  
• Utilization of phages for microbiome modulation (in particular focusing on plant or soil microbial communities)
  
• Identification and molecular characterization of new antiviral defense mechanisms and their applications in bioengineering
  
• Establishment of sustainable phage-based biocontrol strategies.
  

Candidates are expected to develop an independent and internationally visible research program and participate actively in microbiological research initiatives (e.g. CRC 1535 "Microbial Networking) at the Forschungszentrum and the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf. Candidates are expected to apply for additional third-party funding, e.g. within the DFG Emmy-Noether or ERC Starting Grant programs.

Your Profile:

• Master and PhD degree in the field of Microbiology, Molecular Biology or similar relevant fields
  
• Outstanding scientific track record as reflected by highly visible publications in respected academic journals and competitive funding or fellowships
  
• Substantial research experience in one or several of the above-mentioned research areas.
  
• The position promotes the establishment of an early career researcher (max. 5 years after PhD). Additional extensions can be granted in case of parental leave or illness.
  

Please feel free to apply for the position even if you do not have all the required skills and knowledge. We may be able to teach you missing skills during your induction.

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• MEANINGFUL TASKS: The position offers you the opportunity to develop your independent research profile in the emerging field of “Phage Biology & Biotechnology” in a stimulating and international environment
  
• LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT: We provide targeted support for your leadership skills—with an extensive portfolio of individual training courses and a wide range of networking opportunities: go.fzj.de/LeadershipCulture
  
• PERSPECTIVE: The position is initially for a fixed term of 2 years, with the possibility to extend the contract for 3 additional years (5 years in total).
  
• FAIR REMUNERATION: Depending on your existing qualifications and the tasks assigned to you, you will be classified in pay grade 13 of the TVöD-Bund (Collective Agreement for the Public Service). All information on the TVöD-Bund collective agreement can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed The monthly salaries in euros can be found here: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt
  
• NETWORIKING: Integration into collaborative research environment, including the Collaborative Research Center CRC 1535 “Microbial Networking” ( www.sfb1535.hhu.de ).
  
• WORK-LIFE BALANCE: Optimal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly company policy. The option of flexible working (in terms of location) is generally available after consultation and in line with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments, including options close to full-time ( go.fzj.de/near-full-time ) which allow you to customize your working hours
  
• HEALTH & WELL-BEING: Your health is important to us. You can look forward to a comprehensive occupational health management program with a wide range of offerings — e.g., a beach volleyball court, running groups, yoga classes, and much more. In addition, our company medical service and an experienced social counseling team are available to assist you on site
  
• SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEES: Our International Advisory Service makes it easier for international employees to get started
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

The following links provide further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Diplom & Master

Your Job:

• Development of a one-dimensional physics-informed neural network (1D PINN) to model liquid–liquid separation processes
  
• Integration of the 1D PINN model into an existing state-estimation framework
  
• Extension of existing 0D lumped PINN and mechanistic models and direct comparison with these approaches
  
• Investigation of different separation geometries and analysis of how temperature, phase fraction, and phase heights influence separation efficiency
  
• Access to a 1D mechanistic model for generating synthetic data
  
• Availability of experimental data from a gravity settler provided by a partner institute
  
• Supervision from both chemical engineering and machine learning experts, ensuring strong interdisciplinary guidance

Your Profile:

• Current Master`s student in Process Systems Engineering, Computational Engineering Science, Chemical Engineering or a comparable course of study
  
• Previous experience with programming in Python
  
• Experience in modeling, simulation or machine learning
  
• Fluent / good knowledge of written and spoken English
  
• High degree of independence, motivation and reliability / independent and analytical working style
  
• Very reliable and conscientious style of working
  
• Excellent ability to cooperate and work in a team

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• PRACTICAL RELEVANCE: With us, you will gain valuable practical experience alongside your studies and actively participate in interdisciplinary projects
  
• ONBOARDING & TEAMWORK: You can look forward to working in a dedicated, international, and collegial team. It is important to us that you quickly settle into the team and are given structured training for your tasks. We also support you from the very beginning and make your start easier with our Welcome Days and Welcome Guide: go.fzj.de/welcome
  
• SCIENTIFIC ENVIRONMENT: You can expect excellent scientific equipment, modern technologies, and qualified support from experienced colleagues
  
• SUPPORT: Qualified support through your scientific colleagues
  
• PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY: You organize your tasks independently—from preparation to implementation
  
• FLEXIBILITY: Flexible working hours make it easier for you to balance work and study
  
• FAIR REMUNERATION: We will pay you a reasonable remuneration for your thesis
  
• CAMPUS EXPERIENCE: Our research campus in the countryside creates ideal conditions for collegial exchange and sporting activities right on site. Our cafeteria offers a wide range of options—you can enjoy a relaxing lunch break with a lake view
  

The position is initially for a fixed term of 3-9 months

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Diplom & Master

Your Job:

The aim of your work is to identify and compare available data sources on cross-sectoral material flows and critical raw material demand, evaluate their suitability for energy system modeling, and demonstrate their application in exemplary analyses. The focus lies on methodological consistency, coverage of relevant sectors (e.g., industry, energy, mobility), and usability for model-based analyses in the context of the energy transition. For this purpose, you will develop a combined data basis from the most suitable sources (e.g., Exiobase, MFA studies, etc.) and carry out exemplary calculations of cross-sectoral raw material demand. Your analysis will be conducted using the institute’s in-house energy system framework FINE: github.com/FZJ-IEK3-VSA/FINE . Specifically, you will work on the following tasks:

• Research, comparison, and evaluation of several cross-sectoral material flow data sources (e.g., Exiobase, material flow analyses, input-output tables) with regard to data quality, methodological foundations, and model compatibility
  
• Identification of consistent and combinable datasets for capturing critical raw materials such as lithium, nickel, and rare earths in relevant sectors
  
• Development and evaluation of strategies for efficient resource use and modeling of alternative pathways to address material constraints in support of a robust and sustainable energy transition
  

Your Profile:

• Very good academic records in your master studies in the field of energy technologies, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, physics, or a comparable field
  
• Basic knowledge in the fields of energy system analysis, renewable energy systems or thermodynamics or comparable
  
• First experience in optimization or statistics is advantageous
  
• Knowledge of an object-oriented programming language (e.g., Python, Matlab) and MS Office
  
• Analytical and structural thinking
  
• Interest in energy system analysis and future technologies
  
• Fluent language skills in written and spoken English or German
  

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• MEANINGFUL TASKS: Your thesis deals with a future-oriented, socially relevant topic with direct practical relevance in an international environment
  
• PRACTICAL RELEVANCE: With us, you will gain valuable practical experience alongside your studies and actively participate in interdisciplinary projects
  
• SCIENTIFIC ENVIRONMENT: You can expect excellent scientific equipment, modern technologies, and qualified support from experienced colleagues
  
• PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY: You organize your tasks independently—from preparation to implementation
  
• ONBOARDING & TEAMWORK: You can look forward to working in a dedicated, international, and collegial team. It is important to us that you quickly settle into the team and are given structured training for your tasks. We also support you from the very beginning and make your start easier with our Welcome Days and Welcome Guide: go.fzj.de/welcome
  
• WORK-LIFE BALANCE: We offer flexible working hours to help you balance your professional and personal life. You also have the option of flexible working (in terms of location), which is generally possible after consultation and in line with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments
  
• FLEXIBILITY: Flexible working hours make it easier for you to balance work and study
  
• FAIR REMUNERATION: We will pay you a reasonable remuneration for your thesis
  
• FIXED-TERM: The position is initially for a fixed term of 6 months
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Student assistants

The IT Department of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) is looking for a Student Assistant (m/f/d) with immediate effect. You will get to know the processes in the IT area at the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), one of the HZI sites, and support the RZ on site.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

The group of Dr. Daniele Bano investigates molecular mechanisms underlying age-related neurodegenerative processes, with a focus on understanding how cellular and systemic metabolic dysfunctions contribute to neuronal vulnerability. Building on our previous published studies (https://www.dzne.de/en/research/research-areas/fundamental-research/research-groups/bano/publications/), our research program aims to identify genetic and epigenetic modifiers that influence disease onset and severity. In this regard, current and future projects are centered on metabolism (particularly mitochondrial bioenergetics) and explore how the exposome (environmental and lifestyle factors) can trigger neuronal stress and degeneration during aging. By integrating data across in vitro and in vivo models, we aim to uncover molecular mechanisms that can lead to novel avenues for interventions. Additional details about the different projects and career perspectives will be discussed during the interview.

The full time position is initially limited to two years, with the option of extension.

• Actively seeking a dynamic and science-driven Postdoc with a passion for hands-on experimental work
• The successful candidate will develop new lines of research and assist in training undergraduate and PhD students
• Opportunity to expand scientific knowledge and skills through multi-omics data analyses (RNA sequencing, proteomics, metabolomics)
• Chance to work with state-of-the-art equipment to develop novel assays and research methodologie

We are seeking applicants with:

Either prior experience working with the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans:

• Maintenance
• Genetics
• Functional assays
• Microscopy

Or a strong background in proteomics and/or metabolomics, including:

• Experience in experimental design
• Data acquisition
• Data analysis

• Strong communication skills and team player
• Should demonstrate a commitment to meeting deadlines, essential for the success of the studies

The applicant’s expertise will contribute to building collaborative projects within the team and with other laboratories. For questions prior to your application please contact daniele.bano@dzne.de.

You will obtain special skills and knowledge for your scientific qualification during your activities at DZNE.The DZNE is an equal opportunity employer. It is committed to employing disabled individuals and especially encourages them to apply.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

FS-ML

Sonstiges

09.10.2025

DESY

The Center for Free Electron Science (CFEL) is designed to significantly advance science with next generation light sources. The CFEL Advanced Multilayer X-ray Optics group is developing novel X-ray optics and imaging modalities for experiments with intense, coherent X-ray sources such as synchrotrons and X-ray free electron lasers. These sources have opened up new opportunities for breaking barriers in focusing, dispersing, and otherwise controlling X-ray pulses in space and time. Our multilayer-based optics are prepared with custom magnetron sputtering systems, which require sophisticated software control. A research software engineer would develop and maintain software that is used for controlling these systems as well as be involved in developing software that is used by researchers during experiments or for subsequent data analysis.

About your role:

• Develop software to control various hardware components (motors, DAQ, PLC)
• Maintain and extend the existing software of advanced sputtering machines and X-ray microscopes
• Collaborate with experts in diverse fields such as X-ray imaging, instrumentation and controls to identify the software requirements and challenges
• Contribute occasionally to the other projects of the collaborating division (e.g. software for real-time image processing)
• Participate in experiments at synchrotrons and XFELs

About you:

• University Master/PhD degree in computer science, computational physics or equivalent
• Profound experience in the control of various hardware components (motors, DAQ, PLC)
• Very good knowledge in Python programming language, knowledge of C/C++ is considered an advantage
• Very good knowledge of best practices in software development
• Knowledge of real-time processing and machine learning
• Willingness to provide software support to users during experiments, occasionally outside of regular working hours

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours and variable part-time. You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities. Remuneration is according to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) at both locations.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

Your Job:

• Maintain, and update quantitative methods for assessing economic impacts of the energy transition at the national and regional levels
  
• Develop dynamic and multisectoral economic models to gain insights into complex systems and inform decision-making
  
• Design and evaluate scenarios that focus on energy systems and structural change, assessing their potential impact
  
• Develop and evaluate transformation paths that are necessary to address the challenges posed by climate change
  
• Present research findings at national and international conferences, utilizing effective communication skills to convey insights clearly and succinctly
  
• Publish research results in reputable scientific journals to share knowledge and contribute to the advancement of the field
  

Your Profile:

• Possession of a master`s degree in economics or a related discipline from a reputable university
  
• Strong knowledge in econometrics / applied mathematics / applied quantitative methods, with the ability to apply this knowledge to real-world problems
  
• Proficiency in data analysis and programming using at least one statistical program such as R, Python, or similar programming languages
  
• Experience with GAMS, GTAP, and Exiobase is an asset.
  
• Skills in publishing research results in relevant scientific journals
  
• Excellent command of English, both spoken and written
  
• Understanding the German language is an asset
  
• Willingness and ability to collaborate effectively in an international, interdisciplinary team environment
  
• High level of flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to work under pressure while also demonstrating a strong commitment to achieving research goals
  

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• TEAM & ENVIRONMENT: You will work in a motivated team with an international and interdisciplinary focus – at one of the largest research institutions in Europe
  
• RESEARCH & INFRASTRUCTURE: You will have access to excellent scientific and technical facilities for your work
  
• NETWORKING & EXCHANGE: You will participate in (international) conferences and project meetings and actively build your scientific network
  
• SUPERVISION & SUPPORT: We will accompany your doctoral studies with continuous, expert guidance from your academic supervisor
  
• SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEES: Our International Advisory Service makes it easier for international employees to get started
  
• WORK-LIFE BALANCE: We offer flexible working hours to help you balance your professional and personal life. You also have the option of flexible working (in terms of location), which is generally possible after consultation and in line with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments
  
• VACATION: You will receive 30 days of vacation
  
• KNOWLEDGE & DEVELOPMENT: Your professional development is important to us – we support you specifically and individually e.g., through training and networking opportunities specifically for doctoral candidates (JuDocS): go.fzj.de/JuDocs
  
• FAIR REMUNERATION: Depending on your qualifications and assigned responsibilities, you will be classified according to pay group 13 (75%) of the TVöD-Bund. Additionally, you will receive a special payment (“Christmas bonus”) amounting to 60% of one month’s salary. All information about the TVöD-Bund collective agreement can be found on the BMI website (pay scale table on page 66 of the PDF download): go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed
  
• PERSPECTIVE: The position is initially for a fixed term of 3 years
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere in Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

The following links provide further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Technik

10.10.2025

Das GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt betreibt eine der führenden Teilchenbeschleunigeranlagen für die Wissenschaft. Derzeit wird in internationaler Zusammenarbeit die neue Anlage FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) gebaut, eines der größten Forschungsvorhaben weltweit. GSI und FAIR bieten die Gelegenheit, in diesem internationalen Umfeld mit einem Team von Mitarbeiter*innen zusammenzuarbeiten, das sich täglich dafür einsetzt, Wissenschaft auf Weltniveau zu betreiben.

Wir suchen zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt für die Abteilung Gebäude- Sicherheitstechnische Anlagen eine*n

Technische*n Produktdesigner*in, Technische*r Systemplaner*in

Kennziffer: 25.114-2150

Sie sind für die regelrechte Ausführung, Anpassung und Revision der Dokumentation von sicherheitstechnischen Anlagen: Brandmeldeanlagen, Sicherheitsbeleuchtungsanlagen, BOS- Gebäudefunkanlagen und Löschanlagen zuständig.

Ihre Aufgaben:

• Sie erstellen technische 2D-Zeichnungen
• Sie erfassen technische Daten und generieren die zugehörigen technischen Zeichnungen in Form von Lageplänen und Strangschemen
• Sie überarbeiten und korrigieren Pläne und technische Zeichnungen
• Sie erstellen und überarbeiten Feuerwehrlaufkarten nach Vorgabe der Fachabteilung
• Sie überwachen die Durchgängigkeit und technische Dokumentation externer Errichter
• Sie passen die Dokumentenablage der technischen Dokumentation der sicherheitstechnischen Anlagen nach den Prinzipien: Übersichtlichkeit, Nachvollziehbarkeit, Schnelligkeit an.

Ihr Profil:

• Abgeschlossene Ausbildung zum/ zur Technische*n Produktdesigner*in, Systemplaner*in, Technische*r Zeichner*in (m/w/d) mit einschlägiger Erfahrung oder vergleichbaren Qualifikationen
• Mehrjährige Berufserfahrung in der technischen Dokumentation wünschenswert
• Sichere Kenntnisse in den einschlägigen Regelwerken wie z.B. DIN ISO 128; ISO 7200, DIN 406, ISO 3098-2, DIN 14675
• Selbstständige und strukturierte Arbeitsweise, sicheres und verbindliches Auftreten sowie ein hohes Maß an Kommunikationsfähigkeit
• Freundliches und sicheres Auftreten mit Durchsetzungskraft
• gute EDV-Kenntnisse, insbesondere AutoCAD und MS-Office.

Wir bieten Ihnen eine vielseitige, abwechslungsreiche und anspruchsvolle Tätigkeit an einem überdurchschnittlich gut ausgestatteten Arbeitsplatz mit interessanten und vielfältigen Aufgaben. Teamarbeit und der Wille zur Weiterbildung sind für uns unerlässlich. GSI bietet weiterhin verschiedene Angebote zur Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf, mobiles Arbeiten, Angebote im Bereich des betrieblichen Gesundheitsmanagements, betriebliche Sozialberatungsangebote, persönliche Weiterbildungs- und Qualifizierungsangebote, Job-Ticket, Leistungen zur Rentenzusatzversorgung, zusätzliche Betriebliche Freizeit, sowie einen Betriebssportverein „Schnelle Ionen“.

Die Stelle ist unbefristet. Das Gehalt richtet sich nach dem Tarifvertrag TVöD (Bund).

GSI fördert die berufliche Entwicklung von Frauen und begrüßt es, wenn sich Frauen durch die Ausschreibung besonders angesprochen fühlen.

Schwerbehinderte erhalten bei gleicher Qualifikation den Vorzug.

Weitere Informationen über GSI und FAIR erhalten Sie unter www.gsi.de sowie www.fair-center.eu.

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GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH

Abteilung Personalmanagement

Planckstraße 1

64291 Darmstadt

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Institute of Surface Science

PHD Thesis

13.10.2025

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Institute of Surface Science

PHD Thesis

13.10.2025

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Institute of Surface Science

PHD Thesis

13.10.2025

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

13.10.2025

You will have the following tasks:

• Development and optimization of micromanipulators and automated systems for microbiopsy together with the PhD student
• Integration of microbiopsy system into soft X-ray microscope, testing its performance under cryogenic conditions and X-ray irradiation
• Optimisation of protocols for tissue handling, integration of mechanical and biological data, testing outcomes, and system performance
• Implementation of the developed technology at project partner laboratories
• Establishing collaboration with industrial partners to implement practical solutions and facilitating technology transfer 

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

PhD candidate (f/m/x) - Interphase between epigenetics and cellular metabolism

102819

Full time
39 hrs./week

Neuherberg near Munich

At Helmholtz Munich, we develop groundbreaking solutions for a healthier society in a rapidly changing world. We believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation. Through strong partnerships, we accelerate the transfer of new ideas from the lab to real-life applications, improving lives.

The

Institute of Functional Epigenetics (IFE)

focuses on understanding the epigenetic mechanisms whereby cells and organisms integrate metabolic signals, establish cellular memory, and regulate plasticity. We use cutting-edge methods (multi-omics, single cell, live cell imaging, modelling, chromatin biochemistry as well as various developmental, stem cell and cell biology systems) to predict, observe, and manipulate epigenetic processes. The Schneider group is looking for a PhD candidate (f/m/x) to work on the interphase between epigenetics and cellular metabolism. The applicant should have experience in the fields of epigenetics and/or cellular metabolism and be motivated to develop and drive the project. The successful candidate will address central questions in epigenetics: what are the mechanisms how cellular metabolism impacts on epigenetic processes? How is chromatin controlled through cellular metabolism?

Your tasks

The successful candidate will implement a combination of in vitro and in vivo approaches, including different “omics” techniques, cellular editing and metabolic challenges. He/she will benefit from a vibrant scientific environment as well as the strong epigenetics, chromatin and metabolic health community at epigenetics@Helmholtz and in the Munich area.

Our Offer:

• Scientifically stimulating environment with excellent facilities and vibrant chromatin community
• To work in an interdisciplinary team of motivated people from around the world
• Extensive professional development opportunities and career-building programs

Your profile

Candidates for this position should have:

• Masters' degree in biology or a related field
• Experience in at least one of the following is essential:
• Chromatin biochemistry
• ChIP-seq and RNA-seq techniques (including data analysis)
• Cellular metabolism
• Mammalian tissue culture and cell manipulation
• Fluency in English (knowledge of German is not required)

This position provides the opportunity for you to build specialist knowledge whilst developing key professional experience, both of which will help you to make strides in your scientific career.

Remuneration and social security benefits are based on the German Collective Wage Agreement for Public-Sector Employees at Federal Level (EG 13 50% TV EntgO Bund). In addition, there is also the possibility of receiving an allowance if the applicable conditions are met. The position has an (initial) fixed term of three years but may be extended under certain circumstances.

Managing Directors „We believe that diversity is the key to groundbreaking research and innovative solutions. Our flexible working models and remote options create a supportive environment for balancing work and family life. For us, contributing to a healthier society in such an inspiring workplace is truly meaningful.“

Get to know us

Benefits

• Scientific Training: Helmholtz Munich Graduate School
• Career counseling: Career Center for PhD candidates
• Scientific Resources: State-of-the-art infrastruture and Core Facilities
• Health Promotion: Sports, company doctor, mental health initiatives
• International Staff Service: Support with the relocation and integration process in Germany

Interested in applying?

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Hr. Prof. Dr. Robert Schneider, +49 89 3187-3586, who will be happy to help.

Our recruiting is decentralized - your application will be reviewed directly by the specialist department in which you could work in the future.

More information about our application process

Please send your application only via our online application tool and with the following documents:

• CV
• Cover letter
• Degrees/Diplomas/Certificates
• Contact details for at least two referees

If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we will require further documents from you regarding the comparability of your degree.

Please request the Statement of Comparability for Foreign Higher Education Qualifications as early as possible.

We are committed to promoting a culture of diversity and welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion or age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference.

Learn more about diversity at Helmholtz Munich

Our commitment

Helmholtz Munich
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Institute of Functional Epigenetics
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1
85764 Neuherberg

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

14.10.2025

Mobile working machines (MWM) are critical to industries like construction, mining, and agriculture and key to Europe’s sustainability and productivity goals. To meet rising demands for green, autonomous, and digital solutions, the ENGAGE network brings together top machine manufacturers (Volvo CE, Liebherr, Ponsse, AGCO), tech leaders (Bosch, Bosch Rexroth, Novatron, GIM Robotics), and six leading academic groups across Europe (KIT, TUM, TAU, UMU, AALTO).

Educating Europe’s Future Engineers for the Next Generation of Mobile Working Machines: ENGAGE will train a new generation of engineers through Industrial Doctorates, equipping them with cutting-edge expertise in AI, robotics, and mechanical engineering. Together, we’re building the future of smart, sustainable mobile machinery.

The project aims to develop advanced methods for evaluating terrain accessibility and drivability using 3D digital environment maps derived from available sensor data. This may involve a combination of geometric and texture-based information, such as semantic segmentation, to create a detailed understanding of the environment. A key objective is to assess the severity of surface deformations in relation to the off-road capabilities of a given machine. This assessment will serve as a foundation for informed decision-making in complex construction or agricultural tasks. Building on this, the project will also focus on the optimal planning of corrective measures that minimize disruption to the primary work process, ensuring efficiency and continuity. As part of the training component, the doctoral candidate (DC) will acquire broad interdisciplinary expertise at the intersection of machine learning, robotics, simulation, and construction processes.

In addition, the DC will contribute to the dissemination of project outcomes through digital and social media channels, including the project website, LinkedIn groups, YouTube video channels, and blog contributions. The project offers the opportunity to pursue a doctoral thesis.

The Supervisory Team will be Marcus Geimer (KIT) and Manuel Bös (Liebherr).

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

14.10.2025

Mobile working machines (MWM) are critical to industries like construction, mining, and agriculture and key to Europe’s sustainability and productivity goals. To meet rising demands for green, autonomous, and digital solutions, the ENGAGE network brings together top machine manufacturers (Volvo CE, Liebherr, Ponsse, AGCO), tech leaders (Bosch, Bosch Rexroth, Novatron, GIM Robotics), and six leading academic groups across Europe (KIT, TUM, TAU, UMU, AALTO).

Educating Europe’s Future Engineers for the Next Generation of Mobile Working Machines: ENGAGE will train a new generation of engineers through Industrial Doctorates, equipping them with cutting-edge expertise in AI, robotics, and mechanical engineering. Together, we’re building the future of smart, sustainable mobile machinery.

The primary objective of the project is to develop a so-called geofence system and validate it on an autonomous agricultural tractor. This system is intended to reliably prevent the vehicle from unintentionally leaving a predefined area. The project will explore the effort required to implement a geofence solution that meets a specified Agricultural Performance Level (AgPL). It will examine which technical solutions are necessary and which components are already available on the market. The developed geofence systems will be evaluated in terms of feasibility, compliance with the targeted AgPL, and how closely the autonomous vehicle can safely approach the actual boundary—the closer, the better.

From a scientific perspective, the project aims to develop methods for identifying appropriate solutions for different safety levels and application scenarios. Various approaches will be compared with a particular focus on cost-efficiency and user acceptance.

As part of the training component, the doctoral candidate (DC) will gain broad interdisciplinary knowledge at the intersection of machine learning, robotics, functional safety, and relevant machinery directives. In addition, the DC will contribute to the dissemination of project outcomes through digital and social media channels, including the project website, LinkedIn groups, YouTube video channels, and blog contributions. The project is suitable to complete a doctoral thesis.

The Supervisory Team will be Marcus Geimer (KIT) and Fridolin Schuler (AGCO).

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

14.10.2025

You will have the following tasks:

• Design and development of micro-scale biopsy components for biological tissue sampling
• Experimental validation of biopsy tools on tissue samples, including experiments at Synchrotron Facilities around the world
• Development and refinement of protocols for sample handling, design processes, testing outcomes, and system performance
• Presentation of research progress in project meetings and conferences, including publications and reports

The position offers the opportunity to pursue a part-time doctoral degree.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

14.10.2025

You will have the following tasks:

• Development and application of algorithms for automatic image segmentation
• Implementation of workflows for big data management and data integration
• Conduct quantitative image analysis and statistical evaluations
• Work closely with experimental partners to coordinate analysis and data requirements
• Dissemination of research results through presentations at internal seminars/workshops and international conferences, with particular emphasis on the publication of papers on the research topic in peer-reviewed journals

The position offers the opportunity to pursue a part-time doctoral degree.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Administrative staff

Das GFZ ist das nationale Zentrum für die Erforschung der festen Erde in Deutschland. Wir fördern das Verständnis dynamischer Prozesse zur Bewältigung globaler Herausforderungen - von der Milderung der Auswirkungen von Naturgefahren über die Bewahrung unserer Umwelt in Zeiten des globalen Wandels bis hin zum verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit natürlichen Ressourcen. Wir sind Mitglied der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, der größten deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisation. Mit rund 1.200 Beschäftigten sowie ca. 500 Gästen tragen wir zum Helmholtz-Forschungsbereich Erde und Umwelt bei und verbinden Spitzenforschung mit gesellschaftlicher Relevanz und internationaler Zusammenarbeit. Unsere Arbeit integriert multidisziplinäre Studien über die Systeme der Erde und nutzt fortschrittliche Technologien und Infrastrukturen, um Lösungen zu erforschen und unser Wissen in die Gesellschaft zu tragen. Wir tun dies im Einklang mit unserer Vision: „Am Puls der Erde, um sie als lebensfreundlichen Planeten zu erhalten“.

Kennziffer 10817

Unsere Sektion erforscht zentrale geodynamische Prozesse – von der Entstehung von Gebirgen und Ozeanen bis hin zu den Ursachen von Erdbeben und Tsunamis. In einem dynamischen, internationalen Team arbeiten wir interdisziplinär zusammen, um ein tieferes Verständnis für die komplexen Vorgänge im Erdinneren zu gewinnen. Dabei kooperieren wir eng mit anderen Sektionen des GFZ sowie mit Partnerinstituten in Deutschland und weltweit – für Forschung, die über Grenzen hinweg wirkt und neue Perspektiven eröffnet.

Ihr Aufgabengebiet:

• Arbeitsabläufe und Geschäftsverkehr für die Sektion organisieren, koordinieren und durchführen (Terminkoordination, Post- und E-Mail-Bearbeitung, Ablage, Aktenführung und Informationsrecherche)
• Erledigung von Korrespondenzen in deutscher und englischer Sprache sowie Übersetzungen und Bearbeitung einfacher fremdsprachlicher Texte nach Bedarf
• Arbeiten mit SAP-Berichten zur Überwachung der Sektions- und Projektbudgets, Durchführung sowie Nachkontrolle von Bestellungen für die Sektion
• Assistenz der Sektionsleitung inkl. Termin- und Reiseverwaltung
• organisatorische Unterstützung für in- und ausländische Gäste
• Weiterentwicklung des Internet-Auftritts der Sektion in Abstimmung zum Layout mit der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und zum Inhalt mit der Sektionsleitung
• Unterstützung bei der Verwaltung von Publikationen der Sektion in der GFZ-Datenbank
• organisatorische Vor- und Nachbereitung von Veranstaltungen, z.B. Konferenzen und Workshops
• Unterstützung der Sektionsmitglieder bei der Planung von Dienstreisen

Ihr Qualifikationsprofil:

• abgeschlossene Ausbildung als Fremdsprachensekretär:in oder kaufmännische bzw. verwaltungsorientierte Ausbildung mit dem Nachweis, schriftlich und mündlich Sekretariats- und Bürotätigkeiten in Englisch ausüben zu können oder eine Ausbildung, die diese Qualifikationen beinhaltet
• mindestens 2 Jahre einschlägige Berufserfahrung, möglichst in einer Forschungseinrichtung
• sicherer Umgang im Internet und mit Textverarbeitungs-, Kalkulations- und Präsentationsprogrammen (z.B. MS-Office Word, Excel und Power Point)
• sehr gute Kommunikations- und Teamfähigkeit sowie eine selbstständige und methodische Arbeitsweise werden vorausgesetzt
• ausgeprägte Fähigkeit zum koordinierenden Handeln, sowie mit komplexen Situationen sachlich und zielorientiert umzugehen

Wir bieten Ihnen:

• anspruchsvolle und abwechslungsreiche Aufgaben in einem dynamischen und internationalen Forschungsumfeld
• modernste Ausstattung der Arbeitsplätze
• Zusatzleistungen des öffentlichen Dienstes
• umfangreiche Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten
• eine flexible Arbeitszeit- und Arbeitsplatzgestaltung
• Unterstützung zur besseren Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Privatleben durch benefit@work
• eine Betriebskindertagesstätte auf dem Forschungsgelände
• einen Arbeitsplatz im Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein auf dem Potsdamer Telegrafenberg
• eine gute Erreichbarkeit zum nahegelegenen Potsdamer Hauptbahnhof, sowohl fußläufig als auch mit Shuttlebus

Haben wir Ihr Interesse geweckt?

Dann freuen wir uns auf Ihre aussagekräftige Bewerbung bis zum 11/11/2025.

Erforderliche Unterlagen: Lebenslauf, Motivationsschreiben und Referenzen

Bitte benutzen Sie dafür ausschließlich unser Online-Bewerbungsformular.

Das GFZ setzt sich aktiv für Vielfalt ein und begrüßt ausdrücklich Bewerbungen aller qualifizierter Personen, unabhängig von ethnischer und sozialer Herkunft, Nationalität, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung und Identität, Religion/Weltanschauung, Alter und körperlichen Merkmalen. Wir fördern ein inklusives Arbeitsumfeld, in dem jede:r die eigenen Talente voll entfalten kann. Anerkannt schwerbehinderte Menschen werden bei gleicher Eignung und Qualifikation nach Maßgabe des Sozialgesetzbuches IX bevorzugt berücksichtigt.  Bei Fragen zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter können Sie gern mit unserer Gleichstellungsbeauftragten Kontakt aufnehmen.

„Vielfalt in den Perspektiven“ ist einer der Kernwerte des GFZ. Als integraler Bestandteil der Unterstützung der Vielfalt in unserem Zentrum fördern wir aktiv Frauen in der Wissenschaft und in Führungspositionen, u.a. durch unseren Gleichstellungsplan und die Maßnahmen des Kaskadenmodells, um nachhaltige Chancengleichheit in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen zu ermöglichen. Das GFZ setzt sich damit engagiert für die Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in der Wissenschaft, auch in Führungspositionen, ein und ermutigt Frauen ausdrücklich, sich zu bewerben.

Ihre personenbezogenen Daten werden zur Durchführung des Auswahlverfahrens auf Grundlage von Art. 6 Abs. 1 b, Art. 88 DSGVO i. V. m. § 26 BbgDSG verarbeitet. Nach Abschluss des Verfahrens werden Bewerbungsunterlagen unter Einhaltung der datenschutzrechtlichen Bestimmungen gelöscht.

Für nähere Informationen zum Aufgabengebiet steht Ihnen Prof.Dr. Sascha Brune entweder per E-Mail  oder per Telefon +49 (0) 331-6264-1928 zur Verfügung. Für allgemeine Fragen zum Bewerbungsverfahren wenden Sie sich gerne an unser Recruiting-Team unter der Telefonnummer +49 (0) 331-6264-28787.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

IT/RIC

Scientific support staff

14.10.2025

DESY

The DESY group "Information Technology" (IT) is participating in a variety of high profile national and European projects, evaluating new and innovative IT technologies. One of these Projects is the "Horizon Europe" OSCARS project, where 15 prominent European scientific partners are collaborating to promote FAIR Data and Open Science across disciplines in Europe. The main objective is to exploit synergies on Open Science practices and tools between the most prominent scientific clusters in Europe, like Astronomy, Environment and Life science.Another project is "EOSC Beyond" with over 30 esteemed scientific institutions in Europe, who aim to enhance the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) by offering advanced scientific services accessible to researchers across Europe. The goal is to expand the EOSC network by integrating specialized scientific software with a flexible execution framework which will enable the use of this software in a versatile and modular manner. The ideal candidate will contribute to both OSCARS and EOSC Beyond, helping to support open science in Europe through the evolving EOSC framework.

About your role:

• You will participate in elaborating an action plan for the composability of high level scientific data and computer services
• You will enhance the reuse of data in the Photon and Neutron scientific area and beyond
• You will contribute to the overall architecture and the design of thematic European Cloud Nodes
• You will participate in regular project meetings and co-organise conferences and workshops, both online and in person
• You will contribute to regular reports towards the project management and the EC

About you:

• You have completed a master's degree in computer science, physics or related subject, or comparable knowledge
• You have good knowledge in research data management and you are enthusiastic about Open Science
• You have good knowledge of a modern programming language, such as python or typescript
• Familiarity with modern cloud and deployment technologies, such as Kubernetes and ArgoCD, is beneficial
• Previous experience in large-scale projects involving geographically dispersed teams will be an asset
• Knowledge of web technologies will be advantageous
• Previous experience with large scale photon and neutron facilities is helpful
• You have good spoken and written command of the English language

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time, job-sharing models and participation in mobile work (up to 50%). You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities. Remuneration is according to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) at both locations.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

Your Job:

The Sustainable Photovoltaics group at HIERN is looking for two PhD students to support the work in the ChemPRINT Collaborative Research Center, for the Implementation of the project work in the ChemPRINT project.
Research in the Sustainable Photovoltaics group focuses on the development of solar cells and modules with improved recyclability. Further information can be found at www.sustainable-pv.de

The aim of the project is the integration and selective detachment of ultra-thin layers in solar cells for better recycling, as well as the development of controllable processes for the detachment of layers and layer stacks at interfaces (photo-switching). The work is carried out in close cooperation with the Interdisciplinary Center for Nanostructured Films (IZNF).

Your tasks in this context include:

• Fabrication and characterization of perovskite solar cells
  
• Deposition of ultra-thin films by means of Solution Atomic Layer Deposition (SALD) and their characterization
  
• Integration of photo-switches at organic and inorganic interfaces and their characterization
  
• Participation in national and international conferences (incl. presentation of your research results)
  
• Active participation in the activities of the SFB ChemPrint
  
• Writing of scientific publications and project reports

Your Profile:

• Masters degree in materials science, chemistry, physics, production engineering, energy technology or related subjects
  
• Expertise in the field of perovskite solar cells, demonstrated by the production of cells with good efficiency and stability
  
• Expertise in chemical engineering, especially in thin film deposition and characterization (microscopy, ellipsometry)
  
• Experience in the dissemination of scientific results, demonstrated by publications and presentations at conferences
  
• Willingness and ability to participate in international meetings
  
• Experience with conducting and documenting scientific experiments as well as processing and analyzing data (Python, Origin, Excel)
  
• Good communication in English, knowledge of German is advantageous

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• Outstanding scientific and technical infrastructure
  
• International, interdisciplinary work environment on an attractive campus (FAU South Campus), including many collaboration opportunities with partners at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, and international institutions
  
• Opportunity to participate in (international) conferences and project meetings
  
• Continuous scientific mentoring by your scientific advisor
  
• Flexible work (location) arrangements, e.g. remote work
  
• 30 days of annual leave and provision for days off between public holidays and weekends (e.g. between Christmas and New Year)
  

The position is for a fixed term of 3 years. Pay in line with 75% of pay group 13 of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) and additionally 60 % of a monthly salary as special payment („Christmas bonus“). The monthly salaries in euro can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt

Place of employment: Erlangen

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Technik

15.10.2025

Das GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt betreibt eine der führenden Teilchenbeschleunigeranlagen für die Wissenschaft. Derzeit wird in internationaler Zusammenarbeit die neue Anlage FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) gebaut, eines der größten Forschungsvorhaben weltweit. GSI und FAIR bieten die Gelegenheit, in diesem internationalen Umfeld mit einem Team von Mitarbeiter*innen zusammenzuarbeiten, das sich täglich dafür einsetzt, Wissenschaft auf Weltniveau zu betreiben.

Wir suchen zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt für die Abteilung Gebäude- & Elektrotechnik eine*n

Elektrokonstrukteur*in

Kennziffer: 25.116-2140

Ihre Aufgaben:

• Entwicklung und Auslegung elektrotechnischer Anlagen für Neu- und Bestandsanlagen von GSI und FAIR
• Dimensionierung, Identifizierung und Auswahl elektrischer Betriebsmittel gemäß gültigen Normen und Vorschriften (DIN, VDE, IEC)
• Erstellung von Leistungsverzeichnissen sowie technische Klärung mit internen und externen Partnern
• Konstruktion und Dokumentation elektrotechnischer Anlagen mit EPLAN P8 (2D) und optional EPLAN Pro Panel (3D)
• Pflege und Weiterentwicklung einheitlicher Konstruktionsprinzipien, Normen und Werksstandards
• Überwachung und Sicherstellung der normgerechten Elektrodokumentation auch bei externen Lieferanten
• Temporäre Übernahme der Betreiberverantwortung für elektrotechnische Anlagen

Ihr Profil:

• Abgeschlossenes Studium als Ingenieur*in (Diplom, M.Sc., M.Eng., B.Sc., B.Eng.) oder Abschluss als Meister*in / staatl. geprüfter Techniker*in der Fachrichtung Elektrotechnik
• Alternativ: Ausbildung als Energieelektroniker*in mit mehrjähriger Berufserfahrung (>5 Jahre)
• Fundierte theoretische und praktische Kenntnisse in der allgemeinen Elektrotechnik
• Erfahrung im Umgang mit EPLAN P8 (Version 2.9/2024/2025) wünschenswert
• Kenntnisse in Normen und Vorschriften (DIN, VDE, IEC)
• Gute MS-Office-Kenntnisse, insbesondere in der Dokumentenformatierung
• Optional: Kenntnisse in BuildUp, C# oder JavaScript
• Selbstständige, strukturierte und zuverlässige Arbeitsweise sowie Teamfähigkeit
• Sicheres Auftreten, Kommunikationsstärke und Organisationsgeschick sowie die Fähigkeit, eigenverantwortlich und lösungsorientiert zu arbeiten

Wir bieten in unserem international angesehenen Forschungszentrum, nach einer umfassenden Einarbeitung, eine vielseitige und anspruchsvolle Tätigkeit in einem erfahrenen Projektteam. GSI bietet weiterhin verschiedene Angebote zur Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf, mobiles Arbeiten, Angebote im Bereich des betrieblichen Gesundheitsmanagements, betriebliche Sozialberatungsangebote, persönliche Weiterbildungs- und Qualifizierungsangebote, Job-Ticket, Leistungen zur Rentenzusatzversorgung, zusätzliche Betriebliche Freizeit, sowie einen Betriebssportverein „Schnelle Ionen“.

Die Stelle ist unbefristet. Das Gehalt richtet sich nach dem bei GSI geltenden Tarifvertrag TVöD (Bund).

GSI fördert die berufliche Entwicklung von Frauen und begrüßt es, wenn sich Frauen durch die Ausschreibung besonders angesprochen fühlen.

Schwerbehinderte erhalten bei gleicher Qualifikation den Vorzug.

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GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH

Abteilung Personalmanagement

Planckstraße 1

64291 Darmstadt

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Functional Oxides for Energy-Efficient IT

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Reference No. QM 2025/15

The Institute Functional Oxides for Energy-Efficient IT is looking for

Postdoc (f/m/d) Ferroelectric Devices for Neuromorphic Computing

Your Tasks

• Fabrication of ferroelectric devices (2-and 3T devices)
• Scaling of the dimensions down to sub-100 nm dimensions using e- beam lithography
• Detailed electrical characterizations
• Presentation at international conferences and scientific publications
• Supervision of an engineer who will develop lithography and etching processes
• Supervision of Master students 

• Completed PhD in Physics, Materials Science or Electrical Engineering
• Advanced experience in electrical measurements
• Advanced experience in semiconductor devices
• Advanced experience in device fabrication and clean room environment
• Programming skills in python
• Very good written and spoken English skills 
• Excellent teamwork skills

• Letter of application
• Curriculum Vitae
• List of publications
• Copies of diploma and grades with English translation
• Name of two potential reviewers

Prof. Catherine Dubourdieu

(030) 8062-42868

catherine.dubourdieu@helmhiltz-berlin.de

Closing Date: 14.11.2025

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) is Germany’s  largest academic institution dedicated  to infection research.  It is a member of the Helmholtz Association, Germany’s largest research organization, and a member of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF). We cooperate with our regional university partners, the Technical University of Braunschweig (TU-BS), the Hannover Medical School (MHH) and the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo).

About HUMAN:

HUMAN is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony (MWK). The program is based on an integrative approach that applies novel technologies, systems biology, medical/life sciences and informatics to understand, predict and therapeutically target the mechanisms underlying health and disease.

The HUMAN program is linked to and benefits from the BMFTR-funded Microbial Stargazing (MICROSTAR) program. MICROSTAR focuses on microbes, their effector mechanisms and their adaptation strategies in competition with other organisms. Together, HUMAN-MICROSTAR applies a holistic and comprehensive approach that has the potential to provide groundbreaking insights and new solutions for human health in the context of its microbial environment.

More details here: www.helmholtz-hzi.de/human-microstar.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) is Germany’s largest academic institution dedicated to infection research. It is a member of the Helmholtz Association, Germany’s largest research organization, and a member of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF). We cooperate with our regional university partners, TU-Braunschweig (TU-BS), the Hannover Medical School (MHH), the Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo), and Göttingen University.

Within the newly established HUMAN program (Human Microbe Alliance for Universal Health) (www.helmholtz-hzi.de/human-microstar), the HZI invites applications for Junior Research Group Leaders to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to address the following focus areas:

Join us to advance AI-driven mechanistic modeling and simulation, integrating dynamic systems theory and explainable AI to unlock deeper insights into biological systems and accelerate innovations in health research. Alternatively, you will help us to advance computational network sciences and AI for deeper, explainable insights into biological systems, driving innovations that will shape the future of health research.

The groups will be embedded within the vibrant scientific environment of the Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS) and is part of the Lower Saxony Center for Artificial Intelligence and Causal Methods in Medicine (CAIMed; www.caimed.de), providing exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration.

About HUMAN:

HUMAN is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony (MWK). The program is based on an integrative approach that applies novel technologies, systems biology, medical/life sciences and informatics to understand, predict and therapeutically target the mechanisms underlying health and disease.

The HUMAN program is linked to and benefits from the BMFTR-funded Microbial Stargazing (MICROSTAR) program. MICROSTAR focuses on microbes, their effector mechanisms and their adaptation strategies in competition with other organisms. Together, HUMAN-MICROSTAR applies a holistic and comprehensive approach that has the potential to provide groundbreaking insights and new solutions for human health in the context of its microbial environment.

More details here: www.helmholtz-hzi.de/human-microstar.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Auszubildende

The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, based in Braunschweig, is a member of the Helmholtz Association and conducts cutting-edge research in the field of infectious diseases. Our scientists develop novel methods and strategies to combat infectious diseases more quickly and effectively. Our common goal is to develop novel approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases. Our research focuses on bacterial and viral pathogens, their interaction with the human immune system, and new effective drugs and vaccines.

As a apprentice with us, you will learn about the various areas of our animal management. You will mainly work with small rodents. To expand your knowledge and experience, you will learn how to handle other laboratory animals during internships lasting several weeks with our cooperation partners in the surrounding area. You will learn how to properly care for, maintain, and breed animals. You will be responsible for animal house hygiene and determining the health status of our animals. We place great importance on treating our laboratory animals with respect and responsibility.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

01.01.2026

PhD Student (f/m/d) Imaging magnetic structures in a quantum microscope

With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.

The Institute for Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research is dedicated to the study of materials and their nanostructures that can be considered for future applications in information technology and are based on electrical, magnetic or optical functionalities.

The Department of Quantum Technologies is looking for a PhD Student (f/m/d) - Imaging magnetic structures in a quantum microscope. 

Your tasks

# Planning and execution of optically-detected magnetic resonance experiments with diamond
# Analysis and modelling of the experimental data
# Carrying out literature research
# Publication and presentation of scientific results

Your profile

# Completed university studies (Master/Diploma) in the field of Physics, Engineering Physics or related field
# Very good experimental skills
# Excellent communication skills and willingness to work in an interdisciplinary environment
# Excellent written and spoken English skills

Our offer

# A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
# Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
# A structured PhD program with a comprehensive range of continuing education and networking opportunities - more information about the PhD program at the HZDR can be found here
# Salary and social benefits in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD-Bund) including 30 days of paid holiday leave, company pension scheme (VBL)
# We support a good work-life balance with the possibility of part-time employment, mobile working and flexible working hours
# Numerous company health management offerings
# Employee discounts with well-known providers via the platform Corporate Benefits
# An employer subsidy for the "Deutschland-Ticket Jobticket"

We look forward to receiving your application documents (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.), which you can submit via our online-application-system.  

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

01.03.2026

PhD Student (f/m/d) Machine Learning for Modelling Complex Geochemical Systems

With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.

The Institute of Resource Ecology performs research to protect humans and the environment from hazards caused by pollutants resulting from technical processes that produce energy and raw materials.

The Department of Thermodynamics of Actinides is looking for a PhD Student (f/m/d) - Machine Learning for Modelling Complex Geochemical Systems. The job posting is subject to approval of the associated third-party funded project.

Your tasks

You will help modelling complex geochemical systems, which are typically limited by extremely high computational demands. To break this bottleneck and cut simulation time by orders of magnitude, you will design and implement surrogate models that learn the behavior of full‑physics codes using modern machine‑learning techniques. These surrogates will be tuned for rapid, uncertainty‑aware predictions and integrated into decision‑support tools for deep geological repositories of nuclear waste—one of the most pressing challenges facing modern societies.

Specifically, the tasks are:

# Identify state‑of‑the‑art machine‑learning (ML) methods that can be applied to geochemical systems in geological contexts
# Assess these methods for traceability, robustness, and physicochemical correctness
# Implement and adapt the most promising algorithms to model radionuclide migration in crystalline host rocks
# Execute proof‑of‑concept ML simulations and perform a risk analysis of the resulting model outputs
# Present your scientific results at conferences, workshops, and seminars, and publish the work in peer‑reviewed journals
# Collaborate with project partners at CASUS (HZDR), TU Bergakademie Freiberg, and TU Darmstadt

Your profile

# Completed university studies (Master/Diploma) in the field of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Data Sciences, Geosciences or related field
# Possess a solid background in geochemical processes (e.g., sorption, speciation, radionuclide transport)
# Complement the chemical expertise with some experience in machine‑learning or data‑analytics tools
# High‑level programming skills (Python, R, Julia) to build, test, and optimize models of geochemical systems
# Interest in large‑scale computational simulations (e.g., reactive transport, sorption processes)
# Capability to work in a structured, solution‑oriented manner, demonstrating analytical thinking and a strong commitment to project goals
# Motivation to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary and international team-oriented environment
# Excellent communication skills in English

Our offer

# A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
# Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
# A structured PhD program with a comprehensive range of continuing education and networking opportunities - more information about the PhD program at the HZDR can be found here
# Salary and social benefits in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD-Bund) including 30 days of paid holiday leave, company pension scheme (VBL)
# We support a good work-life balance with the possibility of part-time employment, mobile working and flexible working hours
# Numerous company health management offerings
# Employee discounts with well-known providers via the platform Corporate Benefits
# An employer subsidy for the "Deutschland-Ticket Jobticket"

We look forward to receiving your application documents (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.), which you can submit via our online-application-system.  

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

As a member of the Helmholtz Association, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, based in Braunschweig, conducts top-level research in the field of infectious diseases. Our scientists develop novel methods and strategies to fight infectious diseases faster and more effectively. Our common goal is to develop novel approaches for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Our research focuses on bacterial and viral pathogens, their interaction with the human immune system and new effective substances and vaccines.

Information about the working group:

Our research in Dr. Herhaus's junior scientist group focuses on cell homeostasis and intrinsic and extrinsic cell immunity in pathogen infections. We are interested in deciphering mechanisms of innate immunity that are regulated, for example, by autophagy, using cell culture techniques and mouse models. We are associated with the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center 1177 on selective autophagy (www.sfb1177.de). In addition, we aim to better understand cell-cell communication via extracellular vesicles and their influence on immune regeneration. We are looking for support for our project to decipher the molecular mechanisms by which pathogens use cellular membranes and organelles, especially their contact points, for the spread and survival of pathogens. We also offer the opportunity to work on exciting projects in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary, and international team, embedded in the excellent scientific environment at the HZI with direct access to state-of-the-art technological facilities.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) is the first institution of its kind worldwide to combine ribonucleic acid (RNA) research with infection biology. Based on novel findings from our strong basic research program, our long-term goal is to develop innovative therapeutic approaches to better diagnose and treat human infections. HIRI is a site of the Braunschweig Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in cooperation with the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) and is located on the Würzburg Medical Campus.

Phages are viruses that specifically infect bacteria. They are important sources of biotechnological tools and can further be used to combat bacterial infections, thus having the potential to help overcome the ongoing crisis of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens. Research in the Hör lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of phages with RNA genomes during infection, host takeover, and anti-phage defense. Due to their comparably small genomes, RNA phages must co-opt bacterial host factors to successfully replicate. While some of these interactions have been identified, it remains elusive how infection by RNA phages remodels cellular protein complexes at the global level. 

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

IT - EDV

The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, based in Braunschweig, is a member of the Helmholtz Association and conducts cutting-edge research in the field of infectious diseases. Our scientists develop innovative methods and strategies to combat infectious diseases more quickly and effectively. Our common goal is to develop novel approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases. Our research focuses on bacterial and viral pathogens, their interaction with the human immune system, and new effective drugs and vaccines.

With a wide range of services and projects, the Data Center department, headed by Mr. Rafael Ignaczak, supports both science and administration, thus making a fundamental contribution to the success of the HZI's infection research. In a complex IT environment across multiple locations, 22 employees and six trainees face daily challenges, which they master with competence and team spirit in a friendly environment.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) is the first institution of its kind worldwide to combine ribonucleic acid (RNA) research with infection biology. Based on novel findings from our strong basic research program, our long-term goal is to develop innovative therapeutic approaches to better diagnose and treat human infections. HIRI is a site of the Braunschweig Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in cooperation with the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) and is located on the Würzburg Medical Campus.

More information at www.helmholtz-hiri.de.

Phages are viruses that specifically infect bacteria. They are important sources of biotechnological tools and can further be used to combat bacterial infections, thus having the potential to help overcome the ongoing crisis of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens. Research in the Hör lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of phages with RNA genomes during infection, host takeover, and anti-phage defense. Bacteria use so-called defense systems to protect themselves against phage infection. Until recently, only three major classes of defense systems were known. Over the last five years, however, more than a hundred new defense systems have been discovered, many of which are the evolutionary origins of human innate immune systems. Despite these tremendous successes, little is known about how bacteria defend themselves against RNA phages. 

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Diplom & Master

Your Job:

• Review recent research activities in the field of energy system integration and port electrification
  
• Identify methods for the coordination of multi-energy systems
  
• Develop a coordination strategy specific to the use case of the Port of Trieste
  
• Get familiar with the co-simulation tool for multi-energy systems developed at the ICE-1
  
• Test the proposed strategy using the real electrical and thermal profiles, as well as the electrical and thermal schemes, of the Port of Trieste
  
• Conduct part of the research activity at the University of Trieste in collaboration with Prof. Daniele Bosich and his research team

Your Profile:

• Excellent university degree (Bachelor) and enrolled in a Masters in Mechanical Engineering
  
• Strong mathematical background
  
• Professional competence: good knowledge and experience in programming (e.g. Python, Matlab) is desirable
  
• Interests in issues about decarbonization and multi-energy systems
  
• Excellent ability for cooperative collaboration
  
• Good knowledge of written and spoken English (German is not necessary)
  

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change. We offer ideal conditions for you to complete your master degree:

• An interesting and socially relevant topic for your thesis with future-oriented theme
  
• The opportunity to conduct part of your reseach at the University of Trieste, which is a leading institution in the field of naval power systems and port electrification
  
• Access to the laboratory simulation infrastructure as weil as the software tools developed in the institute
  
• Qualified support from your supervisors throughout your research activities
  
• The chance to independently prepare and work on your tasks
  
• The possibility of (location-) flexible working, e.g. home office for 3 days per week
  
• The position is for a fixed term of 6 months
  

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere in Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Technik

17.10.2025

Das GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt betreibt eine der führenden Teilchenbeschleunigeranlagen für die Wissenschaft. In den nächsten Jahren wird in internationaler Zusammenarbeit die neue Anlage FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) gebaut, eines der größten Forschungsvorhaben weltweit. GSI und FAIR bieten die Gelegenheit, in diesem internationalen Umfeld mit einem Team von Mitarbeiter*innen zusammenzuarbeiten, das sich täglich dafür einsetzt, Wissenschaft auf Weltniveau zu betreiben.

Wir suchen für die Gruppe HEBT Instruments der Abteilung Beam Diagnostics zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine/n

Staatlich geprüfte/r Techniker*in der Fachrichtung

Mechatronik bzw. Elektrotechnik (m/w/d)

Kennziffer: 25.115-6650

zur Unterstützung bei der Auslegung, dem Aufbau und dem Betrieb von komplexen Mess- und Steuerungs­systemen der Strahldiagnose bei GSI und FAIR.

Ihre Aufgaben:

• Wartung, Reparatur und Instandhaltung von Strahldiagnosekomponenten in Teilchen­beschleunigern
• Diagnose und Behebung von Störungen an elektronischen und mechatronischen Systemen
• Installation, Inbetriebnahme und Kalibrierung von Mess- und Diagnosesystemen
• Unterstützung bei der Entwicklung und Optimierung neuer Strahldiagnoseverfahren
• Durchführung von Prüfungen und Tests zur Qualitätssicherung
• Dokumentation der durchgeführten Arbeiten
• Zusammenarbeit mit Wissenschaftler*innen und Ingenieur*innen zur Verbesserung der Techniksysteme

Ihr Profil:

• Abgeschlossene Ausbildung zum/zur staatlich geprüften Techniker*in der Fachrichtung Mechatronik bzw. Elektronik, oder eine vergleichbare Qualifikation
• Erfahrung im Bereich Hochspannungstechnik, Vakuumtechnik oder Messtechnik von Vorteil
• Kenntnisse in Steuerungs- und Regelungstechnik
• Engagement und Interesse an physikalischen Anwendungen
• Sehr gute Kommunikationskompetenz, schnelle Auffassungsgabe und eigenständige Arbeitsweise
• Die Fähigkeit zur Teamarbeit und ein lösungs­orien­tierter Arbeitsstil werden vorausgesetzt

In unserem international angesehenen Forschungsinstitut erwartet Sie, nach einer umfassenden Einarbeitung, eine vielseitige und anspruchsvolle Tätigkeit in einem erfahrenen Projektteam.

Wir bieten eine unbefristete Stelle. Das Gehalt richtet sich nach dem bei GSI geltenden Tarifvertrag TVöD (Bund).

GSI fördert die berufliche Entwicklung von Frauen und begrüßt es, wenn sich Frauen durch die Ausschreibung besonders angesprochen fühlen.

Schwerbehinderte erhalten bei gleicher Qualifikation den Vorzug.

Wenn Sie das beschriebene Aufgabenfeld als persönliche Herausforderung ansehen,  
freuen wir uns auf Ihre aussagekräftige Bewerbung inklusive Ihrer Gehaltsvorstellungen sowie Ihres frühestmöglichen Eintrittstermins, unter Angabeder Kennziffer (25.115-6650)bis spätestens  14.11.2025 über das Onlineportal auf unserer Webseite:

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GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
ABTEILUNG PERSONAL
PLANCKSTRAßE 1
64291 DARMSTADT

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

17.10.2025

Chemical reactions in zeolites are to be investigated using quantum chemical methods. The processes unter investigation (methanol-to-olefins, syngas-to-olefins) involve the production of hydrocarbons from renewable raw materials. In addition to periodic density functional theory (DFT), ab initio methods and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations will also be performed for the investigations. Furthermore, machine learning can be tested to accelerate MD simulations.

In this project, you will be responsible for the following tasks in particular:

• Investigation of reaction mechanismus using density functional theory and statistical thermodynamics
• Kinetic modeling using mean-field models and transition state theory
• Conducting MD simulations for the targeted investigation of selected problems
• Publication of research results and participation in international conferences 
• Cooperation and exchange with working groups

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Diplom & Master

Your Job:

• Investigate current challenges and bottlenecks in power flow analysis for large scale electrical distribution grids
  
• Apply machine learning/AI or surrogate modeling (e.g., neural networks, graph neural networks, physics-informed ML) to approximate PF results
  
• Train models using simulation results generated from conventional power flow solvers
  
• Evaluate AI-based approximators in terms of accuracy, generalization, and computational speed
  
• Integrate models with the existing synthetic grid package
  
• Optionally contribute to writing a scientific paper on AI-enhanced grid simulations
  

Your Profile:

Required Qualifications:

• Very good performance in your Master’s studies in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Geoinformatics, Energy Systems, or related field
  
• Very good knowledge of Machine Learning and AI algorithms
  
• Solid programming skills in Python and familiarity with machine learning libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
  
• Experience working with geospatial data (e.g., geopandas, rasterio, shapely).
  
• Understanding of electrical power systems, especially power flow basics
  
• Experience or interest in applying machine learning to engineering simulations
  
• Strong analytical skills, ability to communicate and document research results clearly in English (B2)
  

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience with GIS tools and libraries (QGIS, GDAL), power system simulation tools (e.g., PyPSA, pandapower, etc)
  
• Knowledge of surrogate modeling, GNNs or Physics-Informed ML
  
• Experience with academic writing or contributions to scientific papers
  
• High level of independence, motivation, and a structured, reliable work approach
  
• Good team skills and willingness to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration
  

Please feel free to apply for the position even if you do not have all the required and desirable skills and knowledge.

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• MEANINGFUL TASKS: Your thesis deals with a future-oriented, socially relevant topic with direct practical relevance in an international environment
  
• PRACTICAL RELEVANCE: With us, you will gain valuable practical experience alongside your studies and actively participate in interdisciplinary projects
  
• SCIENTIFIC ENVIRONMENT: You can expect excellent scientific equipment, modern technologies, and qualified support from experienced colleagues
  
• ONBOARDING & TEAMWORK: You can look forward to working in a dedicated, international, and collegial team. It is important to us that you quickly settle into the team and are given structured training for your tasks. We also support you from the very beginning and make your start easier with our Welcome Days and Welcome Guide: go.fzj.de/welcome
  
• WORK-LIFE BALANCE: We offer flexible working hours, possible 100% home office, to help you balance your professional and personal life. You also have the option of flexible working (in terms of location), which is generally possible after consultation and in line with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments
  
• FLEXIBILITY: Flexible working hours make it easier for you to balance work and study
  
• FAIR REMUNERATION: We will pay you a reasonable remuneration for your thesis
  
• FIXED-TERM: The position is initially for a fixed term of 6 months
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/benefits

Further information on the project is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/de/ice/ice-2/ice2-forschung/integrierte-infrastruktur/verteilnetze

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

The following links provide further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Your Job:

Light absorbing carbon (LAC) comprise organic compounds which affect climate by efficiently absorbing light in aerosols. Its main atmospheric source, both direct and indirect, is the combustion of a variety of fuels. LAC is made of black and brown carbon. The latter comprises a plethora of toxic, typically aromatic, compounds. Their modelling has been so far highly simplified and its impact on climate has not been assessed by the IPCC yet.

Within the ACTUATE project, the impact of LAC on past and future extreme events will be investigated. The work will build upon the storyline simulations of air pollution recently developed in the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy). In this framework the role of black and brown carbon for land-atmosphere and aerosol-cloud interactions will be studied by using the supercomputers available in Jülich. The final goal of the procjet is to investigate emission reduction strategies aimed at mitigating regional climate change while still ensuring a reduction of the air pollution burden.

The core tasks of the successful applicant will be:

• Refine the model representation of LAC emissions, chemistry and optical properties
  
• Assess the role of LAC on extreme events and pollution
  
• Explore climate change mitigation scenarios
  

PROJECTS
ACTUATE: earthenvironment.helmholtz.de/changing-earth/innopool-projects/
MESSy : www.messy-interface.org

Your Profile:

• A Masters degree with subsequent PhD in chemistry, physics, environmental science, atmospheric science, meteorology, or a related discipline
  
• Strong software skills and good knowledge of the programming languages Fortran and Python.
  
• Experience in modelling atmospheric aerosols on supercomputers
  
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken
  
• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team
  

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• Comprehensive training courses and individual opportunities for personal and professional further development
  
• Extensive company health management
  
• Ideal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly corporate policy
  
• Flexible working hours, the option of slightly reduced working hours ( go.fzj.de/near-full-time ), and 30 days of annual leave
  
• A large research campus with green spaces, offering the best possible means for networking with colleagues and pursuing sports alongside work
  
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
  
• Exploration and preparation of next career opportunities supported by our Career Center & Postdoc Office ( www.fz-juelich.de/careercenter )
  

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is for a fixed term of 2 years. Salary and social benefits in conformity with the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD). Depending on the applicant`s qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks, salary grade 13 TVöD-Bund. All information about the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed The monthly salaries in euro can be found here: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer: go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

INM-9 - Computational Biomedicine

PHD Thesis

Your Job:

• Modeling and characterization at molecular level of selected biological processes by performing classical molecular dynamics, and employing enhanced sampling methods and machine learning techniques
  
• Writing and submitting computational proposals to obtain the computational resources required to accomplish the project
  
• Engage in the international simulation community
  
• Publishing the results of this project in international journals and presenting them at international meetings and conferences

Your Profile:

• Excellent university degree (Master) in physics, chemistry, bioinformatics, applied mathematics or computer science
  
• Experience with UNIX-like operating systems
  
• Mathematical and programming skills (Python, Machine Learning)
  
• Basic understanding of molecular forces and structures
  
• Excellent knowledge of written and oral English
  
• Interactive person with good communication skills
  
• Used to work in international teams
  
• Ideal prior knowledge on MD simulations

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• TEAM & ENVIRONMENT: You will work in a motivated team with an international and interdisciplinary focus – at one of the largest research institutions in Europe
  
• RESEARCH & INFRASTRUCTURE: You will have access to excellent scientific and technical facilities for your work. A Doctoral degree conferred by RWTH Aachen University
  
• NETWORKING & EXCHANGE: You will participate in (international) conferences and project meetings and actively build your scientific network
  
• SUPERVISION & SUPPORT: We will accompany your doctoral studies with continuous, expert guidance from your academic supervisor
  
• WORK-LIFE BALANCE: We offer a part-time position with 19,5 hours per week with flexible working hours to help you balance your professional and personal life. You also have the option of flexible working (in terms of location), which is generally possible after consultation and in line with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments
  
• VACATION: You will receive 30 days of vacation
  
• KNOWLEDGE & DEVELOPMENT: Your professional development is important to us – we support you specifically and individually e.g., through training and networking opportunities specifically for doctoral candidates (JuDocS): go.fzj.de/JuDocs
  
• FAIR REMUNERATION: Depending on your qualifications and assigned responsibilities, you will be classified according to pay group 13 (70%) of the TVöD-Bund. Additionally, you will receive a special payment (“Christmas bonus”) amounting to 60% of one month’s salary. All information about the TVöD-Bund collective agreement can be found on the BMI website (pay scale table on page 66 of the PDF download): go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed
  
• FIXED-TERM: The position is limited to 3 years
  
• SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEES: Our International Advisory Service makes it easier for international employees to get started
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

The following links provide further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

20.10.2025

The division "Landscape Biogeochemistry" of the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research / Atmospheric Environmental Research (KIT/IMKIFU) at Campus Alpin in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, invites applications for a postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d).

The announced position is embedded in the BMFTR-funded collaborative projekt "ForestOvershoot" and will be carried out in close collaboration with project partners from German research organizations, universities and the private sector. Within the project KIT Campus Alpin LandscapeDNDC model will be applied to quantify ecosystem functions of forests, such as climate protection services (sink/source funktion for greenhouse gases) as influenced by nitrogen and water availability. We will assess threats to these services retrospectively, but also by simulating furture developments based on assumptions about forest management as well as climate and atmospheric deposition changes.

The successful candidate will

• Initialize, evaluate and adapt the process-based LandscapeDNDC model (LandscapeDNDC: a regional-scale DNDC-based process model) on selected sites using available measurements.
• Prepare input data for national scale applications and run LandscapeDNDC simulations; retrospectively and as scenario studies.
• Interpet and discuss model results in close collaboration with project partners.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

01.03.2026

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Diplom & Master

Your Job:

• Research and extract industrial and commercial buildings across Germany using open-source geospatial data (e.g. OpenStreetMap, CORINE Land Cover, Sentinel, etc)
  
• Apply machine learning/AI and/or statistical algorithms to classify building and land-use types relevant to electrical consumption
  
• Label and prepare training data for AI models; develop automated pipelines for classification
  
• Integrate findings into the existing package synthetic grid tool for generating realistic medium-voltage distribution grids
  
• Collaborate with domain experts from energy modeling, geoinformatics, and data science
  
• Prepare scientific documentation of your methodology and results
  
• Contribute to writing scientific papers for internal reporting and possible publication
  

Your Profile:

Required Qualifications:

• Very good performance in your Master’s studies in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Geoinformatics, Energy Systems, or related field
  
• Solid programming skills in Python and familiarity with machine learning libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
  
• Experience working with geospatial data (e.g., geopandas, rasterio, shapely)
  
• Interest in AI and energy systems modeling
  
• Ability to communicate and document research results clearly in English (B2)
  

Desirable Qualifications:

• GIS experience (QGIS, GDAL), basic understanding of distribution grid concepts and tools like PyPSA
  
• Experience with academic writing or contributions to scientific papers
  
• High level of independence, motivation, and a structured, reliable work approach
  
• Good team skills and willingness to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration
  

Please feel free to apply for the position even if you do not have all the required and desirable skills and knowledge.

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• MEANINGFUL TASKS: Your thesis deals with a future-oriented, socially relevant topic with direct practical relevance in an international environment
  
• PRACTICAL RELEVANCE: With us, you will gain valuable practical experience alongside your studies and actively participate in interdisciplinary projects
  
• SCIENTIFIC ENVIRONMENT: You can expect excellent scientific equipment, modern technologies, and qualified support from experienced colleagues
  
• ONBOARDING & TEAMWORK: You can look forward to working in a dedicated, international, and collegial team. It is important to us that you quickly settle into the team and are given structured training for your tasks. We also support you from the very beginning and make your start easier with our Welcome Days and Welcome Guide: go.fzj.de/welcome
  
• WORK-LIFE BALANCE: We offer flexible working hours, possible 100% home office, to help you balance your professional and personal life. You also have the option of flexible working (in terms of location)
  
• FLEXIBILITY: Flexible working hours make it easier for you to balance work and study
  
• FAIR REMUNERATION: We will pay you a reasonable remuneration for your thesis
  
• FIXED-TERM: The position is initially for a fixed term of 6 months
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/benefits

Further information on the project is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/de/ice/ice-2/ice2-forschung/integrierte-infrastruktur/verteilnetze

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

The following links provide further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Administrative staff

The CiiM was founded in 2015 as a joint initiative of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Hannover Medical School (MHH) and is the first research institute dedicated explicitly to the development of personalized medicine for infections.

In your role as a building services engineer at the Hannover site, you will ensure the reliable functioning of the technical building equipment, thereby making a key contribution to the safe and smooth running of scientific operations. The new CiiM building is expected to be ready for use in May 2026. In the final months of completion, you will work with colleagues from Braunschweig to take over and transfer the technical structures into regular operation. Integrated into the operational structures of the HZI in Braunschweig, you will then independently take over the maintenance, servicing, and repair of heating, ventilation, sanitation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and electrical systems during regular operation. As the contact person for technical building services and janitorial tasks, you will work in close coordination with the site management in Hanover, colleagues on site and in Braunschweig, colleagues from the neighboring TWINCORE, external specialist companies, and the scientific working groups.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Das GFZ ist das nationale Zentrum für die Erforschung der festen Erde in Deutschland. Wir fördern das Verständnis dynamischer Prozesse zur Bewältigung globaler Herausforderungen - von der Milderung der Auswirkungen von Naturgefahren über die Bewahrung unserer Umwelt in Zeiten des globalen Wandels bis hin zum verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit natürlichen Ressourcen. Wir sind Mitglied der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, der größten deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisation. Mit rund 1.200 Beschäftigten sowie ca. 500 Gästen tragen wir zum Helmholtz-Forschungsbereich Erde und Umwelt bei und verbinden Spitzenforschung mit gesellschaftlicher Relevanz und internationaler Zusammenarbeit. Unsere Arbeit integriert multidisziplinäre Studien über die Systeme der Erde und nutzt fortschrittliche Technologien und Infrastrukturen, um Lösungen zu erforschen und unser Wissen in die Gesellschaft zu tragen. Wir tun dies im Einklang mit unserer Vision: „Am Puls der Erde, um sie als lebensfreundlichen Planeten zu erhalten“.

Kennziffer 10797

Werde Teil unseres IT-Teams am GFZ – Gestalte die digitale Zukunft der Geoforschung.

Du hast Freude daran, Menschen mit Deiner IT-Expertise zu unterstützen und Probleme lösungsorientiert anzugehen?
Dann bist Du bei uns genau richtig: Unser Rechenzentrum sorgt dafür, dass mehr als 1.600 Mitarbeitende am GFZ weltweit vernetzt forschen können.

Wir suchen eine/n IT-Systemadministrator:in / Scientific IT Support Specialist, die/der mit Engagement und Teamgeist unsere IT-Services mitgestaltet und stetig verbessert.

Bei uns erwartet Dich:

• ein abwechslungsreicher Arbeitsplatz mit direktem Kontakt zu Nutzer:innen aus Wissenschaft und Verwaltung
• Gestaltungsspielraum, um unsere IT-Landschaft weiterzuentwickeln
• ein kollegiales Team, das sich gegenseitig unterstützt und Wissen teilt
• flexibles Arbeiten und ein Arbeitsumfeld, in dem Vielfalt und Gleichberechtigung gelebt werden

Wir freuen uns ausdrücklich über Bewerbungen von Menschen – insbesondere von Frauen –, die gemeinsam mit uns die IT-Welt vielfältiger gestalten möchten.
Bring Deine Ideen und Deine Persönlichkeit ein. Wir brauchen keine IT-Superheld:innen, sondern Kolleg:innen, die Freude an Technik und Teamarbeit haben.

Dein Aufgabengebiet:

• Du installierst und betreibst Server für die Verarbeitung und Speicherung wissenschaftlicher Daten
• Du betreust die Mitarbeiter:innen bei IT-Fragen und IT-Problemen (First-Level-Support). Dabei suchst Du selbstständig nach Lösungen für auftretende Probleme.  
• Du installierst, aktualisierst und verwaltest Clients und baust Arbeitsplätze auf. 
• Du erstellst und aktualisierst sowohl IT-interne Dokumentation als auch Anleitungen und Tutorial-Videos für die Mitarbeiter:innen. 
• Du unterstützt bei der Durchführung von IT-Projekten und bei der Auswahl und Beschaffung neuer IT-Systeme.   
• Deine Ideen und Kenntnisse bringst Du konstruktiv bei der Entwicklung und Umsetzung spannender Projekte ein.
• Du kommunizierst und koordinierst mit externen Firmen z.B. für Support-Verträge und Reparaturen. 

Dein Qualifikationsprofil:

• Dein Studium, im Bereich Informatik oder einem anderen MINT-Fach, hast Du erfolgreich abgeschlossen (mindestens Bachelor).
• Du hast idealerweise ein Jahr Berufserfahrung im First-Level-Support und der Verwendung eines Ticketsystems.
• Linux Systeme kannst Du installieren und administrieren.
• Es motiviert Dich, Aufgaben eigenverantwortlich und lösungsorientiert zu bearbeiten. 
• Du hast Erfahrungen mit dem Client-Deployment, Assetmanagement und dem Aufbau und der Modifikation von Arbeitsplätzen.  
• Du bringst Kenntnisse in der Erstellung von Anleitungen und Video-Tutorials für Mitarbeiter:innen mit.
• Du verfügst über eine hohe Zielorientierung sowie Qualitäts-, Kosten-, und Terminbewusstsein.  
• Soziale Kompetenz, Teamfähigkeit und ein sehr gutes Kommunikationsverhalten in einem multikulturellen und internationalen Umfeld runden Dein Profil ab.
• Auch in Situationen mit hoher Arbeitsbelastung gehst Du Deine Aufgaben ruhig, überlegt und zielorientiert an.
• Du verfügst über sehr gute Deutschkenntnisse (mind. C1) und gute Englischkenntnisse (mind. B1).

Wir bieten Dir:

• anspruchsvolle und abwechslungsreiche Aufgaben in einem dynamischen und internationalen Forschungsumfeld
• modernste Ausstattung der Arbeitsplätze
• Zusatzleistungen des öffentlichen Dienstes
• umfangreiche Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten
• eine flexible Arbeitszeit- und Arbeitsplatzgestaltung
• Unterstützung zur besseren Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Privatleben durch benefit@work
• eine Betriebskindertagesstätte auf dem Forschungsgelände
• einen Arbeitsplatz im Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein auf dem Potsdamer Telegrafenberg
• eine gute Erreichbarkeit zum nahegelegenen Potsdamer Hauptbahnhof, sowohl fußläufig als auch mit Shuttlebus

Haben wir Dein Interesse geweckt?

Dann freuen wir uns auf Deine aussagekräftige Bewerbung bis zum 18/11/2025.

Erforderliche Unterlagen: Lebenslauf, Motivationsschreiben, Zeugnisse

Wünschenswerte Unterlagen: Referenzen

Bitte benutze dafür ausschließlich unser Online-Bewerbungsformular.

Das GFZ setzt sich aktiv für Vielfalt ein und begrüßt ausdrücklich Bewerbungen aller qualifizierter Personen, unabhängig von ethnischer und sozialer Herkunft, Nationalität, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung und Identität, Religion/Weltanschauung, Alter und körperlichen Merkmalen. Wir fördern ein inklusives Arbeitsumfeld, in dem jede:r die eigenen Talente voll entfalten kann. Anerkannt schwerbehinderte Menschen werden bei gleicher Eignung und Qualifikation nach Maßgabe des Sozialgesetzbuches IX bevorzugt berücksichtigt.  Bei Fragen zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter können Sie gern mit unserer Gleichstellungsbeauftragten Kontakt aufnehmen.

„Vielfalt in den Perspektiven“ ist einer der Kernwerte des GFZ. Als integraler Bestandteil der Unterstützung der Vielfalt in unserem Zentrum fördern wir aktiv Frauen in der Wissenschaft und in Führungspositionen, u.a. durch unseren Gleichstellungsplan und die Maßnahmen des Kaskadenmodells, um nachhaltige Chancengleichheit in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen zu ermöglichen. Das GFZ setzt sich damit engagiert für die Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in der Wissenschaft, auch in Führungspositionen, ein und ermutigt Frauen ausdrücklich, sich zu bewerben.

Deine personenbezogenen Daten werden zur Durchführung des Auswahlverfahrens auf Grundlage von Art. 6 Abs. 1 b, Art. 88 DSGVO i. V. m. § 26 BbgDSG verarbeitet. Nach Abschluss des Verfahrens werden Bewerbungsunterlagen unter Einhaltung der datenschutzrechtlichen Bestimmungen gelöscht.

Für nähere Informationen zum Aufgabengebiet steht Dir Ronny Kopischke per E-Mail zur Verfügung. Für allgemeine Fragen zum Bewerbungsverfahren wende Dich gerne an unser Recruiting-Team unter der Telefonnummer +49 (0) 331-6264-28787.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Administrative staff

Das GFZ ist das nationale Zentrum für die Erforschung der festen Erde in Deutschland. Wir fördern das Verständnis dynamischer Prozesse zur Bewältigung globaler Herausforderungen - von der Milderung der Auswirkungen von Naturgefahren über die Bewahrung unserer Umwelt in Zeiten des globalen Wandels bis hin zum verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit natürlichen Ressourcen. Wir sind Mitglied der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, der größten deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisation. Mit rund 1.200 Beschäftigten sowie ca. 500 Gästen tragen wir zum Helmholtz-Forschungsbereich Erde und Umwelt bei und verbinden Spitzenforschung mit gesellschaftlicher Relevanz und internationaler Zusammenarbeit. Unsere Arbeit integriert multidisziplinäre Studien über die Systeme der Erde und nutzt fortschrittliche Technologien und Infrastrukturen, um Lösungen zu erforschen und unser Wissen in die Gesellschaft zu tragen. Wir tun dies im Einklang mit unserer Vision: „Am Puls der Erde, um sie als lebensfreundlichen Planeten zu erhalten“.

In der Abteilung "Personal" ist in der Arbeitsgruppe "Verträge" im Rahmen einer Elternzeitvertretung schnellstmöglich folgende Stelle zu besetzen:

Kennziffer 10841

Ihr Aufgabengebiet:

• selbstständige Bearbeitung aller administrativen Personalangelegenheiten für einen definierten Personenkreis unserer Beschäftigten von der Einstellung bis zum Austritt
• Beteiligung der internen Mitbestimmungsgremien im Rahmen einer vertrauensvollen Zusammenarbeit
• Beratung der Führungskräfte und Beschäftigten in arbeits- und tarifrechtlichen Fragen in deutscher und in englischer Sprache
• Betreuung unserer Beschäftigten in steuer- und sozialversicherungsrechtlichen Angelegenheiten u.a. zur Gehaltsabrechnung, Mutterschutz, Elternzeiten, Monitoring von An- und Abwesenheiten
• Erstellung von Personalkostenhochrechnungen von drittmittel- und haushaltsfinanziertem Personal
• Vorbereitung der monatlichen Gehaltsabrechnung insbesondere Anlage der Personalstamm- und Gehaltsdaten bis zur Prüfung der Zahlläufe, Zahlbarmachung von Vergütungen über unser Abrechnungssystem SAP
• Führen der digitalen Personalakten sowie Erstellen von Arbeitgeberbescheinigungen, eigenständige Korrespondenz im Aufgabengebiet mit Sozialversicherungs- und Versorgungsträgern sowie Ämtern und Behörden
• Mitgestaltung der Prozessoptimierung im Personalbereich sowie der Digitalisierung

Ihr Qualifikationsprofil:

• Bachelorabschluss mit betriebswirtschaftlicher/juristischer Ausrichtung bzw. vergleichbare kaufmännische Ausbildung mit dem Schwerpunkt Personal sowie Berufserfahrung in der operativen Personalarbeit
• gute Kenntnisse im Tarifrecht des öffentlichen Dienstes, Sozialversicherungs- und Steuerrecht sowie Arbeits- und Personalvertretungsrecht
• ausgeprägte Serviceorientierung, verbindliches Auftreten sowie Diskretion
• gute englische und sehr gute deutsche Sprachkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift sowie Beherrschung der gängigen MS Office Anwendungen
• ein hohes Maß an Eigeninitiative und Verantwortungsbewusstsein
• idealerweise Erfahrungen in einer Wissenschaftsorganisation oder einer anderen öffentlichen Verwaltung mit internationalem Umfeld
• wünschenswert sind Erfahrungen im Umgang mit SAP-HCM 

Wir bieten Ihnen:

• anspruchsvolle und abwechslungsreiche Aufgaben in einem dynamischen und internationalen Forschungsumfeld
• modernste Ausstattung der Arbeitsplätze
• Zusatzleistungen des öffentlichen Dienstes
• umfangreiche Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten
• eine flexible Arbeitszeit- und Arbeitsplatzgestaltung
• Unterstützung zur besseren Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Privatleben durch benefit@work
• eine Betriebskindertagesstätte auf dem Forschungsgelände
• einen Arbeitsplatz im Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein auf dem Potsdamer Telegrafenberg
• eine gute Erreichbarkeit zum nahegelegenen Potsdamer Hauptbahnhof, sowohl fußläufig als auch mit Shuttlebus

Haben wir Ihr Interesse geweckt?

Dann freuen wir uns auf Ihre aussagekräftige Bewerbung bis zum 17/11/2025.

Erforderliche Unterlagen: Lebenslauf und Anschreiben, Zeugnisse

Bitte benutzen Sie dafür ausschließlich unser Online-Bewerbungsformular.

Das GFZ setzt sich aktiv für Vielfalt ein und begrüßt ausdrücklich Bewerbungen aller qualifizierter Personen, unabhängig von ethnischer und sozialer Herkunft, Nationalität, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung und Identität, Religion/Weltanschauung, Alter und körperlichen Merkmalen. Wir fördern ein inklusives Arbeitsumfeld, in dem jede:r die eigenen Talente voll entfalten kann. Anerkannt schwerbehinderte Menschen werden bei gleicher Eignung und Qualifikation nach Maßgabe des Sozialgesetzbuches IX bevorzugt berücksichtigt.  Bei Fragen zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter können Sie gern mit unserer Gleichstellungsbeauftragten Kontakt aufnehmen.

„Vielfalt in den Perspektiven“ ist einer der Kernwerte des GFZ. Als integraler Bestandteil der Unterstützung der Vielfalt in unserem Zentrum fördern wir aktiv Frauen in der Wissenschaft und in Führungspositionen, u.a. durch unseren Gleichstellungsplan und die Maßnahmen des Kaskadenmodells, um nachhaltige Chancengleichheit in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen zu ermöglichen. Das GFZ setzt sich damit engagiert für die Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in der Wissenschaft, auch in Führungspositionen, ein und ermutigt Frauen ausdrücklich, sich zu bewerben.

Ihre personenbezogenen Daten werden zur Durchführung des Auswahlverfahrens auf Grundlage von Art. 6 Abs. 1 b, Art. 88 DSGVO i. V. m. § 26 BbgDSG verarbeitet. Nach Abschluss des Verfahrens werden Bewerbungsunterlagen unter Einhaltung der datenschutzrechtlichen Bestimmungen gelöscht.

Für nähere Informationen zum Aufgabengebiet steht Ihnen Cornelia Schäfer per E-Mail zur Verfügung. Für allgemeine Fragen zum Bewerbungsverfahren wenden Sie sich gerne an unser Recruiting-Team unter der Telefonnummer +49 (0) 331-6264-28787.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

22.10.2025

Das GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt betreibt eine der führenden Teilchenbeschleunigeranlagen für die Wissenschaft. Derzeit wird in internationaler Zusammenarbeit die neue Anlage FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) gebaut, eines der größten Forschungsvorhaben weltweit. GSI und FAIR bieten die Gelegenheit, in diesem internationalen Umfeld mit einem Team von Mitarbeiter*innen zusammenzuarbeiten, das sich täglich dafür einsetzt, Wissenschaft auf Weltniveau zu betreiben.

Wir suchen zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt für die Abteilung „Ring RF (RRF)“, Gruppe „RRF Cavity Technology (RCT)“ eine*n

Wissenschaftlich-technische*n Mitarbeiter*in (d/m/w)

in angewandter Physik oder Mechatronik (M.Sc. bzw. Diplom (Universität))

Kennziffer: 25.113-6321

Ihre Aufgaben:

• Entwicklung von Hochfrequenz-Kavitätensystemen für FAIR
• Klärung physikalischer Anforderungen und offener technischer Fragen
• Durchführung von Simulationen, analytischen Berechnungen und Plausibilitätsprüfungen 
• Erstellung von technischen Konzepten und Spezifikationen 
• Realisierung von Prototypen und Testaufbauten
• Klärung der Infrastruktur-, Sicherheits- und Installations-Randbedingungen
• Erstellung von Ausschreibungsunterlagen für Beschaffungen  
• Projektmanagement einschließlich Zeit-, Ressourcen- und Kostenverfolgung
• Aufbau, Installation, Inbetriebnahme, Optimierung von Kavitätensystemen
• Dokumentation, Präsentation und Berichtswesen
• Sicherstellung des laufenden Betriebs von Ring-HF-Anlagen, Anlagenverantwortung.  

Mit dem letzten Punkt ist auch ein Einsatz in der Rufbereitschaft verbunden.

Ihr Profil:

Voraussetzungen sind ein abgeschlossenes wissenschaftliches Hochschulstudium (Master bzw. Diplom (Universität)), der o.g. oder einer verwandten Fachrichtung oder eine vergleichbare Qualifikation sowie gute Kenntnisse und Erfahrung in mindestens zwei der folgenden Gebiete:

• Hochfrequenztechnik und zugehörige Messtechnik
• Erfahrungen mit HF-Leistungsverstärkern
• Beschleunigertechnik
• Hochspannungs- bzw. Energietechnik.

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This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

01.02.2026

Project coordinator for an EU project (f/m/d)

With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.

At the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF), innovative technologies for the circular economy are developed to provide and use mineral and metal-bearing raw materials more efficiently and to recycle them in an environmentally friendly way.

The Department of Modelling and Evaluation is looking for a Project coordinator for an EU project (f/m/d). 

Your tasks

# Liaise with project partners, stakeholders, and the EU Commission to maintain effective communication and collaboration
# Monitor project progress, prepare progress reports, and ensure timely submission of deliverables
# Manage the project budget, track expenditures, and ensure financial compliance
# Organize and facilitate project meetings, workshops, and events
# Identify and mitigate risks to ensure smooth project execution
# Prepare and maintain project documentation, presentations, and records

Your profile

# Completed university studies (Master/Diploma/PhD) preferably in the field of geosciences or related fields
# Relevant professional experience in the specified area
# Excellent organizational and time-management skills
# You have already experience in coordinating EU projects
# Contributions to dissemination and PR activities
# Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse and international team
# Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
# Ability to travel within the EU as required
# Fluency in English; knowledge of additional EU languages is an asset
# Proficiency in project management tools and software

Our offer

# A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
# Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
# Salary and social benefits in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD-Bund) including 30 days of paid holiday leave, company pension scheme (VBL)
# We support a good work-life balance with the possibility of part-time employment, mobile working and flexible working hours
# Numerous company health management offerings
# Employee discounts with well-known providers via the platform Corporate Benefits
# An employer subsidy for the "Deutschland-Ticket Jobticket"

We look forward to receiving your application documents (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.), which you can submit via our online-application-system.  

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

GFZ is Germany's national centre for solid Earth research. We advance the understanding of dynamic processes to address global challenges, from mitigating the impacts of natural hazards and sustaining our habitat amid global change to responsibly managing georesources. We are part of the Helmholtz Association, the largest German scientific organisation. With around 1,200 employees as well as ca. 500 guest researchers, we contribute to the Helmholtz Research Field Earth and Environment, aligning cutting-edge research with societal relevance and international collaboration. Our work integrates multidisciplinary studies across Earth's system components, leveraging advanced technologies and infrastructure to research solutions and to transfer our knowledge to society. We are doing this according to our vision: “Taking the pulse of our Earth to safeguard a habitable planet”.

Reference Number 10833

The Department 5 “Geoinformation” currently unites three sections of the GFZ. It consolidates the GFZ’s core services in the areas of information management, research data management, and information and communication technologies combined with data science. The successful candidate will manage the department’s operations alongside the responsible department director. The aim of this position is to create the best possible framework for the provision of professional services and excellent science at the centre through informing, advising, steering and shaping.

Key responsibilities include steering the department’s resources (personnel, material assets, investment funds), and contributing to the strategic development and operational leadership of the department. As part of the department’s management team, the Department Coordinator will work closely with the department’s leadership and act as a liaison to the GFZ executive boards and administration. The Department Coordinator will occupy a lateral leadership role and will:

• Proactively support the director in preparing and implementing decisions and provide the necessary information for this purpose
• Represent the department in various internal committees, support the implementation of the resolutions and recommendations made there, and organise the flow of information
• Serve as the central interface (information exchange, controlling, coordination) between the department’s staff and the executive and administrative divisions
• Support and advise the Chief Information Officer, the Chief Information Security Officer, and the Head of the GFZ Computing Centre in their day-to-day operations, as well as in the preparation and implementation of strategic decisions relating to IT management and IT security

Your responsibilities:

• Preparation of decisions regarding personnel measures, investment applications, third-party funding proposals, infrastructure and resources, including space planning, and ensuring their implementation
• Planning and controlling the department’s financial and personnel resources
• Collecting, processing and evaluating information, and deriving tasks and work orders for various stakeholder groups
• Substantive preparation and follow-up of meetings at departmental and executive board level
• Managing the department’s reporting system
• Contributing to the department’s strategic concepts in line with those of the GFZ, including cross-departmental coordination.
• Developing strategies, concepts and instruments, and implementing appropriate measures for the department and its organisational units (sections and working groups) to promote equality, early-career development, acquisition of third-party funds, and technology and knowledge transfer in cooperation with the relevant executive and administrative divisions of the GFZ
• Supporting the implementation of the IT strategy, strategic IT governance and long-term IT planning, as well as the digitalisation strategy and digital transformation
• Participating in the identification of topics and stakeholders (internal and external) that are strategically important for the further development of the department and its units
• Coordinating and organising a supportive measures plan and its implementation to systematically explore these topics and to sustainably network with stakeholders, including proactive networking with suitable external networks

Your qualifications:

• Successfully completed university degree (Master’s or equivalent), preferably in a geoscientific or information technology context (PhD desirable)
• Professional experience in financial and cost management and proven knowledge of project management
• Knowledge of the national – as well as key aspects of the European – science and funding system
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure, software development, data security and current trends in information technology
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
• Excellent conceptual and organisational skills combined with excellent time management skills
• Communication and negotiation skills, as well as a strong ability to convey complex matters and policies sensitively and in a context-specific manner
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and German
• Reliability, confidentiality, a high degree of initiative, and the ability to work both in a team and independently in a dynamic environment
• Knowledge of the structures and workflows within the Helmholtz Association and the implementation principles of programme-oriented research of the Helmholtz Association in the research field “Earth and Environment” is an advantage
• Subject-matter expertise related to the research topics of the “Geoinformation” department is welcome

What we offer:

• Ambitious and varied tasks in a dynamic and international research environment
• State-of-the-art equipment
• Public service benefits
• Extensive training opportunities
• Flexible working hours and conditions
• Support with finding a good work-life balance offered by benefit@work
• Institute day-care centre on site
• Working at the Albert Einstein science park on the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam
• Work place within walking distance of Potsdam main train station, or just a short ride on the shuttle bus

Have we piqued your interest?

The GFZ actively promotes diversity and explicitly welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of ethnic and social origin, nationality, gender, sexual orientation and identity, religion/belief, age and physical characteristics. We also promote an inclusive working environment in which everyone can fully develop their own talents. Anyone who has been recognised as severely disabled, will be given preferential consideration in the event of equal suitability and qualification in accordance with the provisions of the German Social Code IX. In case of further queries regarding gender equality, please do not hesitate to contact our Equal Opportunities Officer.

“Diversity in perspectives” is one of GFZ's core values. As an integral part of supporting diversity at our centre, we actively promote women in science and in leadership positions. We among others do this through our gender equality plan and the cascade model measures which we actively implement to enable sustainable equal opportunities in academic career paths. The GFZ thus committedly strives for gender equality in science, including in leadership positions, and strongly encourages women to apply.

Your personal data will be processed for the purpose of conducting the selection procedure on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 b, Art. 88 GDPR in conjunction with Art. 26 of the Data Protection Act for the State of Brandenburg. After completion of the procedure, application documents will be deleted in compliance with data protection regulations.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

IBG - Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften

PHD Thesis

Your Job:

You will work as a doctoral researcher within one of four interdisciplinary PhD projects in the Simulation and Data Lab Digital Bioeconomy. Each project combines natural sciences with computational and data-driven approaches, focusing on topics such as plant carbon transport, microbial systems, or circular bioprocesses. You will contribute to developing and applying novel modeling strategies, AI-enhanced simulations, and computational workflows to explore biological complexity and design solutions for a sustainable bioeconomy.

The four PhD projects are:

• 1. MISOWASP: Linking Molecular scale Interactions of Soil Organic matter with Water retention in Soil-Plant systems (Link: www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/daten-ki/casa-sdl-dbe/misowasp-1 )
  
• 2. PINM: Process-based integrated modeling of rhizosphere N cycling for improved plant N uptake (Link: www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/daten-ki/casa-sdl-dbe/pinm )
  
• 3. ProSeC: Bacterial protein secretion: from modeling and data analysis to application (Link: www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/daten-ki/casa-sdl-dbe/prosec )
  
• 4. VICAR: In vivo quantification of carbon allocation in plant root networks (Link: www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/daten-ki/casa-sdl-dbe/vicar )
  

Further details on each project can be found on our website: www.fz-juelich.de/ibg/daten-ki/casa-sdl-dbe

Your Profile:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in computer science, applied mathematics, physics, engineering, biology, plant and agrosphere sciences, or another relevant natural science;
  
• Strong interest in interdisciplinary research at the interface of natural sciences, data science, and computational modeling.
  
• Experience in at least one of the following areas: scientific programming and data analysis (e.g., Python, R, C++, MATLAB), computational modeling, imaging and sensor data processing, bioinformatics, systems biology, or biophysics.
  
• Familiarity with simulation environments, numerical methods, or machine learning approaches is an advantage.
  
• Fluent command of written and spoken English is necessary; German is an advantage but not required.
  
• High degree of independence, motivation, and reliability, combined with a collaborative mindset and the ability to work in interdisciplinary teams.
  

With your application please upload the following documents (in pdf format):

• Curriculum Vitae: with relevant credentials, qualifications (incl. your experience with scientific software, programming, and software development), contact information of your Master`s Thesis Advisor
  
• Motivation letter incl. a) clearly stating which position your are interested in (max. 3) and why, b) your current research interest (this gives some insight in your vision on future research) and c) your research experience (mostly what your Master thesis was about), so we understand your motivation of doing a PhD with us (max. 600 words)
  
• Certificates & Transcripts of grades of Your Master`s and Bachelor`s Degrees: we accept degrees in German or English or certified and notarized translations of your degree; if you cannot upload a Certificate of your Master`s degree yet, please upload a document with the envisioned date of graduation, the thesis title, and a short outline
  
• Reference letter (if available)
  
• Further certificates of relevant qualifications, if available

Our Offer:

We offer you the opportunity to pursue your doctoral degree on exciting research topics at the intersection of digital technologies, simulation, and bioeconomy. In this interdisciplinary environment, you will work on projects that contribute directly to sustainable agriculture, resource efficiency, and climate resilience.
We offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• Team & Environment: You will work in a motivated team with an international and interdisciplinary focus – at one of the largest research institutions in Europe
  
• Research & Infrastructure: You will have access to excellent scientific and technical facilities for your work, ranging from high-performance computing and advanced imaging platforms to specialized experimental facilities.
  
• Networking & Exchange: You will participate in (international) conferences and project meetings and actively build your scientific network
  
• Work-life balance: 30 days of annual leave, flexible working arrangements (including remote working) are generally possible upon agreement and in line with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments
  
• Knowledge & Development: Your professional growth is important to us – we support you specifically and individually, for example through training opportunities and the structured JuDocS program for doctoral candidates www.fz-juelich.de/en/judocs
  
• Health & well-being: Your health is important to us. You can look forward to a comprehensive company health management programme with a wide range of options, including a beach volleyball court, running groups, yoga classes and much more. In addition, our company medical service and an experienced social counselling team are available to assist you on site
  
• Support for international employees: Our International Advisory Service makes it easier for international employees to get started
  
• Fair remuneration: Depending on your qualifications and assigned responsibilities, you will be classified according to 75% of pay group 13 of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) and additionally 60 % of a monthly salary as special payment („Christmas bonus“). The monthly salaries in euro can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt). The positions are for a fixed term of 3 or 4 years (please check the details in the project link).
  

Further information on the project is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/daten-ki/casa-sdl-dbe

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/benefits

Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich (including its various branch offices) is available at www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/phd

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

• Cell culture and transfection (e.g. Drosophila S2-cells)
• Gene cloning (incl. bacteria culture, digest/ligation, gel-extraction, Maxi- & Miniprep)
• Western Blots
• RNA/DNA-extraction, cDNA-synthesis, PCR
• Initial instruction of BSc/MSc and PhD students
• General lab responsibilities (lab organization, preparation of media/buffers, ordering)
• Maintenance of zooplankton and phytoplankton cultures

• Qualification as biological lab technician (“Biologielaborant:in”) or comparable degree
• Experience with molecular work (especially with cell culture, cloning, RNA/DNA)
• Motivation to familiarize yourself with a new topic (marine chronobiology)
• Basic experience with zooplankton and/or phytoplankton culture
• Ability to work in a team
• Good English knowledge (approximately equivalent to CEFR level B1)

• Experience with (marine) non-model organisms and/or chronobiology
• Experience with in situ stainings (FISH, immunohistochemistry, HCR)
• Experience with the design of primers and plasmids

• Our scientific success - excellent research
• Collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary
• Opportunities to develop – on the job and towards other positions
• An international environment – everyday contact with people from all over the world
• Flexible working hours
• Health promotion and company fitness with Hansefit and Wellhub
• Support services and a culture of reconciling work and family
• Occupational pension provision (VBL)

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

• Analysis of the functional interactions of Calanus circadian clock components, including the use of cell culture assays
• Development of a microinjection protocol for subsequent applications of functional genetic tools, such as CRISPR-based target mutagenesis, as well as a genotyping protocol to identify generated mutants
• Initial characterization of Calanus animals with alterations in core circadian clock function
• Supervision of students and participation in teaching activities

• PhD in either molecular biology, biotechnology, genetics or related areas
• Experience with cell culture work
• Experience with molecular work (e.g. cloning, sequence analysis, gene editing)
• Motivation to familiarize yourself with a new topic (zooplankton chronobiology)
• Ability to work in a team
• Good English knowledge (approximately equivalent to CEFR level B1+B2)

• Experience in chronobiology
• Experience with non-model organisms
• Experience with in situ stainings (FISH, immunohistochemistry, HCR)
• Experience with physiological and/or behavioral analysis
• Experience with marine biological field work and/or eDNA

• Our scientific success - excellent research
• Collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary
• Opportunities to develop – on the job and towards other positions
• An international environment – everyday contact with people from all over the world
• Flexible working hours
• Health promotion and company fitness with Hansefit and Wellhub
• Support services and a culture of reconciling work and family
• Occupational pension provision (VBL)

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

23.10.2025

You are working on the development of thermoacoustic microsystems that utilize the thermoacoustic effect to convert thermal energy into acoustic waves, which can then be used to generate electricity or manage heat at the microscale. The goal is to improve the performance, efficiency and scalability of these microscale systems for a wide range of industrial, automotive and energy-related applications. You will have the following tasks:

• Design concept and development of thermoacoustic microdevices, focusing on optimizing their acoustic and thermal properties
• Developing and optimizing numerical models to simulate the performance of thermoacoustic microdevices 
• Designing, fabricating, and experimentally testing prototype thermoacoustic energy harvesting/cooling microdevices
•  Integrate thermoacoustic microdevices into practical applications, such as micro-cooling systems and portable energy generators.
• Simulation-based design optimization

The activity offers the opportunity for a part-time doctorate.

The institute is equipped with an array of state-of-the-art facilities, including a 600 m² clean room, mechanical workshop, advanced rapid prototyping capabilities like lithography, 3D printing and laser cutting, construction and connection technology labs, as well as various metrology laboratories. 

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

In der Abteilung "Allgemeine und Technische Dienste" suchen wir zur Verstärkung unseres Teams eine:n

Kennziffer 10723

Wir setzen auf Ihre Einsatzbereitschaft in unseren verschiedenen Institutsbereichen, wenn es um Sauberkeit geht.

Nach erfolgreicher Bewerbung erwartet Sie ein Arbeitgeber, der Ihre Leistungen zu schätzen weiß und Sie gern in Ihrer Bereitschaft zur Weiterbildung unterstützen wird. Sie bilden mit erfahrenen Kolleginnen und Kollegen ein kompetentes Serviceteam im Bereich der Reinigung.

Ihr Aufgabengebiet:

Reinigungsleistungen:

• Unterhaltsreinigung
• Sichtreinigung
• Grundreinigung
• Sonderreinigung

Ihr Qualifikationsprofil:

• Sie haben Erfahrung in der Gebäudereinigung bzw. zeigen eine ausgeprägte Bereitschaft an der Einarbeitung in dem geforderten Aufgabengebiet
• Sie arbeiten gern mit anderen in einer Gruppe zusammen
• Sie sind bereit Neues zu erlernen und sich weiterzubilden

Wir bieten Ihnen:

• umfangreiche Einarbeitung in Ihr Aufgabengebiet
• Mitarbeit in einer engagierten Arbeitsgruppe
• Arbeiten mit modernen Reinigungsmaschinen
• keine Nacht- und Wochenendarbeit
• Möglichkeit eines Jobtickets
• Zusatzleistungen des öffentlichen Dienstes
• umfangreiche Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten
• eine flexible Arbeitszeit
• Unterstützung zur besseren Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Privatleben durch benefit@work
• eine Betriebskindertagesstätte auf dem Forschungsgelände
  
• einen Arbeitsplatz im Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein auf dem Potsdamer Telegrafenberg
  
• eine gute Erreichbarkeit zum nahegelegenen Potsdamer Hauptbahnhof, sowohl fußläufig als auch mit Shuttlebus

Haben wir Ihr Interesse geweckt?

Dann freuen wir uns auf Ihre aussagekräftige Bewerbung bis zum 16.11.2025.

Bitte benutzen Sie dafür ausschließlich unser Online-Bewerbungsformular.

Das GFZ setzt sich aktiv für Vielfalt ein und begrüßt ausdrücklich Bewerbungen aller qualifizierter Personen, unabhängig von ethnischer und sozialer Herkunft, Nationalität, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung und Identität, Religion/Weltanschauung, Alter und körperlichen Merkmalen. Wir fördern ein inklusives Arbeitsumfeld, in dem jede:r die eigenen Talente voll entfalten kann. Anerkannt schwerbehinderte Menschen werden bei gleicher Eignung und Qualifikation nach Maßgabe des Sozialgesetzbuches IX bevorzugt berücksichtigt.  Bei Fragen zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter können Sie gern mit unserer Gleichstellungsbeauftragten Kontakt aufnehmen.

„Vielfalt in den Perspektiven“ ist einer der Kernwerte des GFZ. Als integraler Bestandteil der Unterstützung der Vielfalt in unserem Zentrum fördern wir aktiv Frauen in der Wissenschaft und in Führungspositionen, u.a. durch unseren Gleichstellungsplan und die Maßnahmen des Kaskadenmodells, um nachhaltige Chancengleichheit in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen zu ermöglichen. Das GFZ setzt sich damit engagiert für die Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in der Wissenschaft, auch in Führungspositionen, ein und ermutigt Frauen ausdrücklich, sich zu bewerben.

Für nähere Informationen zum Aufgabengebiet steht Ihnen Franziska Gubik per E-Mail oder per Telefon +49 (0) 331-6264-1649 zur Verfügung.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

•  Develop and improve the fESM CLIMBER-X in the context of long transient paleoclimate simulations
• Calibrate fESM parameters using transient proxy data targets for various key paleo time periods
• Perform ensemble simulations with the stand-alone ice-sheet model Yelmo and with CLIMBER-X to reconstruct past climates and assess feedbacks between ice sheets and the climate system
• Publish code and data online in open-access repositories and write thorough documentation
• Perform scientific experiments and analyses, and publish articles in international journals

• PhD in physics, glaciology, Earth and planetary sciences, meteorology, or a related field
• Strong background in ice-sheet and/or Earth system modeling and model development
• Experience in the topic of tipping points in the Earth system
• Programming experience, preferentially Fortran
• Experience in the publication of scientific results in international journals
• Very good English knowledge  (approximately equivalent to CEFR level C1)

• Experience with paleo-climate data analysis
• Experience with open-access code repositories (Github, Gitlab, etc.)
• Proposal writing skills

• our scientific success - excellent research
• collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary
• opportunities to develop – on the job and towards other positions
• an international environment – everyday contact with people from all over the world
• flexible working hours 
• health promotion and company fitness with Hansefit and Wellhub
• support services and a culture of reconciling work and family
• occupational pension provision (VBL)

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

01.02.2026

Postdoc (f/m/d) Curvilinear soft materials and structures

With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.

The Institute for Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research is dedicated to the study of materials and their nanostructures that can be considered for future applications in information technology and are based on electrical, magnetic or optical functionalities.

The Department of Intelligent Materials and Systems is looking for a Postdoc (f/m/d) curvilinear soft materials and structures. 

Your tasks

# Fabricate actuators based on liquid crystal elastomers
# Characterize their structural and mechanical properties
# Characterize change of inner structure upon mechanical deformations including geometric curvature
# Interact with theory teams to describe impact of geometric curvature and strain on responses of liquid crystal elastomers
# Integrate sensors on mechanical actuators to monitor their motion

Your profile

# Completed university studies (PhD) in the field of Material Science, Physics, Mechanical Engineering or comparable natural sciences
# Relevant professional experience in two photon polymerization, 3D printing, processing and characterization of liquid crystal elastomers
# Knowledge in soft matter, polymers, elastomers, actuation of soft robotics 

Our offer

# A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
# Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
# Salary and social benefits in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD-Bund) including 30 days of paid holiday leave, company pension scheme (VBL)
# We support a good work-life balance with the possibility of part-time employment, mobile working and flexible working hours
# Numerous company health management offerings
# Employee discounts with well-known providers via the platform Corporate Benefits
# An employer subsidy for the "Deutschland-Ticket Jobticket"

We look forward to receiving your application documents (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.), which you can submit via our online-application-system.  

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

To support various projects, the Witten site is seeking two Research Associates starting in January 2026. Applicants should hold a Master’s degree in nursing science, health sciences, therapeutic health science, social sciences, psychology, public health, or other related disciplines.

The position has a minimum workload of 60%, is limited to three years, and includes the option for extension.

• Involvement in dementia care research
• Contributing to health services research projects involving people with dementia
• Involvement in participatory (co-design) research projects
• Organising and participating in project meetings
• Contributing to the preparation and publication of research findings
• Co-organizing workshops and events

• Quick comprehension, creativity, and strong communication skills
• Interest in participatory research projects
• Proficiency in common MS Office applications
• Experience with reference management software (e.g., EndNote) and empirical data analysis programs (e.g., MAXQDA) is desirable
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken
• Interest in dementia and health care research, or willingness to familiarize oneself with the topic

The DZNE is an equal opportunity employer. It is committed to employing disabled individuals and especially encourages them to apply.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH (HZI) is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, the largest scientific organization in Germany. At HZI, researchers focus on developing strategies to improve the fight against infectious diseases. Their aim is to create new methods for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious compounds by studying both bacterial and viral pathogens and their interactions with the immune system, while also investigating new compounds with potential therapeutic effects.

The department VIRI studies viral infections in animal models and in models of primary human cell infections to develop innovative vaccination and immunotherapeutic strategies

Project description:

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading infection cause of congenital disease worldwide, but a vaccine against CMV is not available. Your project shall focus on studies of humoral and T-cell responses to CMV infection in animal models and in human cell culture systems, to identify key determinants of protection against CMV infection and disease and develop innovative vaccine concepts. You will use state of the art virus mutagenesis, real-time imaging of virus infection dynamics, multiparametric flow-cytometry and single-cell transcriptomics to identify and optimize highly innovative antiviral vaccine concepts in collaboration with leading international laboratories.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

24.10.2025

The focus of the RTG is on the development, characterization and modelling of novel, multi-phase composite systems capable of withstanding temperatures substantially beyond 1300 °C and harsh environmental conditions (e.g., oxidative, corrosive, erosive atmospheres) as far as mechanical behavior, environmental resistance and durability are concerned. This is achieved by combining metallic/intermetallic alloys based on refractory metals and polymer-derived ceramic nanocomposites.

The doctoral researchers are supervised and trained by highly qualified scientists and benefit from their complementary expertise through extended stays at the partner institutions. Stays abroad at internationally renowned academic institutions are also supported.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

01.02.2026

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

01.02.2026

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

01.02.2026

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

PHD Thesis

01.02.2026

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

01.11.2025

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Diplom & Master

• Execution of spectrophotometric enzymatic assays (CAT, SOD, GTx)
• Protein quantification and activity normalization
• Comparative evaluation between temperature treatments and developmental stages
• Optional integration with existing oxidative stress and morphometric datasets

• enrolled at an University 
• Interest in experimental and analytical physiology
• Careful lab work and documentation skills
• Background in biology, biochemistry, physiology or related fields

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

27.10.2025

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt operates one of the leading particle accelerators for science. Currently, the new FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) one of the world's largest research projects, is being built in international cooperation. GSI and FAIR offer the opportunity to work in this international environment with a team of employees committed to world-class science.

For the department Linac (LIN) we are looking for a

Physicist or Engineer (all genders)

Reference: 25.118-6680

to participate in development of the superconducting linear accelerator HELIAC (HElmholtz LInear ACcelerator). Currently at GSI the first cryogenic module of HELIAC is in test operation, further two cryogenic modules are in manufacturing phase.

Your tasks:                                                                                                          

• Procurement and Supervision of manufacturing of components and cryostat for further cryogenic modules
• Cryogenic testing of RF cavities, including the development of automated control for the subatmospheric helium compressor
• Participation in tests with first cryogenic module
• Participation in beam times.
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Your qualifications and skills:

• University Degree in physics or engineering sciences (M.Sc./M.Eng.) or comparable qualification
• Ability and interest to work with mechanical systems and accelerator installations
• Knowledge in one or more of these fields: cryogenic, vacuum technology, programing, industrial PLC.
• Team-oriented and safe working methods
• Good language skills in English and German.

The following qualifications and skills are desirable:

• Experience in Python programming
• Experience with analog and digital electronics.

You may expect a multifaceted and interesting position within an internationally leading research institution.

The position is limited until 31.08.2028. Salary is as specified in the collective agreement for public employees (TVöD Bund), effective at GSI.

GSI supports the vocational development of women. Therefore, women are especially encouraged to apply for the position.

Handicapped persons will be preferentially considered when equally qualified.

Further information about FAIR and GSI is available at www.gsi.de and www.fair-center.eu.

If you find this position interesting and challenging and would like to work in an exceptional, international, strongly technical environment, please send your full application documents with information of your earliest possible starting date and the reference number 25.118-6680 above by 24.11.2025 at the latest via the online portal on our job site:

Online-Bewerbungsportal

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH

Human Resources Department

Planckstrasse 1

64291 Darmstadt

GERMANY

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.

Sonstiges

24.10.2025

Ihre Aufgaben

Bewertung schutzzielorientierter Brandschutz­konzepte für ungeregelte Sonderbauten im Bereich der Forschung

Begutachtung und Bewertung der bestehenden Forschungs­anlagen und Bestands­gebäude hinsichtlich des baulichen, anlagentechnischen und organisatorischen Brandschutzes, inklusive kontinuierlicher Fortschreibung der zu treffenden Maßnahmen

Überwachung der Einhaltung von behördlich oder durch die Gefährdungs­beurteilung festgelegten Brand- und Explosions­schutzmaßnahmen (z. B. für Flüssig­gaslager oder bei Schweißarbeiten)

Beratung aller Fach- und Führungskräfte entsprechend den Tätigkeiten für Fachkräfte für Arbeitssicherheit nach ASiG

Prüfung und Kontrolle von Brandschutz­konzepten für Neu- und Umbauten hinsichtlich der Einhaltung von bauordnungs- und arbeitsschutzrechtlichen Vorschriften sowie Prüfung der Umsetzung dieser

Beratung hinsichtlich des Explosions­schutzes bei der Planung, Errichtung und dem Betrieb von Gebäuden, Fertigungs- und Forschungs­anlagen

fachliche Beratung der wissenschaftlichen Institute hinsichtlich des organisatorischen und technischen Brandschutzes bei der Planung und Errichtung von Forschungs­anlagen

Aus- und Weiterbildung betrieblicher Brandschutz- und Evakuierungs­helfer/-innen

fachliche Beratung des Arbeitgebers in allen Fragen des Brand- und Explosions­schutzes

fachliche Zusammenarbeit mit den örtlichen Feuerwehren, Brandschutz- und Aufsichts­behörden

brandschutztechnische Bewertung von Forschungs­anlagen im Labor- und Technikums­maßstab

gültige Qualifikation zur Brandschutzbeauftragten (m/w/d)

abgeschlossenes wissenschaftliches Hochschul­studium zur Sicherheits­ingenieurin (m/w/d); vorzugsweise der Fachrichtung baulicher oder vorbeugender Brandschutz und Explosions­schutz

gute englische Sprachkenntnisse

soziale Kompetenz und die Fähigkeit zur zielorientierten Kooperation mit Kollegen/??innen aus verschiedenen Fachbereichen

Beratungskompetenz, Kommunikationsstärke und konzeptionelle Fähigkeiten

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eigenständige und strukturierte Arbeitsweise, Durchsetzungs- und Konflikt­fähigkeit sowie Teamfähigkeit

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Corporate Benefits

einen gut angebundenen Forschungscampus (ÖPNV) undbeste Möglichkeiten zur Vernetzung, Zuschuss zumDeutschlandticket bei vorliegenden Voraussetzungen(Jobticket)

familienfreundliche Unternehmens­politik mit Kinderbetreuungs­angeboten, z. B. betriebsnahe Kindertages­stätte

individuelle Möglichkeiten zur Weiterbildung

kostenloses Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

6 Wochen Urlaub im Jahr; Betriebsferien zwischen Weihnachten und Neujahr

ein abwechslungsreiches Kantinen­angebot auf dem Campus