IBI-5 - Theoretische Physik der Lebenden Materie

PHD Thesis

25.02.2019

1551095545

With 5,900 employees and a unique research infrastructure, Forschungszentrum Jülich is one of the major interdisciplinary research centres in Europe. It is a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres. We are offering a

PhD Position on “Simulating Cytoskeletal Dynamics”

at the institute for Theoretical Physics of Living Matter (www.fz-juelich.de/ibi/ibi-5). The institute has a strong track record in computer simulations of active matter. We have recently started to develop models to simulate mixtures of cytoskeletal filaments and molecular motors [1-3]. In this PhD project, we aim to investigate flows and active force generation in the cytoskeleton of biological cells. We will address the system from the point of view of ‘living matter’ and focus on the non-equilibrium physics aspects of the system. Your research will have a strong focus on high performance computing for networks of cytoskeletal filaments, molecular motors, and crosslinkers.

Your profile:Applicants should be ambitious, highly motivated, and creative. Expertise in theoretical or computational physics or a related discipline is mandatory. Experience with soft matter physics and statistical mechanics will be helpful. Candidates will work both individually and collaboratively and should have good skills in spoken and written English.

Our offer:We offer a three-year, full-time PhD project with a competitive salary and an international and stimulating work environment. The institute is a member of several national and international scientific networks.

The institute for Theoretical Physics of Living Matter is a member of the International Helmholtz Research School of Biophysics and Soft Matter (IHRS BioSoft). The IHRS BioSoft aims at advancing research and education at the interfaces between physics, chemistry, biology, and neuroscience. In addition to scientific lectures, seminars, and lab courses, the IHRS BioSoft provides complementary training in transferable skills, as well as networking opportunities with other PhD students in the areas of Soft Matter and Biophysics. Successful applicants can also apply for membership in the IHRS BioSoft (www.ihrs-biosoft.de).

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

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.

Other

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

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

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

Diploma & Master Thesis

17.10.2016

1476686111

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

Project description:For addressing high dimensional parameter inference problems with Bayesian statistics, powerful MCMC methods have emerged, for example the MCMC differential evolution and the Riemann Manifold Langevin Monte Carlo method. Because of the specific structure of the inference problems occurring in metabolic models, direct application of these MCMC algorithms is 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 algorithm(s). The ensuing algorithm(s) will be implemented in an existing C++ framework, validated and benchmarked with a realistic case study. The focus of the project can develop either more in the mathematical theory of MCMC or practical implementation of code for the Jülich supercomputers.

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

About us: The “Modeling and Simulation Group” is part of the IBG-1, located at the Research Center Jülich (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH). We offer a multidisciplinary and interesting research environment within a young and dynamic group. The project is an excellent example for research at the interface of computational systems biology and mathematics.

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.

Other

08.05.2020

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.

Studentische Hilfskräfte

13.07.2020

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

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

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

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

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

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.

Other

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.

Other

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.

Other

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.

Other

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

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.

Other

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

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.

IEK-10 - Modellierung von Energiesystemen

Diploma & Master Thesis

13.10.2020

1602603818

IEK-10 focuses on the optimal design and operation of integrated, decentralized energy systems with a high share of renewable energy. Computer simulation and numerical optimization are our essential tools to arrive at efficient, reliable and cost-effective solutions. We contribute both to the development of mathematical models and to the development of improved simulation methods and optimization algorithms. Our methods and software-tools are validated against operating data of real systems. Furthermore, we conduct comprehensive case studies in order to test and further improve the scalability and the performance of our models and algorithms. Specially adapted methods and codes enable us to exploit the potential of high performance computing with the aim of solving particularly large and complex problems.

Scope of the Master Thesis: A successful energy transition requires new and efficient simulation methods for large scale power systems, also illustrating interactions between different parts of multi-modal grids. Your goal will be the development and combination of such methods with parallel computing and their application to real-world grids.

Your Profile:

• Very good Bachelor degree in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a comparable subject
• Good knowledge of and some experience in a programming language, preferably C++ or Python
• Fluent in English (spoken and written)
• Interest in developing new and exciting methods

Our Profile:

• Highly motivated scientists of different subject areas working together
• Interdisciplinary work combining physics, computer science, and engineering
• Intensive supervision by one or more experienced and helpful colleague(s)
• Friendly and welcoming work environment

We are committed to equality and diversity and welcome applications from everyone! If you are interested, please send us your complete application.

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

07.01.2021

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-5 - Computational Biomedicine

Diploma & Master Thesis

22.01.2021

1611300065

Description:The project aims at developing efficient and highly scalable software for molecular simulations, in particular for applications to biological systems.

The Master’s project will be performed at the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. The Institute offers a highly cross-disciplinary environment due to its strong connection with the RWTH Aachen University, Germany. We have access to state-of-the art computing platforms, and collaborations with many experimental labs that provide the data needed to the constant validation of our software and research applications. Our software is already very efficient and scalable; however, our applications’ complexity is constantly growing. Therefore, there is always the need for improvements and optimizations. Your project will focus on the extension of our multiscale simulation software with new algorithms or physical models focusing on their performance and accuracy.

Your Task:

• Design and implement new state-of-the art computational algorithms for highly scalable molecular dynamics
• Test and validate the resulting software solution

Your Profile:

• Bachelor degree in Physics, Computer Science, Computational Chemistry or related fields.
• Experience with C++ or Fortran programming language
• Knowledge of Density Functional Theory or Molecular Mechanics is a plus
• Basic knowledge of Unix operating system is highly appreciated
• Good spoken and written English

We offer:

• Working in a motivated and highly interdisciplinary environment
• Opportunities of being part of the national and international scientific community
• Friendly working environment
• Possibility of publishing your results on peer-reviewed international scientific journals

Due to the ongoing pandemic all the work is currently performed remotely. Safety is of paramount importance for us. All necessary equipment (computers etc.) is provided. We are committed to equality and diversity and welcome applications from everyone! If you are interested, you are more than welcome to contact us by email including a motivation letter, a CV, and the exams transcripts.

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

15.01.2021

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.

IEK-10 - Modellierung von Energiesystemen

PHD Thesis

At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10) we focus on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as by a high degree of interdependence of material and energy flows. Research at IEK-10 aims to provide scalable and faster than real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost-efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

Your Job:

• Analysis of the current state of the art in real-time simulation methods
• Development of simulation methods for multi-FPGA platforms
• Programming of a simulation solution that is able to execute on multi-FPGA platforms with execution time below 50ns
• Development of test case and scenarios for the evaluation of the developed platform
• Development of simulation interfaces between the developed simulator and commercial products
• Validation of the simulation models on the basis of the energy infrastructures of the campus Forschungszentrum Jülich

Your Profile:

• M. Sc. degree in electrical/electronic engineering, computer or computational science or a related field with good final grade (German system equivalent 2.0 or better)
• Strong mathematical and programming background
• Knowledge of modelling, preferably of energy systems
• Previous experience with FPGA programming (VHDL, Verilog)
• Excellent knowledge and experience in programming (e.g. Python, Matlab, C, C++)
• Excellent ability for cooperative collaboration
• Very good communication skills 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:

• Possibility of pursuing a PhD at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University supervised by Prof. Benigni
• A highly motivated research group in one of the biggest research centers in Europe
• An excellent scientific and technical infrastructure: both necessary conditions for a successful PhD thesis at RWTH Aachen within three and a half years
• Participation in project meetings and conferences
• Strong support and mentoring for setting up a future career in science and/or the industry
• A large research campus with green spaces, offering the best possible means for networking with colleagues and pursuing sports alongside work
• A structured doctoral degree programme for you and your supervisors with a comprehensive further training and networking package on our doctoral researchers’ platform JuDocs www.fz-juelich.de/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
• Payment based on 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“).
• 30 days of annual leave
• Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_Docs

Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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.

IEK-10 - Modellierung von Energiesystemen

PHD Thesis

At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10) we focus on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as by a high degree of interdependency of material and energy flows. Our research at the IEK-10 aims to provide scalable and faster than real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost-efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

Your Job:

• Analysis of the current state of the art in the simulation and control of energy systems with the aid of specialized computer hardware (e.g. based on FPGAs)
• Definition of innovative methods for the simulation and control of multi-modal energy systems based on application-specific instruction-set processors
• Development of test cases and scenarios for the evaluation of implemented methods
• Validation of the approaches with benchmarks and real-world energy system models (data is, for instance, available from research projects such as Living Lab Energy Campus)
• Evaluation of defined methods` performance using last generation computer hardware and Hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) approaches

Your Profile:

• M.Sc. in Computer / Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or a comparable course of studies
• Advanced knowledge of at least one of the following subject areas: logic synthesis (preferably application-specific instruction-set processors), hardware description, or computer network technologies as well as link layer protocols (preferably Aurora)
• Advanced knowledge and experience in programming in at least two of the following languages: C, Assembler, SystemC, VHDL, Verlog, a high level synthesis (HLS) language
• Excellent ability for cooperative collaboration
• Very good communication skills in English
• Preferably knowledge in implementing electrical circuits and measuring setups or in modeling and simulation of energy systems

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:

• Possibility of pursuing a PhD awarded by the RWTH Aachen University and supervised by Prof. Benigni
• A highly motivated research group in one of the biggest research centres in Europe
• An excellent scientific and technical infrastructure: both necessary conditions for a successful PhD thesis at RWTH Aachen within 3,5 years
• Participation in project meetings and conferences
• Strong support and mentoring for setting up a future career in science and / or industry
• A structured doctoral degree programme for you and your supervisors with a comprehensive further training and networking package on our doctoral researchers’ platform JuDocs www.fz-juelich.de/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

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“). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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.

IEK-10 - Modellierung von Energiesystemen

PHD Thesis

At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research - Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10 we focus on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as by a high degree of interdependence of material and energy flows. Our research aims to provide scalable and faster than real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

Your Job:

• Modelling and analysis of the European energy markets
• Modeling and analysis of Europeans power and gas grids
• Development of energy scenarios
• Development of a data basis and models for the erngy infrastructures of the European Electricity market
• Development and programming af a simulation platform that is able to capture the interaction between markets and grids using HPC infrastructures
• Development of integrated software tools for automated data analysis
• Integration of web interfaces for user-friendly operation and application

Your Profile:

• Very well completed scientific university studies in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Energy economist
• Strong mathematical background
• Very good knowledge of European Energy Markets and their regulation
• Interest in energy systems and energy infrastructures, especially regarding power and gas grids
• Very good knowledge of modelling, preferably of energy systems
• Excellent knowledge and experience in programming (e.g. Python, Matlab, C, C++)
• Ability to accurate handle big data
• Experience with HPC infrastructures are welcome
• Excellent ability for cooperative collaboration
• Very good communication skills 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:

• Possibility of pursuing a PhD at RWTH Aachen University supervised by Prof. Benigni
• A highly motivated research group in one of the biggest research centers in Europe
• An excellent scientific and technical infrastructure: both necessary conditions for a successful PhD thesis at RWTH Aachen within three and a half years
• Participation in project meetings and conferences
• Strong support and mentoring for setting up a future career in science and / or the industry
• 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“).
• A structured doctoral degree programme for you and your supervisors with a comprehensive further training and networking package on our doctoral researchers’ platform JuDocs www.fz-juelich.de/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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.

IEK-9 - Grundlagen der Elektrochemie

Diploma & Master Thesis

26.04.2021

1619436068

IEK-9 Functional Materials and Components department is currently looking for Master Thesis candidates who possess the qualifications below for the earliest possible employment date.

The Institute of Energy and Climate Research - Fundamental Electrochemistry (IEK-9) focuses its research activities on the experimental investigation of electrochemical and kinetic properties of the charge transport and interfacial reactions of novel energy storage systems and converters. Metal–air batteries are promising and attractive energy storage systems for mobile and stationary applications due to their high specific energies compared to Li-ion batteries. To gain a better understanding of the effect of the structure of the anodes and type of electrolytes on the electrochemical activities and performance of metal–air batteries, preparation, design, and characterization of materials and components are essential.

Your Tasks:

• Preparation of anode materials (Pressing, alloying, grinding, polishing, etching etc.) and characterization of the microstructures by microscopy techniques
• Preparation of various types of electrolyte and characterization by spectroscopy techniques
• Battery assembly and fundamental testing
• Electrochemical investigations of the underlying battery processes and optimization of the metal-air battery performance

Your Profile:

• Ongoing master studies in Materials Science, Chemistry, or Physics
• Theoretical knowledge on electrochemistry and batteries
• Experience on electrochemistry and microscopy as well as lab work
• Fluent in English (German is advantageous) and good computer skills

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.

IEK-10 - Modellierung von Energiesystemen

PHD Thesis

At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10) we focus on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as ba a high degree of interdependence of material and energy flows. Our research at the IEK-10 aims to provide scalable and faster than real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost-efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

Your Job:

• Analysis of the current state of the art in continuous and discrete simulation
• Development of innovative approaches for the simulation of multi-modal energy systems with the aid of hybrid simulation and co-simulation
• Validation of the approaches with benchmark and real-world energy system models

Your Profile:

• M.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Engineering or a comparable course of studies
• Advanced knowledge of at least one of the following subject areas: automata theory, formal languages, numerical mathematics, modeling and simulation theory, discrete-event simulation, co-simulation
• strong mathematical background
• Knowledge and experience in programming, preferably in C or C++
• Excellent ability for cooperative collaboration
• Very good communication skills in English
• Preferably Knowledge in implementing electrical circuits and measuring setups or in modeling and simulation of energy systems

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:

• Possibilty of pursuing a PhD awarded by the RWTH Aachen University and supervised by Prof. Benigni
• A highly motivated research group in one of the biggest research centers in Europe
• An excellent scientific and technical infrastructure: both necessary conditions for a succesful PhD thesis at RWTH Aachen within three and a half years
• Participation in project meetings and conferences
• Strong support and mentoring for setting up a future career in science and / or industry
• A structured doctoral degree programme for you and your supervisors with a comprehensive further training and networking package on our doctoral researchers’ platform JuDocs www.fz-juelich.de/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

The position is initially for a fixed term of 3,5 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“). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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

11.05.2021

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

11.05.2021

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

23.06.2021

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

• Sample preparation for geochemical analysis
• Performing microwave assisted acid digestions
• Separation and measurement of various natural radioactive isotopes and elements in marine sediments (SF-ICP-MS and ICP-OES)

• Basic experience in lab work
• Interest in quantitative aspects of physics, chemistry, geology and biology
• Ability and willingness to handle hazardous substances, while reliably following instructions and safety measures
• willingness to work in an interdisciplinary team

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

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.

IEK-10 - Modellierung von Energiesystemen

PHD Thesis

You want to apply your data science knowledge to the basic research questions and societal challenges of our modern world? Our scientists in HDS-LEE address some of the most pressing issues of our time, such as energy transition, climate change and resource scarcity, brain function, drug design, identification of diseases at very early stages. As Helmholtz School for Data Science in Life, Earth and Energy (HDS-LEE), we aim to educate and train the next generation of data scientists during their doctoral thesis in close contact to domain-specific knowledge and research in three application domains: Life and medical science, earth science, energy systems and material science. Visit HDS-LEE at: www.hds-lee.de/This HDS-LEE PhD position will be located at the Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10) at Forschungszentrum Jülich. At IEK-10 we focus on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as by a high degree of interdependence of material and energy flows. Research at IEK-10 aims to provide scalable and real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost-efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

Your Job:

Optimization-based design of future energy systems is subject to uncertainties that stem from the intermittent and non-dispatchable renewable electricity sources. Fluctuation in local renewable electricity supply usually can be balanced via grid connection. However, some systems, e.g., island systems, require robustness against the uncertainty in their electricity sources. Robust optimization techniques allow to arrive at robust system designs but rely on accurate distribution models for the uncertain data at hand. In particular, distribution models for uncertain time series like renewable electricity generation remain a largely unexplored field in robust design. The scope of this PhD project therefore is (i) to find efficient ways to model potentially correlated distributions using machine learning, particularly artificial neural networks (ANNs), and (ii) to utilize global optimization for robust sampling of the derived distribution models.Your tasks in detail:

• Advance preliminary work on neural network-based distribution models for energy time series
• Combine machine learning with robust programming and global optimization
• Extend our in-house framework for energy systems optimization by efficient formulations and algorithms for design and operation of energy systems with embedded ANNs
• Apply the new method and algorithms to challenging design and operations problems

Your Profile:

• You have a high interest to apply your data science knowledge to energy science
• Excellent Master`s degree in computational engineering, energy/process systems engineering, simulation science, or a relevant discipline
• Expert knowledge of at least one programming language (preferably Python and C++)
• Expertise in numerical optimization and machine learning
• Excellent skills in spoken and written English
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work independently
• Excellent cooperation and communication skills and ability to work as part of a team
• High level of scholarship as indicated by bachelor and master study transcripts and two reference letters

Our Offer:

The HDS-LEE PhD position will be located at IEK-10, Forschungszentrum Jülich. We offer:

• Outstanding scientific and technical infrastructure – ideal conditions for successfully completing a doctoral degree
• A highly motivated group as well as an international and interdisciplinary working environment at one of Europe’s largest research establishments
• Continuous scientific mentoring by your scientific advisors
• Chance of participating in (international) conferences
• Unique HDS-LEE graduate school program
• Qualification that is highly welcome in industry
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
• Further development of your personal strengths, e.g., via a comprehensive further training program - 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/judocs

Please upload the following documents with your application:

• Application letter explaining the motivation for the position and research interests
• Curriculum vitae
• Bachelor and master or diploma study transcripts
• English skills: TOEFL score or equivalent evidence of English-speaking skills (high school diploma “Abitur” with English as main school subject)
• Two letters of recommendation/ reference letters (alternatively you can provide the name and contact details of two referees)

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. Your salary is in line with 100 % of pay group 13 of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD) and additionally 60 % of a monthly salary as special payment („Christmas bonus“). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsWe 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

• Postdoc position at AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research) in Global coupled climate modelling of extreme events following the storyline approach with atmospheric nudging. Contact: Dr. Helge Goessling (helge.goessling@awi.de). Application deadline: October 3rd.
• Postdoc position at AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research) in Sensitivity simulations of AMOC slowdown. Contact: Dr. Monica Ionita-Scholz (monica.ionita@awi.de). Application deadline: October 3rd.
• Postdoc position at GEOMAR (Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel). High-resolution coupled modelling and storyline simulations focusing on Greenland melting. Contact: Prof. Dr. Joakim Kjellsson (jkjellsson@geomar.de) or Dr. Torge Martin (tomartin@geomar.de). Application deadline: October 29th.
• PhD position at KIT/IMK-IFU (Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Campus Alpin, Garmisch-Partenkirchen) in Modelling the impact of extreme climate events on agricultural ecosystems in Europe. Contact: Dr. Clemens Scheer (clemens.scheer@kit.edu). Application deadline: October 8th.
• PhD position at KIT/IMK-IFU (Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Campus Alpin, Garmisch-Partenkirchen) in Regional Climate Model Downscaling with dynamic, statistical and AI approaches. Contact: Dr. Benjamin Fersch (benjamin.fersch@kit.edu). Application deadline: October 8th.
• PhD position at KIT/IMK-TRO (Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research – Troposphere Research (IMK-TRO), Karlsruhe) in Modelling the dynamics and impacts of heat and cold waves in a warming climate with ICON-Seamless. Contact: Prof. Dr. Joaquim Pinto (joaquim.pinto@kit.edu), Prof. Dr. Peter Braesicke (peter.braesicke@kit.edu). Advert will be posted here.
• PhD position at FZJ/IBG-3 (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH). Land surface modelling for analysing impact of future extreme events on ecosystems. Contact: Prof. Dr. Harrie-Jan Hendricks-Franssen (h.hendricks-franssen@fz-juelich.de). Application deadline: October 18th.
• PhD position at FZJ/IEK7 (Institute of Energy and Climate Research: Stratosphere, Jülich) in Modelling changing tropospheric ozone through transport from the stratosphere to the troposphere in a changing climate. Contact: Dr. Rolf Müller (ro.mueller@fz-juelich.de). Application deadline: October 15th. Advert will be posted here.

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

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

The mission of the newly founded Institute for Functional Quantum Systems (PGI-13) is to create the technological and scientific basis to enable useful quantum computing. We focus on developing quantum devices, improving their coherence and materials, and implementing quantum gates and algorithms. We use superconducting qubits that operate at temperatures close to absolute zero and are controlled by high-speed signals. A key requirement is to preserve high quality quantum operations as we scale. Overcoming these exciting challenges lies at the interface between scientific research and engineering.

Your Job:

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

• Development of novel methods for experimentation, fabrication, and characterization
• Develop gate implementations, benchmarking and algorithms
• Work on the interdisciplinary challenges in systems engineering
• Install and improve experimental setups and fabrication tools
• Supervising and guiding Master and PhD students
• Active participation in project meetings and events
• Presenting and publishing the research on an international stage

Your Profile:

• PhD in physics or related with a background in the field of experimental quantum information
• Deep knowledge of solid state physics and/or quantum information
• Experience with microfabrication and/or operating and calibrating quantum systems
• Experience with hardware interfacing programming in Python
• Team-oriented and highly motivated to work in an experimental laboratory
• A background in quantum computing as well as experience with cryogenics, signal delivery, materials optimization, and microwave control are highly preferred qualifications

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 team as well as an international and interdisciplinary working environment at one of Europe’s largest research establishments
• State-of-the-art scientific and technical infrastructure
• A large research campus with green spaces, offering the best possible means for networking with colleagues and pursuing sports alongside work
• The opportunity to participate in international conferences and workshops
• Comprehensive training courses and individual opportunities for personal and professional further development
• Full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours and 30 days of annual leave
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment with the opportunity to take part in making useful quantum computing a reality. The position is initially for a fixed term of 2 years with the possibility of extension to 4 years. Salary and social benefits in conformity with the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD).Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations. We also welcome applications from disabled persons.To apply, please submit a complete CV, letter of motivation, university degree records (Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD degree), as well as three reference letters.

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

26.10.2021

DESY

The group MSK is responsible for real-time data analysis and fast-feedback controls of beam stabilization systems, radiofrequency cavity control, special diagnostics and precision synchronization of particle accelerators at DESY. We are an international team of technicians, engineers and scientists who develop, install and operate complex instruments and embedded systems for the EuXFEL, FLASH and at the PETRA storage ring.

About your role:

• Development of software concepts and software architecture including exception handling for fast-feedback systems of the PETRA IV project
• Survey on software functionalities and compilation of software requirements for PETRA IV project
• Software development and support for feedback test-stands and hardware emulators
• Integration of C++ applications into large-scale accelerator control systems
• Maintenance, refurbishment and upgrades of feedback servers and clients used at PETRA III

About you:

• MSc or PhD degree in computer science, electrical engineering, physics or similar discipline
• Excellent knowledge and professional experience in software engineering (systems analysis and software design)
• Excellent knowledge and professional experience in modern C++ (11/14/17)
• Excellent knowledge on hardware interfaces and programming hardware
• Professional experience in middleware of large-scale control systems such as TANGO, EPICS or DOOCS
• Professional experience in the software development for accelerator storage rings is advantageous
• Good knowledge in compiling software specifications and requirements
• Self-driven and awareness for high-quality work as well as ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
• Fluent in spoken and written English

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. We attach particular importance to appreciative cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time and job-sharing. You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public 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 job 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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

• You should be enrolled at a University in a cursus of microbiology, or aquatic biology/ecology

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.

IEK-10 - Modellierung von Energiesystemen

PHD Thesis

At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10) we focus on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as by a high degree of interdependence of material and energy flows. Our research at IEK-10 aims to provide scalable and faster than real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost-efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

Your Job:

The concept of organizing energy systems in Local Energy Communities (LEC) coordinated across multiple energy carriers has gained significant attention in the last few years as a way to combine local coordination with the need for national and international interconnection. In the EU framework, LECs have been recognized by the EU as a key component of the energy transition. The European Commission’s Clean Energy Package has also defined a legislative framework for the operation of LECs that aim at participation of LECs in energy markets. While coupling of multiple energy carriers seems a promising solution to further reduce carbon emission and to maximize generation from renewable sources, their coordinated operation is still a challenge.Your tasks in detail:

• Analysis of the current state of the art in operation of energy communities and their interface to grids (electrical, heating and gas grids).
• Definition of methodologies to coordinate operation of LEC in a holistic manner across multiple energy carriers - including electrical, heating and gas grids.
• Definition of decentralized approaches based on edge execution
• Real-time implementation and validation of the developed methods

Your Profile:

• Excellent university degree (Masters) in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Physics or a comparable field
• Strong mathematical and programming background
• Knowledge of modelling, preferably of energy systems
• Excellent knowledge and experience in programming (e.g. Python, Matlab, C, C++)
• Excellent ability for cooperative collaboration
• Very good communication skills 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:

• Possibility of pursuing a PhD at RWTH Aachen University supervised by Prof. Benigni
• A highly motivated research group in one of the biggest research centers in Europe
• An excellent scientific and technical infrastructure: both necessary conditions for a successful PhD thesis at RWTH Aachen within three and a half years
• Participation in project meetings and conferences
• Strong support and mentoring for setting up a future career in science and/or the industry
• 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/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

The position is for a fixed term of 3,5 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“). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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

PHD Thesis

Data is the new resource of the 21st century, and data availability seems endless. Would you like to establish part of the data relationship lifecycle for plant science? Then the Institute of Bioinformatics at Research Centre Juelich is the right place for you. The newly founded Institute of Bioinformatics (IBG-4) at the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences works on and develops methods and algorithms to understand, predict, and modulate molecular recognition involving biomolecules from an atomistic perspective. The team focuses on structural and molecular bioinformatics, data integration, computational enzyme engineering, computational next-generation catalysis, and computational biophysical chemistry. At Helmholtz School for Data Science in Life, Earth and Energy (HDS-LEE), we aim to educate and train the next generation of data scientists during their doctoral thesis in close contact to domain-specific knowledge and research in three application domains: Life and medical science, earth science, energy systems, and material science. Visit HDS-LEE at: www.hds-lee.de

Your Job:

• Development and parameterization of machine learning models to guide enzyme engineering
• Iterative application of the machine learning models in cycles of predictions/experiments (together with collaboration partners)/re-training to increase performance and address additive and cooperative effects
• Publication and presentation of the results on (inter)national conferences and in scientific journals

Your Profile:

• Development and parameterization of machine learning models to guide enzyme engineering.
• Iterative application of the machine learning models in cycles of predictions/experiments (together with collaboration partners)/re-training to increase performance and address additive and cooperative effects.
• Publication and presentation of the results on (inter)national conferences and in scientific journals.
• Development and parameterization of machine learning models to guide enzyme engineering.
• Very good command of the English language (TOEFL or equivalent evidence)
• A high level of scholarship as indicated, for example, by bachelor and master study transcripts and two reference letters

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!The HDS-LEE PhD position will be located at Forschungszentrum Jülich. We offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• Outstanding scientific and technical infrastructure
• A highly motivated group as well as an international and interdisciplinary working environment at one of Europe’s largest research establishments
• Continuous scientific mentoring by your scientific advisors
• Chance of participating in (international) conferences
• Unique HDS-LEE graduate school program
• A qualification that is highly welcome in the industry
• Further development of your personal strengths, e.g. via a comprehensive further training program; 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/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

The position is initially for a fixed term of 3 years. Pay in line with 100% 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“). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsDetailed information about living and working in Jülich is provided here: www.fz-juelich.de/portal/EN/Careers/JuelichAsAnEmployer/OutAndAboutInJuelich/_node.htmlApplicants should upload their applications (a one-page motivation letter on why they are interested in the respective project and how they can contribute to the success of the project, a current CV and the contact details of three references) via our online application system. Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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.

IEK-10 - Modellierung von Energiesystemen

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10) we focus on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as by a high degree of interdependence of material and energy flows. Our research at IEK-10 aims to provide scalable and faster than real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost-efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

Your Job:

Computing performance plays a very critical role in the use of model-based approaches to the planning, design, and operation of energy systems. At IEK-10, the department of High-Performance Computing focuses on the development of innovative methodologies for the parallelization of simulation algorithms as well as on the best exploitation of hardware architectures. In this context, we are developing an innovative solver for the simulation of multi-modal energy system with founding from Helmholtz Foundation and DFG.Your areas of research will include among others:

• Define innovative parallelization algorithms for DAE and ODE systems
• Explore the use of heterogenous architectures for best runtime performance
• Supervision of students and doctoral candidates
• Acquisition and leading of research projects
• Representation in national and international networks
• Presentation of your research results at (international) meetings and conferences, as well as in the form of publications in relevant journals

Your Profile:

• Very well completed scientific university studies (Master’s with subsequent PhD) in electrical/electronic/computer engineering, computer or computational science
• Strong mathematical background
• Extended publication record
• Excellent knowledge and experience in programming (Python, C, C++)
• Excellent knowledge of state-of-the-art parallel programming paradigms (e.g. MPI, OpenCL, SYCL)
• Very good communication skills in English

Furthermore you have significant previous experience in at least two of the following areas:

• Classical parallel computer architectures (i.e. shared and distributed memory)
• Heterogeneous computer architectures with accelerators such as FPGAs
• Energy systems modelling

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 in one of the biggest research centers in Europe
• An excellent scientific and technical infrastructure (both at IEK-10 and at JSC)
• Participation in project meetings and conferences
• Full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours and 30 days of annual leave
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is initially for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible long-term prospects. Salary and social benefits in conformity with the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD).Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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

10.11.2021

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

17.11.2021

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-3 - Quantum Nanoscience

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Quantum Nanoscience is a novel research field in which quantum effects, such as quantum state superposition, entanglement and coherence, are studied in nanoscale systems. The goal of our research is to explore nanostructures with novel properties which eventually can be used in emerging quantum technologies, such as quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum sensing. These quantum technologies drive the so-called second quantum revolution. We use our extensive knowledge in surface science and nanoscience to contribute to quantum nanoscience and its primary goal: the manipulation and exploitation of quantum-coherent functionality in nanostructures.

Your Job:

• Design and execution of scientific experiments on our low-temperature scanning probe microscopes
• Development and utilization of time-resolved (pump-probe) and coherent microwave excitations on nanoscale structures for applications in quantum information and quantum technology
• Sample preparation, data evaluation and comparison with elaborated models
• Presentation and documentation of research results by means of posters, talks, and reports at national and international workshops, conferences and internal meetings
• Supervision and support of Master and PhD students

Your Profile:

• Master`s degree and PhD in physics or engineering sciences, with focus on solid state physics and/or surface science
• Experience with ultra-high vacuum systems, low-temperature scanning probe microscopy and/or spin resonance techniques
• Excellent skills in designing and execution of experiments
• Motivation to actively work in our team

Our Offer:

We work on important issues in the field of Information that impact society at large. We offer you the chance to contribute to the shaping this research! 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 working hours and 30 days of annual leave
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is initially for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible long-term prospects. 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.Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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

Other

Superconducting qubits are the currently most prominent technology for creating a quantum computer. Semiconductor qubits promise significant advantages for further scale-up. Both technologies are researched and developed conjointly at the Peter Grünberg Institute - JARA-Institute Quantum Information (PGI-11). The possibility for unprecedented breakthroughs in information processing using quantum computers has spurred basic research for decades. Tackling such problems, even beyond the capabilities of current generation supercomputers, seems now to be nearly within reach. The rapidly growing interest in this research field outside of academia is testified by privately funded largescale development programs and PGI-11s close collaboration with several large industrial partners and semiconductor foundries.

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
• The chance to independently prepare and work on your tasks
• An interdisciplinary collaboration on projects in an international, committed and collegial team
• 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
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

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: AachenForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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

26.11.2021

DESY

The group MSK is responsible for the controls, feedback regulations and synchronization of the particle accelerators at DESY. We are an international team of technicians, engineers and scientists who develop, install and operate complex instruments for the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser, FLASH and the storage ring PETRA III.

About your role:

• Further development of high precision field control of the superconducting cavities at FLASH and at the European XFEL
• Operation and coordination of LLRF systems with the LLRF operations group, MSK
• Quality control towards optimal operation of the LLRF system and investigations of RF trips
• Operation analysis and further development of the field regulation and automation algorithms
• Documentation and maintenance of the LLRF systems

About you:

• PhD degree in Physics, Electronics or Computer Science or equivalent qualification
• Several years' experience in RF control of superconducting particle accelerators
• Advanced understanding of the system architecture and operation of particle accelerators
• Skills in automation and system control
• Computer science skills in Linux, Python, Matlab (competence in firmware and software is a plus)
• Strong motivation and pragmatism towards problem solving as well as highly proficient English skills

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. We attach particular importance to appreciative cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time and job-sharing. You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public 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 job 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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The optical communication group of DLR’s Institute of Communications and Navigation develops experimental laser communication systems for optical data links between airborne carriers such as airplanes or satellites and optical ground stations.

The system development covers several disciplines such as optics, mechanics, electronics and programming.  Adaptive Optics (AO) is a technique used to dynamically correct the adverse effects of turbulence in the atmosphere on the optical communications channel. This position will be focused on characterizing the optical system at the Optical Ground Station (OGS) installed on the rooftop of the Institute of Communications and Navigation, at Oberpfaffenhofen.

The successful applicant will support the team in fully characterizing the AO system, with a special emphasis on the Deformable Mirror (DM) dynamics. They will also work in a cooperative environment with other students and colleagues to determine the mechanical delay with different specifications, both theoretical and experimentally. It is an excellent opportunity to work in a cutting edge topic, gain experience on real optical hardware, and improve your engineering skills.

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

01.12.2021

High-speed streaming cameras are used in an increasing number of industrial and scientific applications. Real-time imaging here is of indisputable value as it opens the way for interactive monitoring, image[1]based control scenarios, and online data reduction. However, processing large streams of data is a challenging task requiring orchestration of an efficient data flow and implementation of efficient parallel algorithms suitable for modern hardware architectures. In this project, you will build an online data acquisition and image processing system for high-throughput chemical screening using advanced spectroscopic methods. Real-time data processing will enable identification of high-value targets for further analysis, thereby accelerating scientific discovery over traditional methods. Specifically, a high-speed array sensor will collect spectroscopic data at speeds exceeding 10,000 frames per second at data streams of up to 8 GB/s. The goal of the work is the acquisition of sensor data, the execution of a complex mathematical analysis, and the display of meaningful results in real-time to the user. You are expected to build a full data chain from data acquisition through data processing to data storage and integrate it with the existing control application. Particularly, you will develop a fast implementation of Goertzel algorithm using OpenMP and SIMD intrinsics. The experiment is performed within the collaboration between Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Michigan State University (MSU). The working place is at KIT.

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

The JARA-Institute for Quantum Information (JARA-QI), headed by David DiVincenzo and Hendrik Bluhm conducts theoretical research on many aspects of quantum computing and experimental research on semiconductor qubits. The institute has two parts, located at the sites Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH and RWTH Aachen University, under the umbrella of the Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance (JARA). In the domain of semiconductor qubits, the development and validation of an advanced architecture based on coherent long range qubit shuttling is currently one of our main activities. To this end, we pursue a holistic approach addressing material challenges, device simulation, fabrication, systematic characterization, high fidelity operation as well as integration and scaling technologies. Our ultimate vision is a fully integrated semiconductor processor with integrated low-power control circuits to enable a scale up to millions of qubits.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tWaplC4FVs

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:

• PhD in physics
• 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:

Besides the involvement in a very exciting research field, we offer:

• Involvement in a unique holistic approach spanning from exploring new ideas to their technological implementation
• A strong network, in particular with respect to semiconductor technology
• Innovative infrastructure
• Very good team atmosphere
• A balanced working environment
• A broader research environment with a strong quantum computing focus
• A competitive salary and benefits package
• Full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours and 30 days of annual leave
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
• Fun events, see www.quantuminfo.physik.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/zeyz/Fun-stuff/

While this announcement mostly targets a regular postdoc position, candidates with the appropriate track record will be considered for a permanent position as a research scientist now or at a later stage.We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is initially for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible long-term prospects. Salary and social benefits in conformity with the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD).Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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

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,Other

We are looking to strengthen the Onboard Software Systems working group in Braunschweig and Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich. The team consists of software researchers and space engineers who specialise in high-quality and safe methods for onboard software development for space missions. The software developed in this way is used in national as well as international missions. Current projects include missions to the ISS, sounding rocket experiments, satellite development, rover missions and the further development of the Galileo navigation system. The focus is on real-time operating systems, driver development, middleware, command and data handling systems, attitude control and reconfigurable distributed onboard computers. In addition, the team has expertise in onboard software quality assurance, model-driven development and software engineering techniques.

We are looking for new passionate colleagues to join us in software research and development work in our current and future space missions. We need responsible and communicative team players who also take the initiative. You should also have the ability and willingness to creatively solve complex problems across team boundaries.

Your core duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

• Research, conception and development of innovative methods for software engineering for safety-critical onboard software in the space domain
• Design and implementation of software architectures for complex and mission-critical software systems. The development will comply with existing guidelines and standards and covers the entire process from requirements analysis through to the support during mission operations.
• Evaluation and dissemination of research results

If you love software for embedded systems, want to become part of our team and contribute to real space missions, we look forward to receiving your application. We are looking for highly motivated software experts who have the ambition to contribute to high-quality software that will fly. We offer an environment in which you can contribute your own ideas. Part of your mission will be to present your research at international conferences and in scientific journals. We offer an exciting, friendly and flexible working environment. The position can also be filled on a part-time basis.

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.

Executive posts

This is a joint tenured appointment of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

Here you can find more detailed information on the vacancy.

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,PHD Thesis

Currently, primary and secondary surveillance radars, Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B), and Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) are used for air traffic surveillance and collision avoidance. Using TCAS, near mid-air collisions can be avoided even with no ground control. This is of particular importance for aircraft flying over remote regions, which make up 70% of the world. Additionally, ADS-B equipped aircraft also benefit from an increased situational awareness in the sky. Nevertheless, both ADS-B and TCAS require all aircraft to be cooperative. Due to their dependence on a working transponder, these technologies become ineffective in case of transponder malfunctions or under jamming conditions. 

We are therefore interested to develop new and modern concepts for  collision avoidance and situational awareness in the sky. To allow for this, we propose to exploit the satellite navigation signals as ``signals of opportunity’’ and use their reflections off nearby aircraft to passively detect and estimate the position and velocity of these aircraft at the aircraft of interest, essentially realizing a passive multistatic radar system. The main advantage of using the satellite navigation signals as signals of opportunity is that they are ubiquitously available, therefore providing a continuous and global coverage of the sky. The low transmit power and the associated weak signal reflections remain however one of the major challenges. 

Your research focus is on the development of surveillance concepts to enable the detection of neighboring aircraft while using the satellite navigation signals as signals of opportunity. The use of smart signal processing techniques in conjunction with artificial intelligence methods is needed to overcome the low power limitations and ensure a successful detection of neighboring aircraft.

We expect and highly encourage that you utilize your research work at DLR to pursue earning a PhD 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.

ZEA-2 - Systeme der Elektronik

Technik

Combine your scientific interest and technical skills in the field of electrical engineering to create new knowledge for the socially and scientifically relevant areas of information, energy and bioeconomy. We offer you all of this at the Central Institute of Engineering, Electronics and Analytics - Electronic Systems (ZEA-2) with modelling, designing and developing the most innovative system solutions for science and society.

Your Job:

The Software Development team is in charge for consulting in project preparation, designing the software architectures as well as software implementation and testing of complex scientific experiments under consideration of modern quality standards. In addition, junior specialists in the dual study course Mathematical Technical Software Engineers (MATSE) are involved in all development steps by training-on-the-project.Specific tasks are:

• Develop software within the different research projects, e.g. quantencomputing
• Integration and extension of our tools
• Make improvements and fix product defects in existing releases
• Involvement in the supervision of our Matse students
• Present research results at scientific meetings, conferences and as scientific papers

Your Profile:

• Master’s degree in the field of computer science, mathematics, engineering or a related discipline
• Acquaintance with modern software engineering, especially continuous integration, testing and version control systems, e.g. git
• Relevant software development experience in Python, C and/or C++, Matlab (Qt is a big plus)
• Social competence and good communication skills for collaborative work in and with interdisciplinary and intercultural team
• Good analytical view of problems and ability to master complex systems
• Some experience with programming of embedded microprocessor systems desirable
• Very good command of written and spoken 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:

• 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
• Full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours and 30 days of annual leave
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is initially for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible long-term prospects. 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.Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

• Master student in marine biology, microbiology, veterinary sciences or a related field
• A strong background in microbiological techniques is required.

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-PETRA-D

PHD Thesis

17.12.2021

DESY

Green electronics are a challenge for a future sustainable society. We are addressing the quest for novel materials. This includes suitable biomaterials and bio-derived colloids as well as their processing, avoiding fossil-based sources. During fabrication of green electronics, green solvents will play a major role. In view of circular economy, reuse of materials is a crucial issue. In this PhD thesis, you will thus investigate the use and interplay of cellulose, water-based polymers and green solvents in close collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, and TU München. Spray deposition as a scalable and facile technology will be the fabrication method of choice. You will investigate the fabrication of cellulose-based sustainable sprayed green electronics. You will evaluate the influence of cycling on their optoelectronic properties and the long-term stability of green electronics using sustainable materials. As PhD student, you will be stationed at DESY and enrolled at TU München.

About your role:

• Investigating the fabrication and performance of cellulose-based sustainable sprayed green electronics using advanced characterization methods
• Observing and evaluating degradation mechanisms under operation and cycling of green electronics
• Publication and presentation of results at national and international meetings and conferences

About you:

• Master in physics, chemistry or related sciences
• Experience in polymer research or biomaterials
• Experience in thin film technology
• Experience in X-ray scattering
• Experience in flexible solar cell or electronics would be desirable

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. We attach particular importance to appreciative cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time and job-sharing. You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public 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.

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-3 - Quantum Nanoscience

PHD Thesis

Quantum Nanoscience is a novel research field in which quantum effects, such as quantum state superposition, entanglement and coherence, are studied in nanoscale systems. The goal of our research is to explore nanostructures with novel properties which eventually can be used in emerging quantum technologies, such as quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum sensing. These quantum technologies drive the so-called second quantum revolution. We use our extensive knowledge in surface science and nanoscience to contribute to quantum nanoscience and its primary goal: the manipulation and exploitation of quantum-coherent functionality in nanostructures ranging from single atoms and molecules to collective phenomena in self-assembled or by means of atom manipulation techniques designed structures.

Your Job:

Your primary scientific tasks will be:

• Execution of scientific experiments on our new low-temperature (0.3K), high magnetic field (9T) combined scanning tunneling and atomic force microscope at the atomic scale
• Preparation of samples, data analysis and comparison with quantum models
• Utilization of time-resolved (pump-probe) and coherent microwave excitations on nanoscale structures for applications in quantum information and quantum technology
• Presentation and documentation of research results by means of posters, talks, and reports at national and international workshops, conferences and internal meetings
• Supervision of Master students (optional)

Your Profile:

• Master degree in physics or engineering sciences, with focus on solid state physics, surface science and/or quantum physics
• Experience with ultra-high vacuum systems, low-temperature scanning probe microscopy, spin resonance techniques and/or programming is desirable but not necessary
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Motivation to actively work in our team
• High degree of independence and commitment

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:

• State-of-the-art low temperature scanning probe microscopes
• Possibility for an exchange traineeship with internationally leading collaborators
• Dr. rer. Nat. / PhD dissertation at RWTH Aachen and membership of the JuDocs graduate center at Jülich
• A highly motivated working group and international working environment at one of Europe’s largest research institution
• Outstanding scientific and technical infrastructure
• Opportunity to participate in (international) conferences and project meetings
• Continuous scientific mentoring by your scientific advisor
• 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/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

The position is initially for a fixed term of 3 years. Pay in line with the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The optical communication group of DLR’s Institute of Communications and Navigation develops experimental laser communication systems for optical data links between airborne carriers such as airplanes or satellites and optical ground stations. In order to enable a stable connection, usually an active tracking system using NIR optical sensors is used. To optimize the controller, an optical sensor based on a focal plane array with FPGA based real time pattern recognition for tracking should be developed.

Tasks:

• Circuit simulation and design of FPA peripheral circuit
• Hardware implementation of FPA circuit
• VHDL implementation of the FPA/FPGA interface
• VHDL implementation of image processing for pattern recognition and target identification
• Test of circuits and complete 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,Other

We are looking for support for the Onboard Software Systems research group in Braunschweig. The team consists of software researchers and space engineers who specialise in high-quality and safe methods for onboard software development for space missions. The software developed in this way is used in national as well as international missions. Current projects include missions to the ISS, sounding rocket experiments, satellite development, rover missions and the further development of the Galileo navigation system. The focus is on real-time operating systems, driver development, middleware, command and data handling systems, attitude control and reconfigurable distributed onboard computers. Another important aspect is product assurance in software development. Space missions have very high demands on the reliability of the software and it is correspondingly important to consider product assurance throughout the entire development process. In the area of software product assurance, we are currently involved, for example, in the two ESA missions PLATO and JUICE, in experiments on the ISS (BECCAL and COMPASSO) as well as in the CALLISTO project.

We are now looking for a passionate colleague to drive us forward in research and development in current and future missions in the field of software product assurance. For this, we need team players who are ready to take the initiative. You should also have the ability and willingness to creatively solve complex problems across team boundaries.

Your core duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

• research, conception and development of innovative methods for software quality and product assurance in the space domain
• research and integration of automated testing procedures and other code analysis methods
• support in software quality and product assurance in national and international missions
• evaluation and dissemination of research results

If you love software quality and product assurance, want to become part of our team and participate in real space missions, we look forward to receiving your application. We are looking for highly motivated people who have the ambition to work on high-quality software. We offer an environment in which you can contribute your own ideas. Part of your mission will be to present your research at international conferences and in scientific journals. We offer an exciting, friendly and flexible working environment. The position can also be filled on a part-time basis.

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.

Other,PHD Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

The aim of the DLR Institute of Quantum Technologies in Ulm is to develop precision instruments for space applications based on quantum technologies and, in close cooperation with industry, mature them into prototypes. It thus provides a bridge between fundamental research and industry. Together with the DLR Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing in Hannover and the Galileo Competence Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, the institute in Ulm plays a pioneering role in these fields of research and application. The research of the four core departments Quantum Metrology, Quantum Information and Communication, Quantum Nanophysics, and Quantum Control of Charged Matter Waves is complemented with support from the three cross-sectional departments of Quantum Engineering, Integration of Micro- and Nanosystems, and Theoretical Quantum Physics. The institute works in an interdisciplinary way, where fundamental theoretical research and experimental tests meet engineering.
We are looking for you to take up a position in the department of “Theoretical Quantum Physics”. With us, you will investigate and model quantum systems and be part of a team that provides important, interdisciplinary cross-sectional services for the supervision and preparation of quantum physics experiments in the other departments of the institute. As part of your scientific work, you will study the dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) and mixtures of ultracold atoms in microgravity, with especial emphasis on the effects of atomic lensing on matter-wave evolution and collimation. Experimental implementations in Hannover’s Einstein Elevator facility and in future missions on the International Space Station (ISS) will be investigated as well.

Complete a PhD on this timely topic. Be part of our team and build with us the foundations of future quantum technologies.

Your responsibilities:

• Perform scientific work in the area of quantum physics and ultracold atoms.
• Develop simulations of matter-wave lensing for BECs and ultracold atomic mixtures. 
• Investigate atomic lensing potentials that optimize the simultaneous collimation of different atomic species.
• Devise experimental implementations of theoretical concepts.
• Present the obtained results in scientific journals as well as national and international conferences.

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The optical communication group of DLR’s Institute of Communications and Navigation develops experimental laser communication systems for optical data links between airborne carriers such as airplanes or satellites and optical ground stations. Optical signals are usually amplified by the use of erbium doped fiber amplifiers in order to achieve optical output powers of several Watts. Commercially available driver circuits are mainly based on linear circuits, which results on low efficiency. This is critical for the use in satellites. In order to design these amplifiers as power efficient as possible, a switched laser diode current driver should be developed.

Tasks:

• circuit design and simulation of switched current source
• hardware implementation on breadboard level
• test of circuit on prototype system
• optimization of circuit with focus of efficiency and current ripple

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

23.06.2021

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.

IEK-10 - Modellierung von Energiesystemen

PHD Thesis

At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10) we focus on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as by a high degree of interdependence of material and energy flows. Our research at IEK-10 aims to provide scalable and faster than real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost-efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

Your Job:

The increasing availability of data has motivated the whole scientific community in developing data-driven approaches (e.g. based on machine learning) for the analysis and operation of modern power systems. At IEK-10, you will focus on the development of new methodologies for the development of data-driven models using probabilistic machine learning approaches and demonstrate the use of such models in power systems operation. A large volume of data is available at IEK-10 for validation of the developed methods.Your tasks in detail:

• Analysis of the current state of the art in data-driven modelling for power system operation
• Definition of machine learning approaches for creation and maintenance of energy devices models
• Development of a data basis and models for the energy infrastructures on the campus Forschungszentrum Jülich
• Validation of the simulation models on the basis of the energy infrastructures of the campus Forschungszentrum Jülich
• Implementation of the developed models for real time operation
• Evaluation of the developed approach using a Hardware-in-the-loop approach
• Evaluation of the developed approach in the framework of the Living Lab Energy Campus infrastructure

Your Profile:

• Excellent university degree (Masters) in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Physics or a comparable field
• Strong mathematical and programming background
• Knowledge of modelling, preferably of energy systems
• Excellent knowledge and experience in programming (e.g. Python, Matlab, C, C++)
• Knowledge in data analysis / Big Data
• Experiences in mathematical optimization, simulation and machine learning
• Excellent ability for cooperative collaboration
• Very good communication skills 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:

• Possibility of pursuing a PhD at RWTH Aachen University supervised by Prof. Benigni
• A highly motivated research group in one of the biggest research centers in Europe
• An excellent scientific and technical infrastructure: both necessary conditions for a successful PhD thesis at RWTH Aachen within three and a half years
• Participation in project meetings and conferences
• Strong support and mentoring for setting up a future career in science and/or the industry
• 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/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

The position is for a fixed term of 3,5 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“). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

03.01.2022

One major field of research for the forthcoming generations of nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices is the integration of III-V semiconductors with the silicon-based CMOS technology. A very promising approach is the growth of III-V nanowires (NWs) on silicon substrates. While the fabrication of NWs of several materials on Si(111) is well established, the growth of InAs NWs remains a challenge due to the narrow window of suitable parameters. On the other hand, InAs exhibits among the highest values of electron mobility in semiconductors and therefore the integration of InAs NWs on Si is highly desirable.

It was shown for GaAs NWs that a specific surface manipulation procedure prior to the actual nanowire growth can significantly improve the sample quality in several aspects. During this process Ga droplets are deposited on the SiO2 oxide layer covering the Si(111) surface in order to etch nanoholes into the oxide to form nucleation sites. In a second step, again Ga precursor droplets are deposited to fill the nanoholes and to form nucleation seeds for the subsequent growth of GaAs nanowires. The quality of the nanowires is determined by the properties of these precursor droplets, such as wetting angle, size, filling ratio of the nanoholes, etc. Aim of this thesis is to transfer the knowledge from the case of GaAs to the growth of high-quality InAs nanowires. Main objective will be the morphological characterization of the etched nanoholes and the In droplets by in situ atomic force microscopy (AFM). The UHV-Cluster at IPS offers the unique possibility to conduct both, growth and characterization by AFM, under ultra-high-vacuum conditions, avoiding the deterioration of the specimen by oxidation or other contaminations. In the course of this work, you will acquire knowledge and hands-on experience in ultrahigh vacuum technology, growth of nanostructures by molecular beam epitaxy and various surface characterization methods.

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

04.01.2022

DESY

The brillant synchroton 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. We attach particular importance to appreciative cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time and job-sharing. You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public 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 job 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.

IEK-10 - Modellierung von Energiesystemen

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

IEK-10 and IBG-1 invite applications for two positions in computational epidemiology. Having broad expertise in optimization, parameter estimation and optimal control, we teamed up with further Helmholtz Centers to propose the development of a Helmholtz Platform for Early Detection and Management of Epidemic Outbreaks. The platform shall integrate data streams from various sources and utilize machine learning as well as SEIR-type epidemiological models to detect outbreaks, track and predict the course of infection, and derive optimal intervention strategies under data uncertainty. For this, suitable models, state-of-the-art methods, and cutting-edge algorithms shall be integrated into automatized workflows that enable real-time analysis of incoming data streams, simulation, and optimization as well as interactive visualization of the results in a unified web application. The platform will be rolled out in cooperation with the Academy for Public Health Services to selected local health authorities in Germany, where it shall be operated and validated under real-world conditions.

Your Job:

Development of this platform is about to start in January 2022, and we are now looking for two candidates with strong commitment to bring state-of-the-art research algorithms into production software. The postdoc candidates will be responsible for contributing the functionalities related to automated parameter/state estimation, uncertainty quantification, and optimal control. The advertised positions therefore center on the orchestration and implementation of numerical methods and statistical algorithms from the research domain into a fully automated workflow that becomes a core part of the envisioned platform. To this end, we will work closely with the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) operating one of the top-10 supercomputers. Furthermore, extensive collaboration and joint software development with our partners from the Helmholtz Association will be integral to the project. As the platform is supposed to be used by non-scientific personnel, also knowledge transfer plays an important role. Particularly, features and functionalities of the platform shall be developed according to FAIR and open principles and tested jointly with the potential end users.Your Tasks in Detail:

• Transfer methods and algorithms related to parameter/state estimation, identifiability analysis, uncertainty quantification and optimal control from the research domain to a real-world application for detection and management of epidemic outbreaks
• Orchestrate and implement relevant methods and algorithms into fully automated real-time workflows
• Link and coordinate all software development activities with the participating partners
• Develop features and functionalities jointly with the potential end users
• Perform extensive testing and validation under (close-to-)real-world conditions
• Contribute to the creation of training materials and on-site trainings
• Publish findings, software and reports on the developed tools in scientific journals

Your Profile:

• Very good Master’s and subsequent PhD degree in computational engineering, simulation/data science, physics, applied mathematics or a relevant discipline
• Expert knowledge in parameter/state estimation, uncertainty quantification and numerical optimization applied to differential-algebraic models
• Expert knowledge in data analysis and machine learning
• Expert knowledge in software development and workflow automation
• Excellent skills in spoken and written English
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills and the ability to work independently
• Excellent cooperation and communication skills and commitment to work as part of a team
• Strong desire to translate research findings into society and make a difference

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:

• Being part of highly motivated, interdisciplinary research groups in one of the biggest research centers in Europe working on parameter inference, optimization, and machine learning in diverse application fields
• Participation in a large joint undertaking of the Helmholtz Association: Besides Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Helmholtz Center for Information Security (CISPA), and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) are involved in this project
• Supervision by Prof. Alexander Mitsos and Prof. Wolfgang Wiechert
• Close cooperation with the Institute of Process Systems Engineering (AVT.SVT) at RWTH Aachen University also headed by Prof. Alexander Mitsos
• An excellent scientific and technical infrastructure
• Full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours and 30 days of annual leave
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
• A large research campus with green spaces, offering the best possible means for networking with colleagues and pursuing sports alongside work

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. This is a 2-year appointment, with the possibility of a 2 years’ extension based upon satisfactory performance and availability of funding. 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.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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

Quantum communication technologies are becoming ever more prominent, promising to revolutionize the technological sector. The main application for quantum communication is currently Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), which enables unconditionally secure encryptions with security established directly at the physical communication layer. Beyond QKD, quantum communication may enable distributed quantum sensing, networked quantum computing, and advanced cryptographic tasks. Two technologies that will be essential for next-generation quantum communications, and in particular for the quantum internet, will be quantum memories and appropriate photonic interconnects. Quantum memories allow to reliably store quantum information (qubits) in matter systems, such as trapped atoms or quantum-dots, while photonic interconnects allow to transfer information from and to photons that carry quantum information over long distances.

The DLR Institute of Communications and Navigation performs research on transferring quantum information from a mobile node to a quantum memory. These mobile nodes may be flying quantum transmitters in the troposphere, stratosphere or space, with the quantum receiver being located on the ground. The quantum channel in this dynamic scenario is the focus of the research, i.e. the investigation of the impact the flight dynamics and the turbulent atmosphere.

The aim of the thesis is to identify the relevant quantum channel disturbances, quantify the impact on the link performance and support the development of a dedicated experiment. The work will start with a literature research, comparing different quantum memory technologies and photon sources (including e.g. lasers, single photon sources, entanglement sources) and analysing the quantum link models. This will then be used to determine what are the boundary conditions and requirements for a future experiment: for the free-space optical channel (e.g., total endpoint-to-endpoint loss and background light); for the photon sources (e.g., frequency and phase stability); for the photonic interfaces in the receiving unit (e.g., spatial mode and beam shaping); and for the quantum memory itself (e.g., quantum state writing and read-out).

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

• Engineer degree in optics, electronics or similar, and you should have worked with scientific instrumentation
• Experience to work both independently and in a team
• Ability to communicate and explain technical issues
• Standard software skills, basic knowledge on Windows/Unix/networks
• Fluent proficiency in English
• Driver’s licence

• Experience with long term observation systems is highly appreciated
• Proficiency in French, German and/or Norwegian will be an advantage
• Experience of working in an international context will be an advantage
• Knowledge of polar field safety is highly appreciated
• Motorboat license, knowledge in first aid

• our scientific success - excellent research.
• collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary.
• opportunities to develop – on the job, aiming at other positions and beyond AWI.
• a culture of reconciling work and family – audited, and even more than that.
• our outstanding research infrastructure – ships, stations, aircraft, laboratories and more.
• an international environment – everyday contacts with people from all over the world.
• having an influence – fundamental research with social and political relevance
• flat hierarchies – freedom and responsibility.
• exciting topics – also in technology, administration and infrastructure.

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

• Coordination and support of scientific projects at the station
• Interfacing between projects, station team and AWIPEV management team (AWI + IPEV).
• Execution of regular meteorological measurements and support of the long-term observation programs
• Public relations regarding station matters, visiting stakeholders and media
• Coordination and operation management

• A university degree in natural sciences
• Experience in scientific campaign work or organization of scientific expeditions
• Field experience
• Experience to work both independently and in a team
• Experience in public relation tasks
• Good knowledge in group management and information transfer
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, resilient
• Standard software skills
• Fluent proficiency in English
• Driver’s licence

• Proficiency in French, German and/or Norwegian will be an advantage
• Experience of working in an international context will be an advantage
• Knowledge of polar field safety is highly appreciated
• Motorboat license, knowledge in first aid

• our scientific success - excellent research.
• collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary.
• opportunities to develop – on the job, aiming at other positions and beyond AWI.
• a culture of reconciling work and family – audited, and even more than that.
• our outstanding research infrastructure – ships, stations, aircraft, laboratories and more.
• an international environment – everyday contacts with people from all over the world.
• having an influence – fundamental research with social and political relevance
• flat hierarchies – freedom and responsibility.
• exciting topics – also in technology, administration and infrastructure.

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.

Studentische Hilfskräfte

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

• Scientific diving
• Data evaluation (counting of fish occurrences and determination)
• Assistance with any work that may arise (e.g. measurement technology support, project preparation)

• Certified scientific diver/ ESD with active status
• Valid G31.2
• First aid course not older than 1 year
• Dry dive experience
• Team spirit and reliability
• enrolled as a student for the working period

• Knowledge of measurement technology and electronics
• Knowledge of R

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.

ATLAS

PHD Thesis

01.02.2021

DESY

Within the Helmholtz Innovation Pool project Tangerine (Towards Next Generation Silicon Detectors), DESY offers a Ph.D position focused on the investigation of a 65 nm CMOS imaging technology to develop the next generation of pixel sensors. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team pushing silicon detectors to the next level. The Ph.D. project will cover the full life cycle of detector development, from Monte Carlo and TCAD simulation over sensor design studies to characterization studies of the first prototype generation.

About your role:

• Monte Carlo and TCAD simulations of silicon detectors
• Laboratory characterization of prototypes
• Test beam integration and measurements

About you:

• Master in physics with excellent grades
• Deep interest in detectors for particle physics, especially in silicon detector technology
• Good English language skills
• Very good teamwork, communication and presentation skills
• Experience in simulation and detector characterization are welcome

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. We attach particular importance to appreciative cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time and job-sharing. You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public 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 job 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.

BELLE

PHD Thesis

06.01.2021

DESY

The particle physics program of DESY includes strong contributions to the Belle II experiment at KEK in Japan that started its physics run in early 2019. The experimental program is enhanced by collaboration with a strong local theory group. The DESY Belle II group is involved in data analyses focusing on B- and tau-physics as well as Dark Matter searches. In addition, the group is involved in the commissioning of the Belle II pixel vertex detector, and software development for the tracking detectors and the electromagnetic calorimeter.

About your role:

• Analysis of Belle II data with focus on B decays, in particular measurement of the CKM matrix element Vub
• Contributions to the commissioning and operation of the new Belle II Pixel detector

About you:

• Diploma/Masters in Physics with excellent grades
• lnterest in particle physics experiments
• Good teamwork and communications skills
• Good English language skills
• Ability and eligibility to travel to Japan

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. We attach particular importance to appreciative cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time and job-sharing. You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public 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 job 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.

Praktikum

• assistance in carrying out feeding experiments in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of different Astaxanthin sources and doses on rainbow trout (Oncorhynhuss mykiss)
• participating in sampling campaigns to determine growth performance and dissection of fish for further laboratory analyses
• execution, recording and evaluation of data from feeding experiments

• previous experience with aquaculture and RAS;
• experienced lab worker;
• team worker
• good cooperation and communication skills
• good organisation and documentation skills
• good in English and German language

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.

FTX

PHD Thesis

26.01.2022

DESY

The FTX group shapes the physics case and develops detector technologies and concepts for future accelerator-based particle physics experiments. The Cluster of Excellence "Quantum Universe" performs research to understand mass and gravity at the interface between quantum physics and cosmology. The research team includes leading scientists from mathematics, particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology at Universität Hamburg and DESY. PhD students will become member of the Quantum Universe research school (QURS) and through this receive offers for academic training, soft skills, and career planning. The LUXE experiment is a new experiment proposed at DESY and the EU.XFEL, studying strong-field QED processes in a previously uncharted regime in electron-Laser and photon-Laser collisions using the EU.XFEL electron beam and a terawatt laser. One of the LUXE physics objectives is non-linear Compton scattering, which is challenging because of the enormous rate of Compton electrons to be detected. Spatially segmented Cherenkov detectors are one of the key technologies for electron detection in LUXE, since they are robust against high particle rates and provide good background rejection.

About your role:

• Cherenkov detector design optimization using detector simulation
• Development of electron energy reconstruction algorithm (using e.g. machine learning techniques)
• Cherenkov detector prototype design, implementation and tests
• Measurement of non-linear Compton edges in LUXE

About you:

• Master in experimental physics
• Advanced knowledge in particle detectors
• Experience in programming (C++, python, ... ) and hands-on laboratory work
• Team ability and very good English language skills

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. We attach particular importance to appreciative cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time and job-sharing. You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public 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 job 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.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts,Other,PHD Thesis

Free Space Optical Communications with satellites is currently an exciting topic of development, with the potential to provide high bandwidth communications links for allowing broadband internet into remote areas, or providing un-hackable, encrypted communications channels using Quantum Key Distribution. This becomes increasingly important in our world which requires global connectivity, and in which Quantum computers are becoming available that threaten existing encryption techniques.

As well as new opportunities, free space links present new challenges. The light must travel through turbulence in the atmosphere which causes instabilities in the link. At the Institute for Communications and Navigations at DLR, we are developing technologies that can correct the light in real-time to provide stable and efficient communications links, such as Adaptive Optics. Adaptive Optics systems detect the wave-front error imparted on the light incoming to the Optical Ground Station, and perform correction using a "deformable mirror" that changes its shape to match the incoming wave. In this way, the light is better coupled into a communications system. The light transmitted from the ground station to the satellite is also stabilised in similar manner.

As part of our team, you would be developing the next generation of Adaptive Optics systems for free space optical communications. This includes development and testing of new wave-front sensing techniques and optimising the control software that underpins the whole system.

Among others, you will be responsible for the following tasks:

• development and optimisation of Adaptive Optics control software
• exploration of novel adaptive optics real-time control techniques, such as the use of Graphical Processing Units (GPUs), or Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)
• investigations into new wave-front sensing techniques for Adaptive Optics
• development of control and automated calibration techniques for adaptive optics systems and free space optical communications terminals in general.
• management of various Adaptive Optics and Free Space Optical Communications based Projects

We offer you a very good working atmosphere in a successful research and development group, state-of-the-art equipment and an environment with national and international cooperation. You will work in an international team and develop forward-looking results. Opportunities for professional development (e.g. PhD, PMP Project Management) are given.

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.

Other,PHD Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

The Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) does research in the field of efficient energy storage systems and next generation energy conversion technologies. The department of Computational Electrochemistry at the Helmholtz-Institute Ulm for Electrochemical Energy Storage (HIU) develops new models and simulation tools for the investigation of battery materials and cells. As part of the excellent battery research in Ulm our work is situated between basic and applied research. In an interdisciplinary team, we investigate the physical-chemical processes in batteries from the nanoscale to the macroscale.

We are looking for dedicated PhD students for the modeling and simulation of all-solid-state batteries within the national competence cluster FestBatt. All-solid-state batteries potentially provide significant improvements in energy density and battery safety. However, challenges are e.g. a lower power density and lifetime compared to state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries. Both properties are significantly influenced by the design and microstructure of the electrodes and cells. Therefore, we develop physico-chemical models of all-solid-state batteries which explicitly resolve the microstructure of the electrodes and degradation processes at the interface to the electrolyte. The models serve as a basis for the optimization of the next-generation of all-solid-state batteries.

As a member of an internationally leading research team in the field of microstructure-resolved simulation of batteries, you will make an important contribution to the understanding and optimization of this key technology. We offer you an attractive research environment, room for your own ideas and international visibility. In return, we expect you to have an excellent degree - preferably in one of the above-mentioned disciplines - as well as an interest in using innovative methods of scientific computing. Furthermore, you should enjoy working creatively and independently in an international team.

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.

CMS

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

01.02.2022

DESY

The particle physics programme of DESY consists of strong contributions to the LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS, the Belle-II Experiment in Japan and to the preparation of future experiments. The experimental programme is enhanced by collaboration with a strong theory group. DESY is seeking an outstanding researcher to fill a postdoctoral position working on the CMS experiment. The successful candidate is expected to take a leading role in the data analysis and software developments especially at the start of the LHC Run 3. Study of rare processes as well as precision measurements, particularly in top quark physics, are envisaged. Interpretations in the context of effective field theory are also considered.

About your role:

• Active role in the CMS experiment
• Engagement in top quark physics and precision measurements
• Participation in supervising students

About you:

• Ph.D. in Experimental Particle Physics
• Experience in LHC physics data analysis
• Strong motivation to participate in innovative projects
• Excellent teamwork abilities, good communication skills and knowledge of English

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. We attach particular importance to appreciative cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time and job-sharing. You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public 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 job 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.

Scientific / postdoctoral posts,Other

The Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) does research in the field of efficient energy storage systems and next generation energy conversion technologies. The department of Computational Electrochemistry at the Helmholtz-Institute Ulm for Electrochemical Energy Storage (HIU) develops new models and simulation tools for the investigation of battery materials and cells. As part of the excellent battery research in Ulm our work is situated between basic and applied research. In an interdisciplinary team, we investigate the physical-chemical processes in batteries from the nanoscale to the macroscale. 

We are looking for dedicated Post-Docs for the modeling and simulation of all-solid-state batteries within the national competence cluster FestBatt. All-solid-state batteries potentially provide significant improvements in energy density and battery safety. However, challenges are e.g. a lower power density and lifetime compared to state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries. Both properties are significantly influenced by the design and microstructure of the electrodes and cells. Therefore, we develop physico-chemical models of all-solid-state batteries which explicitly resolve the microstructure of the electrodes and degradation processes at the interface to the electrolyte. The models serve as a basis for the optimization of the next-generation of all-solid-state batteries.
 
As a member of an internationally leading research team in the field of microstructure-resolved simulation of batteries, you will make an important contribution to the understanding and optimization of this key technology. We offer you an attractive research environment, room for your own ideas and international visibility. In return, we expect you to have an excellent degree - preferably in one of the above-mentioned disciplines - as well as an interest in using innovative methods of scientific computing. Furthermore, you should enjoy working creatively and independently in an international team. 

Your tasks:

• Conception of new mathematical models for solid-state batteries
• Development of new numerical methods and solution strategies
• Extension of the scientific knowledge
• Targeted application of the results of basic research to practical tasks for the industry
• Publication and presentation of scientific results in scientific journals and at national/internationalConferences

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 support staff,Diploma & Master Thesis

The Internet of things (IoT) is attracting an increasing attention from both industry and academia, and will be a core component of next generation 6G systems. In an IoT network, a potentially massive number of low-cost, low-complexity devices generate traffic to be reported to a common receiver monitoring the situation. Relevant examples include asset tracking, industrial and environmental monitoring, smart cities, as well as cyber-physical systems. In such settings, the overall goal is to maintain an up-to-date, or fresh, perception of the status of a monitored process, and performance criteria that are traditionally employed to design and evaluate wireless systems, e.g. throughput or reliability, may fall to capture fundamental tradeoffs. To overcome this limitation, novel metrics such as the age of information have recently been proposed to capture the notion of information freshness, and will become paramount for the design of next generation wireless systems.

This thesis will focus on the analysis of such metrics by means of analysis and network simulations. The aim will be to study advanced information freshness metrics, e.g., based on the notion of entropy of the monitored process, and to identify novel and key performance trends, focusing on the relevant setup in which a large number of terminals share a common channel following a random-access policy. The student will have the chance to learn about IoT systems, link layer solutions, as well as to become familiar with important protocol design criteria that will be reflected in next-generation wireless systems.

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.

Other,PHD Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

We model and simulate physicochemical processes in batteries. Our models are based on thermodynamics and describe reaction and transport of ions with partial differential equations. Together with experimental partners, we develop and optimize novel batteries, e.g. in the Ulm Cluster of Excellence POLiS for post-lithium batteries.

Would you like to help shape the battery systems of the future? Then join our team on zinc batteries and research resource-saving zinc-nickel batteries for stationary energy storage. Your models and simulations deal with different length scales: from single atoms to whole battery cell. Benefit from your own creative freedom and individual support.

Your tasks in this position:

• You will design new mathematical models and methods for zinc batteries.
• You will be responsible for scientific publications and presentations at national and international conferences.
• You will support our experimental, international project partners in industry and academia.

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis,Praktikum

The Group of Advanced Optical Technologies of DLR’s Institute of Communications and Navigation develops experimental laser communication systems for optical data links between satellites and optical ground stations as well as demonstrator platforms for testbed system verifications. The system development covers several disciplines such as optics, physics, electronics, programming and mechanics.

The successful applicant will support our team in the development of optical, photonic and communications systems for high precision frequency and time transfer over free space links for navigation applications. For optical bi-directional time transfer a high rate spread sequence is sent over a free space optical link. To calculate the time transfer the observables coming from the spread sequence tracking loop and the time stamps from the data channel need to be combined. A proper system to calculate the time transfer and the current distance is implemented. Finally, the Doppler effect and atmospheric distortions are included to the simulation.

It is an excellent opportunity to work on a cutting-edge topic, gain experience on a real optical hardware and improve your engineering skills.

Main Tasks:

• literature research on possible algorithms
• analytical control design
• atmospheric turbulence
• simulation of the system in Matlab/Simulink or VHDL

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.

Other,PHD Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

We model and simulate physicochemical processes in batteries and fuel cells. Our thermodynamic models describe reaction and transport of ions with partial differential equations. Our quantum chemical models describe the reactions of atoms on electrode surfaces. Together with experimental partners, we develop and optimize energy storage devices, e.g. in the Ulm Cluster of Excellence POLiS for post-lithium batteries.

Would you like to help shape the material simulation of the future? Then join our team on
quantum simulations and develop algorithms to describe reaction and transport processes in batteries. You can test your models of quantum chemistry and continuum mechanics on quantum computers.

You will benefit from your own creative freedom and individual support.

Your tasks:

• You will design new mathematical models and methods for the simulation of electrochemical energy storage materials on quantum computers.
• You will gain experience with real quantum hardware via our industrial and experimental partnerships, while maintaining an academic perspective.  
• You will author scientific publications and give presentations at national and international conferences.

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.

Other

22.12.2021

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis,Praktikum

The Group of Advanced Optical Technologies of DLR’s Institute of Communications and Navigation develops experimental laser communication systems for optical data links between satellites and optical ground stations as well as demonstrator platforms for testbed system verifications. The system development covers several disciplines such as optics, physics, electronics, programming and mechanics.  

The successful applicant will support our team in the development of optical, photonic and communications systems for high precision frequency and time transfer over free space links for navigation applications. The task is to characterize an optical phase locked loop with a testbed in the lab to measure robustness against scintillation, fading and surges and phase distortions. By evaluation of these results new mitigation algorithms for robust frequency transfer over free space links are designed and implemented. Finally the developments are verified in the lab and possibly in an outdoor testbed.  

It is an excellent opportunity to work on a cutting-edge topic, gain experience on a real optical hardware and improve your engineering skills.

Main Tasks:

• literature research on possible algorithms
• analytical control design
• experimental characterization of the OPLL in the lab
• implementation of mitigation procedures on FPGA in VHDL
• experimental evaluation of the robust OPLL in the lab and possibly over a free space link.

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.

Other,PHD Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

A challenge in boundary-layer meteorology is measuring the turbulent, instationary flows in time and space in order to understand its structure and the underlying physical processes. With conventional instruments, assumptions have to be made with regards to stationarity or homogeneity, because measurements are either made at a fixed point over long periods (as done with meteorological towers) or over an area within a certain time period (as done with scanning lidars or airborne systems). The use of a large number of multicopters which synchronously measure the wind in-situ at many locations that can be defined in a flexible way enables new kinds of measurements. In this work, a swarm of commercially available drones will be enabled and deployed to collect this new kind of data.

Your tasks will be:

• development, test, and validation of wind measurement with multicopters:
  • comparison of different algorithms and flight strategies
  • calibration and validation of wind and turbulence measurements in a wind tunnel.
  • setup of experiments for validation against established instrumentation (e.g. sonic anemometer, lidar etc.)
• development of optimized flight patterns and swarm formations with a large number of multicopters to capture complex three-dimensional wind fields, coherent structures  and turbulence
  • virtual measurements in simulated three-dimensional turbulent wind fields
  • improvement of real-time data visualization and interpretation
• conducting field experiments with the swarm
  • validation experiments against reference instruments
  • investigating complex terrain flow to determine the contribution of turbulent structures to energy transport
• data analysis and scientific documentation

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

Scientific support staff,Administrative staff

09.02.2022

DESY

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

About your role:

• Organization of advisory bodies meetings
• Administration of national and international scientific cooperations
• Active role in all reporting activities of DESY photon science
• Keeping contacts to the Helmholtz headquarters and European research agency in close cooperation with the responsible DESY groups

About you:

• Ph.D. in natural sciences or similar qualification
• Experience in organization and management of scientific organizations
• Good team spirit
• Excellent knowledge of the German and English language

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. We attach particular importance to appreciative cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time and job-sharing. You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public 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 job 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.

Scientific support staff,Praktikum

Free Space Optical (FSO) communication not only overcomes the bandwidth limitations of RF systems, but also offers power efficiency, security and high data rates compared to their traditional counterparts. The Quantum Communication Systems Group together with other optical communication systems groups at the Institute of Communications and Navigation have developed flight terminals and ground stations. Currently, the ground stations are running several software applications which control and monitor various aspects of their operation.

The main goals for the advertised work are:

• updating the underlying GUI Library
• evaluate usability of current GUI layouts and improve accordingly
• update affected unit tests

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

Solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) are expected to play a crucial role in the conversion of electrical energy from sustainable sources into chemical compounds. The co-electrolysis of carbon dioxide with steam is seen as a potential source of synthesis gas. A key step during co-electrolysis is the energy conversion at the cermet fuel electrode through electro-reduction. This electro-reduction is commonly believed to take place at the triple phase boundary (TPB) between nickel, oxygen ion conducting ceramics and gas. Recent studies show that, due to the high electro-catalytic activity and mixed ionic and electronic conductivity (MIEC) of the ceria phase, the electrochemically active electrode area on Ni/Gadolinium-doped ceria (CGO) electrodes further extends to the double phase boundary (DPB) between CGO surface and gas phase. However, it is still unclear whether DPB or TPB pathways dominate the electrochemical reduction in industrially used porous electrodes.

In order to investigate physical processes during the operation of an electrolysis cells a numerical framework NEOPARD-X was developed. The framework includes submodels for detailed gas and surface kinetics, detailed gas and ion transport. For the model development, electrochemical experiments were performed including current-voltage curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy with different cell configurations. In order to study the effect of gas transport processes different gas flow rates were studied. With cross-section images from scanning electron microscope seven layers with different material properties were identified.

The purpose of this work is to develop an electrochemical model of the fuel Ni-CGO electrode for co-electrolysis. This includes parametrisation of submodes within NEOPARD-X framework, e.g. material properties, and the improvement of the kinetic mechanism for the catalytic processes at the CGO surface.

Your responsibility:

• development of electro-chemical Model for hightemperature Co-Electrolysis at Ni-CGO Fuel Electrode
• model parametrisation, i.e. Material properties and Coefficients for Elementary Reactions
• improvement of the kinetic mechanism for the catalytic processes at the CGO surface

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

Data is the new resource of the 21st century and data availability seems endless. Would you like to establish part of the data relationship life cycle for plant science? Then the division of Bioinformatics IBG-4 at the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences at Forschungszentrum Juelich is the right place for you. The subinstitute of Bioinformatics (IBG-4) works on and develops methods and algorithms to achieve a fundamental understanding, especially of high-dimensional data and processes in the bio-economy. The IBG-4 focuses on knowledge management and data integration, classical bioinformatics, and machine learning, in particular for the prediction of phenotypes on biological questions concerning transcriptional reprogramming of plants during abiotic stress response, identification of metabolic pathways for secondary metabolites and understanding plant cell wall biosynthesis.

Your Job:

• In the area of omics-based bioinformatics you will be involved in the assembly and curation of genome sequencing data with a particular focus on epigenomics, the assembly, curation and analysis of transcriptome data and construction of gene networks based on correlation in gene expression
• In the area of data science, you will be involved in data acquisition from project partners, as well as data versioning and specialized visualization
• Present the scientific results at project meetings and international conferences and publish them in high-ranking scientific journals

Your Profile:

• University degree in Data Science and/or plant sciences or similar with relevant and proven experience in the field
• Experience with the Linux operating system (shell)
• Good experience in Shell-Scripting (Bash) and R
• Experience in data visualization (Rshiny), preferably with Javascript (D3, plotly.js)
• Experience with single page application frameworks like React.js
• Preferably experience in databases: relational (Postgres), document-based (MongoDb), Apache Cassandra and Apache Hive with Facebook’s Presto, and graph DBs (Neo4J)
• Preferably experience in web development (server and front-end) using Node.js
• Good organizational skills and the ability to work independently
• Very good cooperation and communication skills and ability to work as part of a distributed team in an international and interdisciplinary environment
• Excellent communication skills in English are mandatory

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
• Interdisciplinary Data Science and applied bioinformatics in a highly productive research project
• Extensive further training offer
• A wide range of offers for combining work and family
• Full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours and 30 days of annual leave
• Flexible work (location) arrangements, e.g. remote work
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is initially for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible long-term prospects. 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.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

The activity focuses on the design and the analysis of modern random access protocols for satellite IoT systems, with emphasis on both classical metrics such as throughput, packet loss probabilities etc., as well as on information freshness metrics (e.g., Age of Information). Coding strategies for distributed communication and computation systems will be analysed as well, from both an information theoretic and an algorithmic viewpoint.

Here you can find more information on the application requirements.

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 Optical Communication Systems Group of the Institute of Communications and Navigation (part of the German Aerospace Center) investigates new technologies to increase the data throughput between Satellites and Ground Stations by employing free-space optical (FSO) links. The Earth’s atmosphere heavily influences the statistics of the transmission channel for such laser signals, both in amplitude and phase. Therefore, Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ) and Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) schemes are suitable to improve the system performance of such links.

This fellowship shall investigate different adaptive-rate schemes to be used in combination with ARQ and DTN algorithms for FSO communication in downlink scenarios. These schemes shall be developed, taking into consideration the channel characteristics and the practical aspects of the implementation of optical terminals for aeronautical and space systems. The schemes shall be evaluated with simulation and measurements in a representative laboratory setup.

Here you can find more information on the application requirements.

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

Satellite optical communications enable high throughput data links between satellites as well as between satellites and ground infrastructure. These links extend the terrestrial network to space, providing capacities that can reach multiple terabits-per-second. The tight mass and size budgets of the satellite platform requires optimised and highly integrated solutions for the optics, photonics and electronics to reduce the size, weight, power and heat dissipation of critical communications components. A robust design that enables a higher level of components integration is foreseen to meet the aforementioned challenges.

The research goal is to elaborate designs of photonic integrated circuits to support on-board signal switching and transmission, considering realistic environmental as well as operational requirements.

Here you can find more information on the application requirements.

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

Satellite optical communications enable high throughput data links between satellites as well as between satellites and ground infrastructure. These links extend the terrestrial network to space, providing capacities that can reach multiple terabits-per-second. The
laser link can be used as a carrier to implement further techniques to improve the positioning of satellites and deep space probes, for example by means of ranging signals or optical angle-of-arrival measurements, enhancing the navigation for space missions.

The research goal is to elaborate new approaches to improve space navigation techniques, by including optical measurements to
complement classical techniques based on e.g. Doppler measurements or differential angle-of-arrival observations. The work will include
theoretical analysis, simulations and potentially experimental tests on orbiting satellites.

Here you can find more information on the application requirements.

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,Other

We model and simulate physicochemical processes in batteries. Our models are based on thermodynamics and describe reaction and transport of ions with partial differential equations. Together with experimental partners, we develop and optimize novel batteries, e.g. in the Ulm Cluster of Excellence POLiS for post-lithium batteries.

Would you like to help shape the battery systems of the future? Then join our team on zinc batteries and research resource-saving zinc-nickel batteries for stationary energy storage. Your models and simulations deal with different length scales: from single atoms to whole battery cell.

Benefit from your own creative freedom and individual support.

Your tasks in this position:

You will design new mathematical models and methods for zinc batteries:

• develop new models of battery electrodes including previously unknown or unquantified processes
• develop new models for battery electrolytes including complex formation and interfacial properties
• implement models in scientific software packages and perform computer simulations

You will apply the results of basic research to practical problems in the industry:

• quantify battery properties in terms of energy content, performance, cyclability and safety with the help of computer simulations
• identify new ways to optimize them

You will support our experimental, international project partners in industry and academia.

You will undertake scientific publications and presentations at national and international conferences.

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

17.02.2022

Nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) technologies are widely used for drinking water production. RO membranes are applied for water desalination giving their ability to remove monovalent salts up to ~99%, while NF membranes are commonly used to remove micropollutants and treatment of natural waters contaminated by inorganics such as fluoride, nitrates and arsenic.

In treatment plants, NF/RO membranes are typically designed for continuous operation without considering water quality variations. However, in locations with extreme climate variability, NF/RO membranes can face radical variations in terms of hardness, salinity as well as the content of natural organic matter (NOM). Such variations can therefore affect the separation process, energy consumption and ultimately operational costs.

The aim of this project is to carry out experiments to evaluate the resilience of NF/RO membranes to remove inorganic water contaminants (e.g. fluoride, arsenic, nitrate) with varying water salinity, hardness and in presence of NOM. NF/RO separation mechanisms will be also investigated.

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

17.02.2022

Biocatalysis combined with membrane filtration is a growing research area in water treatment as the water contaminants can be degraded by the enzyme while filtrating water. The design of a biocatalytic membrane able to keep the enzymatic activity of the enzyme free in solution is still an ongoing challenge. In this case, the use of biocompatible hydrogel coating to encapsulate the enzyme within the membrane is a promising strategy to improve the stability of the enzyme and keep the enzymatic activity during filtration. The aim of this project is to carry out a range of experiments to evaluate the enzymatic activity of the biocatalytic membrane, where the enzyme is entrapped in a hydrogel coating for the removal of micropollutants steroid hormones from water.

The following specific task will be performed as part of the project:

• Literature review on the topic (biocatalytic membranes with a focus on micropollutants removal; encapsulation of enzymes within hydrogel coatings, degradation mechanism of steroid hormones by the enzyme)
• Develop the hydrogel coating on the UF membrane and encapsulate the enzyme;
• Perform experiments with a dead end stirred cell to evaluate the enzymatic activity of the membrane and degradation of the hormones in filtration;
• Analyse experimental data and write/co-author a research publication (in English) if the provided results are promising
• Take part in group activities, oral presentation in group meeting and writing of reports

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

17.02.2022

Decentralized directly coupled photovoltaic-powered Nanofiltrration/Reverse Osmosis (PV-NF/RO) systems are a promising solution for groundwater desalination in off-grid rural areas such as developing countries. In such systems, mineral scaling developing on membranes is a common challenge that results in loss of membrane performance and an increase in energy consumption. On the other hand, solar irradiance fluctuations cause non steady state operations that lead to the occurrence of direct osmotic backwash (OB). OB is a potential self-cleaning method to mitigate scaling and maintain membrane performance. The impact of OB on scaling during the solar irradiance fluctuations is to date unclear and will be the main purpose of this study.

The aim of this project is to carry out a range of scaling and OB experiments under variable solar irradiance fluctuation conditions to evaluate the cleaning effectiveness of OB as a self-cleaning method for mineral scaling.

The following specific tasks will be performed as part of the project:

• Literature review on the topic (membrane scaling, cleaning methods for scaling, direct osmotic backwash mechanism, photovoltaic powered membrane system, etc.).
• Prepare scaling solutions and perform scaling and OB experiments with a lab-scale macro cross-flow system powered by a solar array simulator (SAS).
• Perform membrane autopsy (scanning electron microscope, deposited mass analysis) after scaling experiments to evaluate the cleaning effectiveness of OB.
• Analyze experimental data and write/co-author a research publication (in English).

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

17.02.2022

The consumption of drinking water contaminated with elevated levels of inorganic ions such as fluoride, nitrate and uranium is a major health concern. A low energy filtration process such as ultrafiltration (UF) would be a viable option for water treatment in remote areas, at the same time challenging as it cannot perform ion removal like nanofiltration or reverse osmosis. Composite UF membranes involving inorganic adsorbents such as zeolite would enhance the ion removal ability.

This project is a part of a DFG funded collaborative programme with KNUST, Ghana.  As the synthesis of zeolites is feasible from the locally available clay materials in Ghana, treatment of the local water using a low energy filtration route involving zeolite is more interesting.

The aim of this project is to establish the feasibility of using composite zeolite UF membranes for the removal of inorganic ion pollutants common in Ghana waters. The following specific task will be performed as a part of the project:

• establish the fundamental principles of adsorption by zeolites
• infiltrate the zeolite into a UF membrane
• Perform ultrafiltration experiments with a dead end stirred cell to evaluate the performance of zeolite composite membrane for ion removal
• Master student will have the opportunity to co-author a research publication, provided the results are promising
• Take part in group activities, oral presentation in group meeting and writing of reports (medium of all communications and writing will be in English)

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.

IEK-14 - Elektrochemische Verfahrenstechnik

Diploma & Master Thesis

The Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-14), Electrochemical Process Engineering at Forschungszentrum Jülich with more than 20 years of experience in electrochemical energy conversion, is at the forefront of innovative solutions for clean and sustainable energy conversion devices. In collaboration with national and international partners from research and industry, we develop solutions for mobile, portable and stationary applications and research the use of liquid energy carriers as fuels as well as their efficient and environmentally friendly production and use. Hydrogen is considered the best alternative to fossil fuels; if it is generated with renewable electricity, it is an excellent energy carrier that can be used and converted without carbon dioxide emissions. Low-temperature water electrolysis is considered the preferred route for the large-scale production of hydrogen. However, the efficiency of water electrolysis is highly dependent on the activity of the electrocatalysts. Thus, the development of highly effective, stable, and inexpensive materials for the oxygen evolution reaction would have a significant impact. Recently, single-atom catalysts have emerged as the new frontier in catalysis science due to their maximum utilization of atoms and excellent catalytic reaction activity. The synthesis of these materials will provide a better understanding of the mechanism beyond activity and stability for the oxygen evolution reaction in an acidic medium.

Your Job:

The focus of this master thesis is to design highly effective, stable, and cheap materials for the oxygen evolution reaction. The activity will be studied by conduction half-cell electrochemical characterization and study the degradation behaviour to obtain strategies for minimizing corrosion while boosting the performance. Insights into the mechanism will accelerate the introduction of low-loading Platinum-Group-Metal materials for the PEM water electrolyzer. Your Tasks in detail:

• Synthesis of Ir and Ru single atom catalysts
• Development and planning of the synthesis procedure
• Electrochemical screening of the materials
• Physical-chemical characterization of the materials
• Depending on the catalysts performance; manufacturing of MEA based on the synthesized catalysts and analysis of them

Your Profile:

• Current master studies with excellent marks in Material Science, Physics, Engineering or Chemistry
• Basic knowledge of electrochemistry and synthesis strategy
• Laboratory experiences in the field of synthesis and characterization
• Willingness to learn and ability to think outside of the box
• Excellent cooperation, communication and teamwork abilities
• Independent, self-motivated and responsible
• Fluency in English
• Fluency in 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 support you in your work with:

• An interesting and socially relevant topic for your thesis with future-oriented themes
• Ideal conditions for gaining practical experience alongside your studies
• A large research campus with green spaces, offering the best possible means for networking with colleagues and pursuing sports alongside work
• An interdisciplinary collaboration on projects in an international, committed and collegial team
• Excellent technical equipment and the newest technology
• Qualified support through your scientific colleagues
• The chance to independently prepare and work on your tasks
• Flexible working hours as well as a reasonable remuneration
• The possibility to partially work from home

The position is initially for a fixed term of 6 months.Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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 support staff,Other

Suitable datasets are an integral part of robotics research, especially for training neural networks in robot perception. However, in many domains, suitable real-world data are scarce and cannot be easily obtained. This problem is especially prevalent for unstructured outdoor environments, in particular, planetary ones. Recent advances in photorealistic simulations help researchers to simulate close-to-real data in many domains. Synthetic planetary data requires careful modeling and annotation of many different terrain aspect and details, such as textures and distributions of rocks, to become a valuable test-bed for robotics. To fill this gap, DLR developed OAISYS, a simulator specifically designed for the needs of planetary robotics visual tasks, but also applicable for other outdoor environments. The simulator is capable of generating large varieties of (planetary) outdoor scenes with rich generation of meta data, such as multi-level semantic and instance annotations.

We are seeking to further improve our simulator in many aspects and need your help in doing so. You will help to develop new modules for the simulator, which will be used for current and future robotic missions. Furthermore, you will contribute to the further development of the core code of the simulator.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on a cutting-edge topic, together with a great team, to get creative in simulation and see your work applied to real robots.

Your tasks:

• literature search on possible new methods and techniques for the simulator
• develop new modules for OAISYS
• develop on core software architecture of OAISYS

Check out OAISYS: github.com/DLR-RM/oaisys

Check out the corresponding publication: elib.dlr.de/145997

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,Other

The research group “Data access and processing” develops innovative methods for storing, managing, and processing large volumes of multi-dimensional data (e.g., from Earth Observation) in distributed IT infrastructures. In particular the storage, management, and analyse of high-resolution time series data from the DLR areas space, aeronautics, transportation, and energy poses huge challenges to database management systems with respect to the expected data volume and velocity. For this, novel database management solutions have to be developed, which can store and process large volumes of time series data (e.g., coming from a large number of sensors). The solution should consider a scalable system infrastructure as well as modern data storage hardware (e.g., SSDs and persistent memory).

You will develop methods and tools for efficiently storing, managing, and analyzing time series and telemetry data from various application domains, such as robotics, connected energy systems, and satellite on-board telemetry data. The focus is on the development of concepts, which can scale to large data volumes and can be adapted to different execution environments (e.g., cloud, edge, embedded). The developed methods shall be integrated into database management systems and accompanied by modern software development processes.

We offer a challenging work and research environment, where family friendliness and your healthiness are our highest priorities.

Your tasks include:

• literature survey and identification of research trends in the area of data management and data processing on univariate and multivariate time series data
• identification and preparation of research problems related to the management of large time series data volumes in various execution environments (e.g., cloud, edge)
• development and evaluation of data management systems for time series data based on requirements derived from concrete use cases
• software development for, evaluation and integration of modern computer hardware (e.g., novel data storage and processor technologies) in existing time series data management systems or development of time series data management systems based on novel computer hardware technologies
• optimization and specialization of time series data management systems to concrete use cases with the help of performance profiling tools and standardized performance benchmarks
• design and creation of system architectures for complex time series data management systems by using modern software development processes (e.g., Scrum) and incremental adjustments of the system architecture in case of changing user requirements
• identification and development of new application areas with time series data management challenges, which cannot be solved by existing state-of-the-art time series data management systems
• publication and presentation of research results at national and international conferences

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-TUXS

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

20.05.2021

DESY

Can we describe the immune-response of a host infected by a virus or bacterium on a quantitative, predictive level?The project is focused on the numerical study of the immune response following a bacterial or viral infection in a mouse animal model. The successful applicant will develop a kinetic, physiologically based immune­response model, adapting existing pharmacokinetic models and multi-scale models of the immune response. The candidate will develop a comprehensive multi-compartment model - compartments corresponding to specific organs, tissues and interconnections thereof - that will map the relevant anatomical, physiological and biochemical structure of the mouse body, and by a transport & rate-equation model follow the evolution of the pathogens, cytokines and relevant cells (for example Th17 cells and CD4+ T cell differentiation) of the immune system. The project is a collaboration with the group of Prof. Samuel Huber (UKE, University Medical Center Hamburg-­Eppendorf) and will initially focus on computational immunology of the immune response against pathogenic bacteria causing intestinal inflammation and tissue damage, for which a variety of data exist from previous studies. In a later stage of the project, the study will be complemented by X-ray fluorescence imaging of marked relevant lymphocytes in infected mice (in collaboration with Prof. Florian Grüner, Universität Hamburg), to benchmark the theoretical model with experimental data. Finally, we envision applications of the combined theoretical and experimental approach to model and study the immune response of the SARS-CoV-2 infection.We offer an exciting, interdisciplinary, vivid research environment in Hamburg, with base at the DESY research campus (Prof. Nina Rohringer), linked to the UKE (Prof. Samuel Huber, University Medical Center Hamburg-­Eppendorf), Universität Hamburg (Prof. Florian Grüner), the CSSB (Center for Structural and Systems Biology, Prof. Michael Kolbe), the newly founded Center for Data and Computing in Natural Sciences (Prof. Jan Baumbach) and the Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (Dr. Weibo Li).

About your role:

• Development of the quantitative immune-response model of Citrobacter Rodentium infection in a mouse model, based on existing data and publications
• Implementation of the immune-response model in the open-source COPASI framework
• Benchmarking of the immune-response model based on existing in vitro and in vivo studies of mice
• Benchmarking of the model against x-ray fluorescence imaging results in mouse model
• Adaption of the development of an immune-response model of the SARS-CoV-2 infection (provided that the underlying, necessary experimental and clinical data exist within the limited time frame of the project)

About you:

• The candidate should have a PhD in systems biology or bioinformatics (alternatively in theoretical or computational physics with a strong interest in shifting careers into the direction of bioinformatics) or equivalent qualification
• We are looking for a highly motivated individual that is able to work independently in a highly interdisciplinary environment
• Knowledge of immunobiology or experience in computational immunology would be a big advantage
• We are looking for a communicative person, with excellent proficiency in English, that is willing to work with multiple teams

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. We attach particular importance to appreciative cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time and job-sharing. You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public 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 job 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.

Scientific support staff,Praktikum

Free Space Optical (FSO) communications not only overcome the bandwidth limitations of RF systems, but also offer better power efficiency, security and higher data rates compared to their traditional RF counterparts. The Institute of Communications and Navigation has developed flight terminals and ground stations to demonstrate FSO in aeronautical and Space applications.

Currently, the software running on an optical terminal is tested mostly in a lab, using flight hardware. This can lead to bottle-necks both in terms of software development and access to the test setup itself. The development of a simulator for the hardware components will greatly increase the development flexibility of the whole 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 support staff,Praktikum

Optical free space communication systems are a fast-growing field in research and industry. Development, testing and implementation of new concepts is nowadays much more affordable than a decade ago. The Quantum Communication Systems Group at the Institute of Communications and Navigation is in charge of the optical Ground Stations for optical communication within air, space and land environments. We are able to do high speed optical downlinks between airplanes, satellites and earth.

To improve our capabilities we are searching for a student to support us by our new optical Ground Station, to bring it into continuous operation.

Therefore the following main tasks will be:

• assemble and Integrate side Systems to our new Ground Station
• verification and Test of different setups and systems
• support the lab works
• telescope operation

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,Other

The machine learning working group develops innovative and learning based methods for analyzing real-world data. With other DLR institutes we examine practical applications with machine learning methods.

As our new team member you will develop robust and explainable machine learning methods, in particular in the field of deep learning with neural networks (DNN), independently of a specific application. You will apply and evaluate sensitivity analyses on training data. Thereby, a focus is to connect uncertainty estimations on trained models and methods explaining and interpreting the results of the models or the models themselves. You will stay in contact with other DLR institutes in order to understand the specific fields, for example, earth observation or robotics, and develop suitable algorithms and practices.

The machine learning group is in close collaboration with the DLR remote sensing technology institute in Oberpfaffenhofen as well as partners of the Friedrich-Schiller university in Jena. Your main task at this job position is the scientific research and development in the field of machine learning.

Your tasks:

• literature research with the aim to evaluate new, experimental and theoretical methods in the field of explainable AI critically, and to use them for your own work, i.e., to evaluate upcoming problems and derive new approaches for your own work
• development of practices and methods, which can visualize predictions of deep learning methods in an explainable and plausible way
• conceptual and theoretical development and modelling of explainable machine learning algorithms
• determining of new research areas in the field of machine learning with view on DLR specific applications
• prototypical implementation of the the methods in Python (or similar)
• scientific evaluation and further development of the designed methods
• Further scientific tasks like preparation of project documentation, other documentation material and scientific publications
• technical supervision of interns, student assistants, bachelor and master students as well as doctoral students (according to your own scientific qualification)
• participation and support for applying for third party funding
• participation in scientific committees, working and interest 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.

ZEA-2 - Systeme der Elektronik

PHD Thesis

Combine your scientific interest and technical skills in the field of electrical engineering to create new knowledge for the socially and scientifically relevant areas of information, energy and bioeconomy. We offer you all of this at the Central Institute of Engineering, Electronics and Analytics - Electronic Systems (ZEA-2) with modelling, designing and developing the most innovative system solutions for science and society.

Your Job:

Against the background of global challenges such as climate change and the growing world population, Forschungszentrum Jülich is conducting research with a view to optimizing yields, improving soil and water conservation, and minimizing the impact of climate change. This requires a detailed understanding of the flow and transport processes in soils, as well as the dynamic development of root growth.One of several established measurement methods for such applications in geophysics is georadar. Georadar operates in the frequency range from about 200 to 2000 MHz. The coupling into the ground is done with antennas and is therefore non-invasive. In this way, characteristic soil properties such as electrical and dielectric conductivity can be determined.In cooperation with the Institute of Agrosphere (IBG-3), a novel measurement system with a large number of antennas is being developed, which enables high-resolution three-dimensional tomography of undisturbed soil columns.Specific tasks are:

• Modeling of relevant components of the geo-radar measurement system using an electromagnetic 3D simulator
• Validation of simulation results and eventually correction of the simulation model by comparison with real world measurement data
• Optimization of the simulation approach, the measurement strategy and eventually the measurement setups in order to maximize the spatial resolution while minimizing the computational complexity
• Mitigation of external and self-induced disturbances by digital signal processing methods and/or modification of the measurement setup
• Investigation of advanced methods considering antenna geometry and placement, including the option to use antenna arrays

Your Profile:

• MSc degree (or equivalent) in electrical engineering or physics• Knowledge of programming and data processing• Interest in computer-based simulation and modelling• Experience in MATLAB/Python is desirable• Willingness to teamwork• Interest in experimental laboratory and fieldworkPlease apply for the position even if you do not have all the listed 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 offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• A highly motivated working group as well as an international and interdisciplinary working environment in one of the largest research institutions in Europe
• Further development of your own personal skills in combination with a socially balanced working environment
• Collaboration in an exciting research project with a top-class partner organization
• Excellent scientific and technical infrastructure
• Opportunity to participate in (international) conferences and project meetings
• Continuous professional supervision
• Personal support during the orientation phase
• A structured doctoral program for you and your supervisors in a comprehensive training and networking program via the doctoral platform JuDocs www.fz-juelich.de/judocs
• A large research campus in the countryside, which offers excellent opportunities for networking with colleagues and for sporting activities in addition to work.
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

The position is initially for a fixed term of 3 years. Pay in line with 70% 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“). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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.

IEK-3 - Techno-ökonomische Systemanalyse

Diploma & Master Thesis

At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Techno-economic Systems Analysis (IEK-3), we develop strategies for meeting the global greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. In addition, we evaluate the impacts of various technologies on infrastructure for the energy carriers of electricity, gas, hydrogen, and heat. To accomplish the aim of reducing GHG emissions, the energy system is in the process of transitioning from a fossil fuel-based energy supply to a more sustainable one. In this scenario, the adoption of clean energy technologies such as battery electric vehicles, heat pumps, and photovoltaics has increased in recent years. In addition to these technologies, construction industries are also adopting battery-powered heavy-duty vehicles. However, these technologies are incorporated into the electrical grid at the distribution level, resulting in power quality issues. Therefore, this thesis aims at assessing the distribution network issues using power flow simulations on synthetic networks and performing network reinforcement to alleviate any potential challenges.

Your Job:

• Literature review on existing studies with respect to battery operated heavy-duty vehicles in distribution networks
• Developing synthetic load profiles for heavy-duty construction vehicles powered by batteries
• Outlook for future penetration of battery operated heavy-duty constriction vehicles
• Identifying significant network vulnerabilities posed by battery operated heavy-duty construction vehicles
• Performing power flow analysis on the synthetic distribution networks
• Analyzing the operational limiting factor violations with respect to the integration of construction vehicles
• Sensitivity analysis with various penetration levels of construction vehicles in distribution networks

Your Profile:

• Current master studies in the field of mathematics, electrical engineering, energy engineering, computer science, or a related field of study
• Prior knowledge of object-oriented programming (OOP) and Python is required
• Willingness to familiarise yourself with new models and methods
• Independent and analytical way of working
• Interest in energy technology and energy management
• Good knowledge of written and spoken English

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 highly relevant innovative topics and offer you the possibility to actively shape the change. We support you with:

• An interesting and socially relevant topic for your thesis with future-oriented themes
• Ideal conditions for gaining practical experience alongside your studies
• An interdisciplinary collaboration on projects in an international, committed and collegial team
• Excellent technical equipment and the newest technology
• Qualified support through your scientific colleagues
• The possibility of actively helping to shape the energy system of the future
• Intensive supervision of your work while working from home, and depending on the general conditions, also on site
• The chance to independently prepare and work on your tasks
• Flexible working hours as well as a reasonable remuneration

The position is initially for a fixed term of 6 months.Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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

: Discover personalized medical solutions for environmentally triggered diseases to promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.

At our institute you will find a scientifically stimulating international environment. Together with renowned scientists and supported by an excellent infrastructure you will have the opportunity to make an important contribution for a healthier society.

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) division supports the renowned researchers of Helmholtz Munich in a vibrant international environment with all aspects of a modern, forward-looking ICT and office infrastructure. In collaboration with highly dynamic and innovative research teams, we implement various services and applications, from standard workstations to artificial intelligence and deep learning. Digitization is a strategic guiding principle for the development of the center.

We are looking for a

Senior Network Engineer (f/m/x)101389

Full time

Neuherberg near Munich

Professionals

Your responsibilities

• administration, installation, configuration, monitoring of network components (router, switches and overarching technologies like SDN)
• troubleshooting of campus network, end user network problems
• rapid incident response
• monitoring of services and network infrastructure (LAN, WAN, WLAN)
• supporting, benchmarking and optimizing of federated data transfer services over WAN
• develop standards for network setups and architectures for the center and others
• compilation and maintenance of technical documentation

Your qualifications

• bachelor or master (or comparable) degree in informatics, mathematics, or a related subject from a university with internationally accepted quality standards or equivalent working experience in a related job
• profound knowledge in operating of complex network infrastructures (WAN, LAN, VPN, WLAN, SDN), as well as practical experience in the field of routing and switching
• at least 3 years of hands on experience in such complex network environment
• experience with standard IT services and processes (e.g. ITIL)
• structured and systematic working style, excellent analytical skills
• high willingness for continued education, ability to work in a team, service orientation
• proficient knowledge of English

Ideally knowledge in further relevant areas such as

• experience with firewall technology such as Cisco ASA and Checkpoint
• CCNA or CCNP certified or equivalent training
• knowledge of Python and Linux
• knowledge of German

What we offer you

work-life balance
flexible working hours & working-time models
continuous education and training
30 days annual leave
on-site health management service
home office options
on-site nursery & holiday care
elder care company pension scheme discounted public transport ticket
Provided that the prerequisites are fulfilled, a salary level up to E 13 is possible. Social benefits are based on the collective agreement for the federal public service (TVöD). The position is (initially) limited to two years, under certain circumstances an extension can be arranged.

To promote diversity, we welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion and age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference.
If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we require further documents from you regarding the recognition of the degree.

**Interested?**If you have further questions, simply contact Ms. Ursula Grimm, Tel. 089-3187-4198, who will be happy to be of assistance. **Helmholtz Zentrum München
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
DigIT - Digital Transformation & IT
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1

85764 Oberschleißheim**

Award for excellent gender equality policy for women and men. Helmholtz Zentrum München is particularly committed to promoting professional equality between women and men. It therefore aims to increase the proportion of the underrepresented sex in the respective field. The Helmholtz Zentrum München is part of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization. Altogether 42.000 people currently work in its 19 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centers. The Association's annual budget amounts to around 5 billion Euros.

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,Other

The "Causal Inference" group at German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Data Science develops theoretical foundations, algorithms, and accessible software tools for causal inference and machine learning and closely works with domain experts. Causal inference is a challenging and promising research field in artificial intelligence and its application to a broad range of domains will have a high impact both to advance science and to address topics of critical importance for the society. The core methodological topics include causal inference and causal discovery for spatio-temporal dynamical systems, machine learning, deep learning, and nonlinear time series analysis. But the methods are flexible and open for your ideas!

The position is part of the DLR project CausalAnomalies together with several DLR partners. The goal is the development of causal inference methods to better understand the causes of anomalies in various application cases ranging from Earth observation and aerospace to railroad and IT systems.

Your tasks:

• development of theory and methods for causal inference and machine learning
• implementation of methods in well-documented software
• collaboration in the application of methods in different domains
• publication of results in peer-reviewed journals
• presentation of results on national and international conferences

To support your international research experience, the group has a generous travel budget for conferences and extended research stays. Currently, we have collaborators at Imperial College London, Valencia, Copenhagen, Oxford, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, and California Institute of Technology, and more.

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,Other

At the Institute of Communication and Navigation of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), the Nautical Systems department at the Neustrelitz site develops and tests new technologies for land-based and on-board assistance in the navigation of vessels. You will be part of the team dealing with the technological and scientific challenges of determining a reliable maritime traffic situation picture. Your work will focus on building a softwarebased, modular research, development and demonstration platform. You will conduct research in the field of cooperative maritime traffic situation detection and contribute to the testing and validation of sensor fusion-based algorithms for reliable traffic situation using real data. As far as compatible with the operational processes, we offer you the possibility to carry out your work proportionally under the conditions of mobile working. In addition, you can organise your working hours flexibly, taking into account a core working time.

Your tasks will specifically include:

• You will deal with the identification, implementation, testing and evaluation of algorithmic improvements to increase the reliability, accuracy and performance of sensor fusion methods using radar and AIS (Automatic Identification System) data.
• You will develop improved algorithms for the fusion and intersection of radar images using methods from computer vision (object detection, object tracking).
• You will be responsible for the development of a demonstrator including a graphical user interface to present the added value of the developed methods.
• You will be involved in the scientific and technical planning, implementation and evaluation of measurement campaigns (experimental testing).
• You document, present and defend your development results in the form of technical reports, scientific publications and conference contributions.
• You will participate technically in the preparation of project proposals.

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,Other

Are you interested in renewable energies and want to drive the energy transition? Do you want to decarbonize shipping and make it green?
Do you want to work in a young international team and bring science to industry?
Then you have come to the right place!   

The Institute of Maritime Energy Systems in Geesthacht is building a large-scale infrastructure to test and prove new maritime energy systems concepts in standardized laboratory environments as well as under real conditions on a research vessel.

Your tasks will include:       

• You will make the selection of the measurement-control-regulation technology according to the aspects of cost, suitability and safety.
• You are responsible for the installation according to the standard VDE 0105-100.
• You approve the design plans and the selection of components for the instrumentation and control technology in compliance with legal requirements, in particular compliance with the ship's operating license.
• You check the professional installation of the instrumentation and control technology according to the construction plans in the test setups.
• You assess the installation with regard to occupational safety, health protection and environmental protection with authority to issue instructions to all employees.
• You carry out fault analyses and program PLC systems.
• You maintain scientific contact and develop technical solutions to problems with our customers.
• You organize the installation, commissioning, modification and dismantling of test facilities.
• You accompany the comissioning, the acceptance and the test of the operability of experimental plants and their components in workshops and at third companies as technical contact person.
• You conduct coordination meetings with the experimenters and project managers.
• You optimize workflows and prepare risk assessments.
• You instruct employees in the handling of test rigs and document the test facilities in reports, manuals and operating instructions.
• You develop test plans and procedures in coordination with the project team.
• You will carry out tests on your own responsibility and evaluate the test results; you will then develop and submit improvements to the test facilities.

A young international team is waiting for you, in which collegial cooperation and cohesion are capitalized.

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.

Studentische Hilfskräfte

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.

Other,Diploma & Master Thesis

The Institute of Vehicle Concepts researches, develops and evaluates new vehicle concepts and technologies in light of future demands on the transportation system. As a systems institute, we develop and demonstrate innovative, application-based solutions for road and rail vehicles, thereby contributing to the design of a sustainable and cost-effective, user-oriented, secure and networked mobility concept. Our contributions range from design and planning to construction, calculation and simulation through to the manufacture of research demonstrations, components and vehicles.

The thermal management of drive train and passenger cabin is a challenging factor in the development of electrified vehicle concepts. Thermal energy storage is an attractive opportunity to address this challenge by increasing electrical range and reduce vehicle cost. Especially new storage concepts based on metallic Phase Change Materials (mPCM) are estimated to be an attractive opportunity to realize high power and energy densities. Task of this project is to select and investigate coatings for the component encapsulating the mPCM.

• Familiarisation in the topic latent heat storage using metallic phase change materials
• Definition of mechanical and thermal requirements for an optimal coating for an mPCM housing
• Selection of a suitable coating technique according to the application
• Design of housing components suitable for coating
• Investigation of the selected coatings

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,Other

The DLR Institute for System Architectures in Aeronautics is working on a new paradigm for the design and optimization of products and systems. Using the paradigm, innovative aircraft systems can be implemented in a time and cost-efficient manner. The entire life cycle of aircraft products can be addressed by leveraging digital technologies all along an end-to-end process including various disciplines.

A design and optimization environment for aircraft architectures is currently being developed, which includes state-of-the-art MDO and KBE technologies and uses Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies. This environment enables design and optimization processes for complex aerospace systems to be accelerated while simultaneously addressing design, production and certification requirements.

The focus of the advertised work is on the definition and implementation of a development process for system and SoS architectures. The results of the work will be applied to multiple systems and SoS scenarios, products and technologies. The tendered work makes it possible to consider the decision.making of the actors involved in the development process for future aviation systems.

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,Other

As part of the HorizonUAM research project, DLR is researching, developing and testing novel concepts for urban air mobility based on remotely piloted aircraft with electric propulsion, so-called air taxis. The project is part of the long-standing research in the fields of unmanned aircraft and autonomous flight. One focus of the project is on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) based automation systems. The challenge lies particularly in proving and safeguarding the correctness and reliable operation of the AI-supported system in order to meet the high safety standards established in aviation.

You can expect a dynamic and highly motivated team of researchers and engineers from various disciplines. Furthermore, we offer you a high degree of creative freedom and comprehensive opportunities for your pro-fessional and scientific development.

You will investigate and develop approaches for the verification and system integration of AI-based compo-nents for use in air taxis. The certification within the framework of current and planned aviation standards is one of the guides along your work. You will focus on technical topics in the field of machine learning: data management, verification of the learning result, robustness, traceability and predictability. Furthermore, you will investigate approaches for the integration of potentially non-verified functions in safety-critical contexts.

As part of tasks, you will develop technology demonstrators for selected AI-based on-board systems. You will integrate these into simulation environments and prototypical unmanned aircraft for real-world experimenta-tion. You will support the project team in conducting simulation campaigns and flight tests and evaluate the results with regard to your scientific questions. By publishing your scientific findings, you will contribute to the future use of safe AI systems in aviation.

Against this background, you ideally have a high level of technical competence in the field of AI in safety-critical systems and software verification. You are interested in both scientific work and practical activities in the context of system integration of technology demonstrators. You enjoy working in large and interdisciplinary teams and have the social skills to constructively master the resulting challenges.

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.

Other,Diploma & Master Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

Are you up for an exciting and challenging project?

You’re going to support our group of calibration experts at the German Aerospace Center by developing an electronic alignment tool for our reference targets. These targets are used to calibrate high-resolution space borne radar satellites, like the German TerraSAR X and TanDEM X, ESA’s Sentinel 1 satellites and many other upcoming missions.
Currently, aligning our reference targets is done manually using an analogue compass and an inclinometer. Both shall be replaced by an electronic alignment tool, which you are going to develop. It shall be based on a modern GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System, like GPS) receiver to measure the North-alignment as well as electronic inclinometers to retrieve the full 3D orientation of the reference targets. 

Your task will be the development of the measurement device from a breadboard setup into a handy measurement tool with a convenient user interface. 
You will be working in a competent team, which is on hand for discussions on problems or challenges you’re facing, while encouraging you to realize your own solutions.

Interested? Than please send us your complete application (cover letter including preferred starting date, curriculum vitae, current enrollment and current transcript of records from your university).

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

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.

ZEA-2 - Systeme der Elektronik

PHD Thesis

Combine your scientific interest and technical skills in the field of electrical engineering to create new knowledge for the socially and scientifically relevant areas of information, energy and bioeconomy. We offer you all of this at the Central Institute of Engineering, Electronics and Analytics - Electronic Systems (ZEA-2) with modelling, designing and developing the most innovative system solutions for science and society.

Your Job:

Join us in designing processors for high-performance computing made in Europe.In 2018, the European Union started with the European Processor Initiative (EPI) a long-term program with the goal to develop a low-power High Performance Computing (HPC) processor, to increase Europe’s sovereignty in the processor market. One major goal is chip-architecture optimization in order to deliver a competitive product with maximum compute throughput in 2024. For this task, modeling of the intra- and inter-chip communication is paramount, as it enables the design teams to perform a quick and cost-efficient exploration of various architecture variants.Within the ZEA-2 and in close collaboration with JSC, you will do your work on your thesis topic at the intersection between electronic design and High Performance Computing (HPC). Specifically, you will work in the context of modeling methodology and processor architecture exploration/optimization. Interest in practical programming as well as theoretic scientific work would be ideal prerequisites for this position.Your tasks include in particular:

• Revisit state-of-art modeling techniques, with particular focus on the approaches developed in EPI
• Getting up-to-speed with the work of our industry partner, its environment and Virtual Prototyping (VP) approach
• Contribute to and collaborate with the SystemC modeling team
• Bridge the gap between industry’s SystemC VP and the research-oriented instruction set simulator gem5
• Identify performance bottlenecks of the HPC architecture with focus on the intra- and inter-chip communication interfaces
• Perform model-based exploration of architecture improvements

Your Profile:

• Master degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, physics or similar fields
• Good analytical skills, and ability to master complex systems and problems
• Solid programming skills in C++ or another object-oriented language
• First experience in integrated circuit design and HPC would be beneficial
• Background in the areas of computer architecture, and multi-core processors is very helpful
• Knowledge of SystemC and/or gem5 would be ideal
• Willingness to work in an interdisciplinary and intercultural team
• Good capabilities in English, both written and spoken

Please apply for the position even if you do not have all the listed 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 offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• An exciting and varied role at the frontiers of science in an international and interdisciplinary working environment, with a possibility to shape the next generation processor technology
• Access to cutting-edge and unique laboratory and computing infrastructures
• Opportunity to work in a team of highly motivated scientists and experienced engineers from industry
• Possibility to experience the complete development process of an integrated circuit
• Personal support during the introduction phase
• A large research campus with green spaces, offering the best possible means for networking with colleagues and pursuing sports alongside work
• A structured doctoral degree programme for you and your supervisors with a comprehensive further training and networking package on our doctoral researchers’ platform JuDocs www.fz-juelich.de/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

The position is initially for a fixed term of 3 years. Pay in line with 70% 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“). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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-14 - Neuromorphic Compute Nodes

PHD Thesis

There exists a substantial gap between the computational abilities of modern computers and those of the brain. The new Peter Grünberg Institute - Neuromorphic Compute Nodes (PGI-14) aims to close this gap and develop novel computing capabilities by incorporating some of the remarkable features found in biological brains. We aim to lower the energy consumption of today’s hardware while expanding our understanding of the fundamentals of computation. Practical application areas include AI and Machine learning, intractable NP-hard problems, scientific computing, and signal processing. We utilize novel technologies such as analog memristors combined with modern CMOS elements to build practical circuits and integrated chips for end-to-end demonstrations in the laboratory. The institute has close collaborations with the new Peter Grünberg Institute - Neuromorphic Software Ecosystem (PGI-15), as well as device, materials, circuit researchers and neuroscientists within other institutes at the Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Your Job:

There are current openings for PhD students to develop scalable and flexible neuromorphic There are current openings for PhD students to develop scalable and flexible neuromorphic architectures targeting problems in A.I./Machine learning, optimization, associative computing, and probabilistic computing. Your tasks within this project include:

• Co-design: work closely with algorithms and applications researchers to design flexible neuromorphic architectures tailored to mitigating computing and communication bottlenecks
• Leverage mixed analog-digital circuit blocks, in-memory computing principles, and emerging non-volatile analog technologies to reduce energy and compute time and increase compute density.
• Prototype neuromorphic architectures (simulations, FPGA, etc.)
• Work with Integrated Circuit (IC) designers for chip realizations and laboratory demonstrators
• Perform benchmarking comparisons to state-of-the-art

Your Profile:

• Masters degree in electrical/electronic engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or related fields.
• Coursework and experience in computer architecture is desired, including microarchitecture and ISA development, data flow and system design
• Experience with SPICE simulation and circuit design tools for the analysis of analog, digital, or mixed-signal circuits
• Experience with artificial neural networks, machine learning, combinatorial optimization, probabilistic computing, and/or associative computing
• Coursework or studies in algorithmic concepts, computational complexity theory, and information theory will be helpful
• Previous experience with analog, non-volatile memories or other emerging device technologies is a plus
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team are essential
• Strong English skills will be required for the international working environment

Our Offer:

We work on cutting-edge research topics with a high potential to positively impact society. We offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• A world-leading, international research environment with state-of-the-art equipment
• Opportunity to work in the highly interdisciplinary and exciting field of neuromorphic and brain-inspired computing, collaborating with physicists, neuroscientists, materials scientists, and engineers
• Flexible working arrangements
• 30 days of annual leave as well as an arrangement for bridging days (e.g. between Christmas and New Year’s Day)
• 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/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

The position is initially for a fixed term of 3 years, with possible long-term prospects. 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“). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsPlace of employment: AachenForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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-14 - Neuromorphic Compute Nodes

PHD Thesis

There exists a substantial gap between the computational abilities of modern computers and those of the brain. The new Peter Grünberg Institute - Neuromorphic Compute Nodes (PGI-14) aims to close this gap and develop novel computing capabilities by incorporating some of the remarkable features found in biological brains. We aim to lower the energy consumption of today’s hardware while expanding our understanding of the fundamentals of computation. Practical application areas include AI and Machine learning, intractable NP-hard problems, scientific computing, and signal processing. We utilize novel technologies such as analog memristors combined with modern CMOS elements to build practical circuits and integrated chips for end-to-end demonstrations in the laboratory. The institute has close collaborations with the new Peter Grünberg Institute - Neuromorphic Software Ecosystem (PGI-15), as well as device, materials, circuit researchers and neuroscientists within other institutes at the Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Your Job:

There are current openings for PhD students to develop neuromorphic systems (Spiking-based and Non-Spiking-based) applied to exciting problems in combinatorial optimization. Your tasks within this project:

• Explore physics-based compute models (Hopfield networks, Boltzmann and Ising machines, etc) with the potential to give improved performance for non-convex optimization problems
• Develop event-driven, asynchronous neuromorphic system concepts to reduce energy and communication costs
• Work with Integrated Circuit (IC) designers for circuit and hardware realizations and laboratory demonstrators
• Identify and address practical problems relevant to industry and perform benchmarking comparisons to state-of-the-art

Your Profile:

• Masters degree in electrical/electronic engineering, computer engineering, computer science, physics, or related fields
• Coursework in algorithms, computational complexity theory, and information theory
• Relevant coursework and experience in combinatorial optimization, systems and control theory, machine learning, spiking neural networks, and statistics
• A strong electronics background, including experience in the analysis and simulation of analog, digital, or mixed-signal circuits, including SPICE and related tools
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team are essential
• Strong English skills will be required for the international working environment

Our Offer:

We work on cutting-edge research topics with a high potential to positively impact society. We offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• A world-leading, international research environment with state-of-the-art equipment
• Opportunity to work in the highly interdisciplinary and exciting field of neuromorphic and brain-inspired computing, collaborating with physicists, neuroscientists, materials scientists, and engineers
• Flexible working arrangements
• 30 days of annual leave as well as an arrangement for bridging days (e.g. between Christmas and New Year’s Day)
• 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/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

The position is initially for a fixed term of 3 years, with possible long-term prospects. 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“). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsPlace of employment: AachenForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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-14 - Neuromorphic Compute Nodes

PHD Thesis

There exists a substantial gap between the computational abilities of modern computers and those of the brain. The new Peter Grünberg Institute - Neuromorphic Compute Nodes (PGI-14) aims to close this gap and develop novel computing capabilities by incorporating some of the remarkable features found in biological brains. We aim to lower the energy consumption of today’s hardware while expanding our understanding of the fundamentals of computation. Practical application areas include AI and Machine learning, intractable NP-hard problems, scientific computing, and signal processing. We utilize novel technologies such as analog memristors combined with modern CMOS elements to build practical circuits and integrated chips for end-to-end demonstrations in the laboratory. The institute has close collaborations with the new Peter Grünberg Institute - Neuromorphic Software Ecosystem (PGI-15), as well as device, materials, circuit researchers and neuroscientists within other institutes at the Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Your Job:

There are current openings for PhD students to work on digital and analog circuit designs for neuromorphic systems targeting applications in machine learning, signal processing, associative and probabilistic computing. Your tasks within this project:

• Develop and design novel neuromorphic circuits, integrating analog and digital blocks and emerging device technologies such as memristors
• Collaborate with systems architects, algorithm researchers, physicists and materials scientists
• Implement designs at modern CMOS nodes (32nm and below) using Cadence development tools
• Simulation, verification, and IC testing

Your Profile:

• Masters degree in electrical/electronic engineering, computer engineering, physics, or related fields
• Experience with integrated CMOS circuit design and custom circuits
• Experience in the analysis and simulation of analog, digital, and/or mixed-signal circuits, including Spice and related simulation tools
• Experience with digital circuit description languages (VHDL,Verilog)
• Advantageous to have coursework or experience with artificial neural networks, machine learning, combinatorial optimization problems, computational complexity theory, and/or information theory
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team are essential
• Strong English skills will be required for the international working environment

Our Offer:

We work on cutting-edge research topics with a high potential to positively impact society. We offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• A world-leading, international research environment with state-of-the-art equipment
• Opportunity to work in the highly interdisciplinary and exciting field of neuromorphic and brain-inspired computing, collaborating with physicists, neuroscientists, materials scientists, and engineers
• Flexible working arrangements
• 30 days of annual leave as well as an arrangement for bridging days (e.g. between Christmas and New Year’s Day)
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
• 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/judocs

The position is initially for a fixed term of 3 years, with possible long-term prospects. 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“). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsPlace of employment: AachenForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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.

Studentische Hilfskräfte

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

07.03.2022

The phenomena of evaporative liquid droplets impacting onto heated wall of high temperature are relevance of many engineering problems, such as sprinkler systems for spray cooling, impingement of oil droplets on turbine engines. When the wall temperature is high enough, the vapor pressure generated from the droplet evaporation prevents the direct contact of the droplet with the solid surface. The heat transfer between them will be hindered. The aim of this work is to conduct a three-dimensional numerical simulation of droplet impact on a hot wall.

The individual tasks are as follows:

• Literature review
• CFD simulation of droplet impact on a hot wall using ANSYS Software
• Investigate the parameters affect Leidenfrost temperature
• Calculate the evaporation rate of droplets

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

07.03.2022

The use of hydrogen on large scale may be one of the ways to realize a future carbon-neutral and carbon-free energy society, gaining nowadays in momentum, backed strongly by government financial support and regulations. The conversion of electricity into hydrogen is a process of storage and valorization of excess electricity (as this is many times the case for renewables). In the next two decades the cost of renewable hydrogen is expected to successively break even those of low-carbon and gray hydrogen. The hydrogen may become in the mid-term future the most competitive low-carbon solution for many end applications, including commercial vehicles, trains, aviation and shipping. One should remind here also the paramount importance of hydrogen use in P2G and P2X technologies, and refinery, fertilizer and steel productions.

Tasks of the thesis:

• Literature review
• Explore the hydrogen supply sources and the hydrogen applications
• Economic evaluations
• Conclusions and recommendations

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

: Discover personalized medical solutions for environmentally triggered diseases to promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.

The primary objective of the Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research (IDR) at the Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Munich, is to develop regenerative therapeutic approaches to treat diabetes mellitus - complementary and alternative to the classical immunological and metabolic therapy strategies.

To complete our scientific research team starting as soon as possible, we are looking for a highly motivated

Postdoc - Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research (f/m/x)100678

Full time

Neuherberg near Munich

Postdocs

Your responsibilities

We recently won the m4 Award sponsored by the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, State Development and Energy for our research project “Beta Regeneration**-**Targeting ß-cell protection and regeneration for diabetes remission” with spin-off potential in the field of biomedicine. The successful candidate will work on the development of humanized monoclonal antibodies for beta cell protection and regeneration in diabetes models.

Your Tasks

• Development, optimization and characterization of new therapeutic antibodies to support clinical candidate selection
• In vitro studies: biochemical, immunohistological, immunology and molecular biology analyses
• In vivo physiological studies in diabetes models
• Preparation and implementation of preclinical experimental studies to evaluate and validate drug target candidates
• Creation of standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Your qualifications

• PhD in biology, biochemistry, immunology or related subject and high interest in translational and clinical research
• Strong background in structural biology, islet biology and physiology or understanding of the architecture and functional aspects of monoclonal antibodies
• Ideally, you have around 3 years of work experience in drug development in a translational medicine or biotech or pharmaceutical environment.
• Leadership and/or project management experience would be an asset

What we offer you

work-life balance
flexible working hours & working-time models
continuous education and training
30 days annual leave
on-site health management service
home office options
on-site nursery & holiday care
elder care company pension scheme discounted public transport ticket
Munich, with its numerous lakes and its vicinity to the Alps, is considered to be one of the cities with the best quality of life worldwide. With its first-class universities and world-leading research institutions it offers an intellectually stimulating environment.

Provided that the prerequisites are fulfilled, a salary level up to E 13 is possible. Social benefits are based on the collective agreement for the federal public service (TVöD). The position is (initially) limited to two years, under certain circumstances an extension can be arranged.

To promote diversity, we welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion and age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference.
If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we require further documents from you regarding the recognition of the degree.

**Interested?**If you have further questions, simply contact Mara Catani, mara.catani@helmholtz-muenchen.de, who will be happy to be of assistance. **Helmholtz Zentrum München
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Institute for Diabetes and Regenerations Research
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1

85764 Neuherberg**

Total E-Quality Award for excellent gender equality policy for women and men: Helmholtz Munich is particularly committed to promoting professional equality between women and men. It therefore aims to increase the proportion of the underrepresented sex in the respective field. Helmholtz Munich is part of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization. Altogether 43.000 people currently work in its 18 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centers. The Association's annual budget amounts to around 5 billion Euros.

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

Recently, physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have emerged as an alternative tool to classical solvers of partial differential equations. Based on an adapted loss function that reflects the physics modelled by the partial differential equations, these networks are able to describe several physical phenomena after proper training. In particular, wave propagation can be modelled by using such a PINN. Modelling wave propagation is relevant for applications in seismic imaging. Here, forward solvers of the wave equation are required to synthesize seismograms at receivers. Specifically, the full waveform inversion (FWI) relies heavily on wave propagators to obtain a subsurface image using the received seismograms.

In this thesis, the aim is to select one PINN for solving the wave equation and use it with FWI to image a subsurface based on seismogram data. After a thorough literature research on PINNs for wave propagation, different solutions need to be implemented, analyzed and compared with each other. Then a proper PINN shall be selected and the FWI needs to be implemented using this wave propagator. Using synthetic as well as real seismic data, the implementation has to be verified and appropriate performance evaluations shall be performed.

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

: Discover personalized medical solutions for environmentally triggered diseases to promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.

Models that learn relationships between biological interventions and patient outcomes can be conceived across experimental settings and contexts. One current goal is to generalize across diseases and experiments, through the development of platforms that enables reutilizing multimodal patient data as tailored, scalable models, capable of predicting patient states and transitions. In the context of an international consortium effort (), the Theis lab is looking for a postdoctoral researcher able to take lead in the developing extensions of previously developed computational and modeling approaches , to work with generated and upcoming data obtained by our experimental collaborators. Datasets from the consortium are actively generated and will be focused on Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), Tuberculosis (TB), and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

Postdoc - spatial transcriptomics/single cell genomics/machine learning (f/m/x)101330

Full time

Neuherberg near Munich

Postdocs

Your responsibilities

• Implement module-based deliverables to analyze spatial transcriptomics data.
• Explore self-supervised learning strategies to transfer spatial information to modalities of varying sparsity e.g. scRNA-seq, scATAC-seq.
• Incorporate biologically-relevant prior information and use these to build interpretable models
• Apply these models to cutting-edge multi-modal single cell measurements in consortia demonstration areas.
• Active scientific reporting to consortia parties and collaborators. Goals and milestones of this project are tracked in quarterly reports, requiring active writing and presentation.

Your qualifications

• PhD degree in Computer Science / Physics / Math / Computational Biology or related field
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience with machine/deep learning methods
• Strong programming skills in Python
• Ability to handle multiple projects in a dynamic environment
• Interest in discussing and exploring potential project ideas with collaboration partners

Desired qualifications:

• Experience with spatial transcriptomics data and imaging
• Demonstrated software development of scalable software projects in GitHub
• Team management skills, to coordinate work with research assistants and co-leading

What we offer you

work-life balance
flexible working hours & working-time models
continuous education and training
30 days annual leave
on-site health management service
home office options
on-site nursery & holiday care
elder care company pension scheme discounted public transport ticket
Munich, with its numerous lakes and its vicinity to the Alps, is considered to be one of the cities with the best quality of life worldwide. With its first-class universities and world-leading research institutions it offers an intellectually stimulating environment.

Provided that the prerequisites are fulfilled, a salary level up to E 13 is possible. Social benefits are based on the collective agreement for the federal public service (TVöD). The position is (initially) limited to 2,5 years, under certain circumstances an extension can be arranged.

To promote diversity, we welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion and age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference.
If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we require further documents from you regarding the recognition of the degree.

**Interested?**If you have further questions, simply contact Dr. Anna Sacher, +49 89 3187-2926, who will be happy to be of assistance. **Helmholtz Zentrum München
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Institute of Computational Biology
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1

85764 Oberschleißheim**

Award for excellent gender equality policy for women and men. Helmholtz Zentrum München is particularly committed to promoting professional equality between women and men. It therefore aims to increase the proportion of the underrepresented sex in the respective field. The Helmholtz Zentrum München is part of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization. Altogether 42.000 people currently work in its 19 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centers. The Association's annual budget amounts to around 5 billion Euros.

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,Other

The Remote Sensing Technology Institute develops signal processing algorithms for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and software processors for ground segments in order to process the instrument raw data from the German Earth observation satellites TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X as well as the European SAR missions Sentinel-1 etc. into precise remote sensing products. As part of the VERITAS project, the institute is developing a processor together with JPL/NASA (USA) to process radar data from a future Venus mission. This is intended to generate a complete interferometric Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of Venus. This processor is based on existing processors that have already been used on Earth, but Venus has special conditions, such as the absence of GPS and significant atmospheric density and temperature. Therefore, the effects of these conditions need to be analysed and, as a result, significant adjustments to the algorithms need to be made. Also, the systems to be developed must be adapted to low data rates and on-board pre-processing.

The field of activity extends in detail to:

Development of algorithms for SAR interferometry and digital elevation models:

• literature research and assessment of scientific publications on the subject area
• development of new mathematical methods for SAR interferometry and interferometric
• DEM generation that go beyond the current state of scientific knowledge and span fundamentally different disciplines, in particular the following points:
  • scientific analysis of the previously unexplored special wave propagation conditions for bi-static SAR remote sensing in the Venus atmosphere, taking into account the latest findings in planetology and meteorology.
  • development of mathematical models and hypotheses for new algorithms to take into account the special physics of wave propagation
  • determination of coordinates on Venus with modern geodesy and astronomical orbit
  • determination methods
  • simulation of data to test the hypotheses and models
  • critically discuss the hypotheses and models and agree with the NASA project scientists on the processing algorithms to be used.
• development of algorithms for the global mosaicking of individual data sets into a global
• elevation model of Venus
• implementing the procedures in prototypes and testing them
• coding of the procedures in efficient code (e.g. Python, parallel C++)
• publications of own research work
• presentation at conferences and publications in journals

Project tasks in the VERITAS mission:

• documentation of algorithms and results in English for international cooperation with JPL/NASA
• close coordination with the project partners in terms of scheduling and content as well as
• representation of the project contributions in reviews and project meetings
• verification and end-to-end testing of the processing systems

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

• annotation work
• experience on convolutional neural networks and object counting approaches
• experience to build python-based computer vision web application.

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

• Chemical extraction and purification of Beryllium from sediments
• Measurement of stable Beryllium using ICP-OES
• Interpretation of results using simple mixing models
• Comparison to other geochemical data from the area
• Comparison to other cosmogenic radionuclide records from ice cores and tree-rings

• Good to very good BSc-Thesis (Environmental Science, Geology, Geography, or similar)
• Good knowledge of geochemistry
• Laboratory experience
• Data analysis skills
• Good English skills
• Commitment

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.

Other,Diploma & Master Thesis

ScOSA (Scalable On-board computing for Space Avionics) is an architecture for on-board computers which aims to provide reliability and high-performance processing for spacecraft. This is achieved by using a distributed computer consisting of multiple, heterogeneous processors networked together. Commercial-off-the-shelf processors providing high performance complement space-grade, radiation-hardened processors providing reliability. A custom-built middleware allows the processors to monitor each other for faults and provides an abstraction layer, which allows applications to execute using the computing resources of all nodes simultaneously, with minimal concern for the underlying complexities of the distributed system.

In order to quantify the performance of the ScOSA system and compare it objectively with other on-board computers, benchmark applications need to be run on the system and the results collected. These benchmarks can be run on the ground to help guide development of the system, before being run in orbit to demonstrate the achieved performance.

Various standard benchmarks are available, including general purpose benchmarks which have been used on a wide variety of systems, and space-specific benchmarks (e.g. from the European Space Agency) tailored to the particulars of on-board computers and space applications. Such benchmarks can cover performance when executing image processing, encryption/decryption, artificial intelligence inference, linear algebra algorithms and more. These benchmarks need to be assessed and compared so appropriate ones can be selected, then these need to be implemented and run on the ScOSA system. In addition some ScOSA-specific benchmarks need to be designed and implemented.

The thesis includes the following tasks:

• Collect and document requirements for the ScOSA benchmark application
• Research of possible general purpose and space-specific benchmarks
• Selection and implementation of the selected benchmark
• Evaluation and execution of the implemented benchmarks
• Writing a Master thesis

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.

IEK-11 - Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen-Nürnberg für Erneuerbare Energien

PHD Thesis

Would you like to contribute to the energy transition in Germany through your work? Then the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg (for Renewable Energy) (HI ERN) is the right place for you! The HI ERN forms the core of the close partnership between Forschungszentrum Jülich, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy, and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg at the Erlangen site. The collaboration relates to the areas of innovative materials and processes for photovoltaic energy systems and hydrogen as a storage and carrier medium for CO2-neutral energy. Support us researching and developing solutions for the climate-neutral, sustainable, and cost-effective utilization of renewable energies. For more information on HI ERN and its main research areas, please visit www.hi-ern.de

Your Job:

• Design and optimization of a high throughput setup for assembly and characterization of MEAs (catalysts and protective coatings)
• Design, build and validation of the project setup in collaboration with other PhD students
• Benchmarking state of the art materials and components as a baseline for the developed system
• Study of next-generation materials for electrolysis
• Close collaboration with data scientists and automation specialists to develop a reliable, fast, component testing process

Your Profile:

• Excellent master‘s degree in process, electrical, chemical, or mechanical engineering or a related discipline
• Strong interest in pursuing research on electrochemical systems
• Experience in one (or more) of the following areas is desirable: electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, membranes, interfaces, automation, robotics and prototyping
• Intrinsic motivation to show initiative, creativity, and work independently
• Extraordinary cooperation and communication skills and the ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
• High motivation for pursuing a PhD within 3 years
• 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 environment to perform high-quality research and to implement own ideas in the development process
• Work with worldwide-unique electrochemical characterization techniques
• A lively scientific environment within the institute and possibilities for cooperation with excellent partners at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, the Forschungszentrum Jülich, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, and abroad
• Extensive further education opportunities
• Support options for combining career and family
• The possibility to successfully work from home
• 30 days of annual leave as well as an arrangement for bridging days (e.g. between Christmas and New Year’s Day)
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

The position is initially 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“).Place of employment: ErlangenForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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

The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) operates one of the most powerful HPC infrastructures in Europe, enabling scientists and engineers to solve highly complex problems by simulations. Earth System Modelling (ESM) has been heavily reliant on HPC for decades. The societal challenges related to climate change have never been more obvious and urgent than today. To keep ESM code developments synchronized with the rapidly evolving HPC landscape, JSC has established two Simulation and Data Laboratories (SDLs) Climate Science and Terrestrial Systems tasked with bridging the modelling communities to the HPC infrastructure. To benefit from the current and upcoming heterogeneous exascale HPC-architectures, porting, optimizing, and refactoring ESM codes is a continuous task. As part of the German ESM strategy a national ESM support team is funded by BMBF. The team members will be located at DKRZ ( www.dkrz.de/en/about-en/vacancies/vacancies ) and at JSCs SDLs Climate Science ( www.fz-juelich.de/ias/jsc/slcs ) and Terrestrial Systems ( www.fz-juelich.de/ias/jsc/slts ).

Your Job:

The ESM support team will be tasked with optimising resources, promoting synergies, sharing insights and disseminating knowledge. While the individual scientific code development is done at the Earth system science research institutions, the technical challenges related to HPC, modularization, and coupling are often similar and will be coordinated by the ESM team. Typical tasks expected of the successful candidate(s) include:

• Devising and implementing strategies together with the ESM domain scientists to address the technical and infrastructure challenges posed in order that their codes can make effective use of current and future HPC-systems.
• Algorithmic refactoring, optimisation and support of ESM community codes on contemporary HPC systems.
• Facilitating and supporting the transfer of HPC and workflow expertise to the domain scientists as part of each collaboration.
• Opportunity to spend periods working on ESM codes directly at the host institutions within a collaboration.
• Identification of synergies and potential know-how transfer of ESM and HPC-related expertise between projects.
• Co-organisation of dedicated HPC training programmes for the ESM community.

Your Profile:

• A university degree (PhD or Master) in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Computational Physics/Engineering or related fields with strong relation to scientific computing
• Experience and interest in geoscientific applications (meteorology, oceanography, terrestrial systems) is an advantage
• Experience and strong interest in some area of High Performance Computing, such as - Hybrid programing models for heterogeneous HPC architectures, MPI/OpenMP - Programming for GPUs (with CUDA or OpenACC) - Environments for and operation of highly scalable applications
• Strong programming and modern software engineering skills like - C/C++ and/or Fortran - Fluent handling of UNIX/LINUX and scripting languages
• Fluent in spoken and written English
• Self-motivated personality, with the ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and environment on 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:

• Comprehensive training courses and individual opportunities for personal and professional further development
• Flextime and home office option
• Extensive company health management
• Ideal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly corporate policy
• Full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours and 30 days of annual leave
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
• A large research campus with green spaces, offering the best possible means for networking with colleagues and pursuing sports alongside work

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is initially for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible long-term prospects. Salary and social benefits in conformity with the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD).Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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,Other

The Institute of Flight Systems Engineering in Braunschweig operates and researches a wide range of different unmanned aircraft. As part of a dynamic and dedicated team of researchers, you will investigate and develop methods for the on-board decision-making and autonomy of unmanned multicopters, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. With the team, you will pursue the vision of enabling increasingly complex missions of drones, from humanitarian aid to inspection and reconnaissance tasks to wounded transport in crisis areas.

The methods you research contribute to the use of unmanned aircraft in complex environments. You develop models and abstraction layers for missions and tasks of unmanned aircraft and develop algorithms to perform them automatically. In this context you approach the high safety requirements of aviation and apply methods from the fields of machine learning, knowledge-based methods and symbolic artificial intelligence. You will implement your ideas and approaches using various openly available libraries (e.g. boost, ROS, ompl, tensorflow, pytorch) with the help of different high-level languages such as C/C++, Python or Matlab/Simulink. Your task is complemented by embedding your developments in the safety-critical applications of aviation. As an example, formal methods and the verification and validation of the procedures with reference to industry standards are applied.

For the development of technology demonstrators for chosen on-board decision systems, you will face both exciting, practical and theoretical challenges. In simulation environments and on flight test carriers, you can test your developments in a practical and systemic way. By publishing your scientific results, you will provide an important contribution to topics such as mission and motion planning, application-driven trajectory optimization as well as tactical and game-theoretical decision problems. We support ambitions towards achieving a Ph.D.

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,Other

• advance our knowledge of space weather interactions with human technological infrastructure on the ground and in space
• develop methods to measure, assess and predict quantities which describe the effect of space weather phenomena on such technical systems, particularly the German power grid
• investigate long term effects due to nominal space weather changes as well as strong solar events
• present the findings to the international scientific community and continuously exchange your experience with other international teams
• take charge of project tasks.

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.

IEK-3 - Techno-ökonomische Systemanalyse

Diploma & Master Thesis

Among other research topics, at the Institute of Energy and Climate Research - Techno-economic Systems Analysis (IEK-3) we work on international energy concepts in which the integration of renewable energy sources into the energy system of the future is investigated. Green hydrogen is considered an emerging energy carrier that can bridge seasonal renewable energy supply gaps and can easily be transported. Due to large potentials in less populated Southern world regions and high demands in industrialized countries, we also expect hydrogen to play a considerable role in a global energy trade market.However, the recent invasion in Ukraine with its dramatic consequences for the local population and international politics also sparks the question of energy security in European gas markets due to our strong dependency on Russian energy imports. One way out could be the accelerated transition to a fully renewable energy system. But how can we avoid navigating ourselves into new energy dependencies due to future hydrogen import schemes? And how can we quantify this risk?

Your Job:

In your thesis, you will develop an approach to classify and evaluate the relevant risk factors regarding country related infrastructure investments and global energy supply contracts for green hydrogen. Your work will focus on two main fields: The individual (exporter) country risk and risk accumulation on the importer side. Individual (export) country risks are determined by a multitude of factors. In order to complete the transformation of the current global energy system into a global greenhouse gas-neutral energy system, extensive investments in energy infrastructure, such as wind turbines, hydrogen storage or electrical transmission networks are necessary. Depending on the respective circumstances in countries in a global view, the investments are subject to different economic, political and safety risks that should be included in models of IEK-3. In general, higher investment risks will lead to higher generation costs for electricity and related infrastructure in affected areas. The risk accumulation on the import side depends on factors such as the degree of diversification of imports and political and economic ties between the different import countries. A concentration of supply on few interdependent suppliers with high institutional risk must (depending on the individual export country ratings) result in increased risk premiums when considering long-term security of supply.Various methods exist to connect potential investment risks with a monetary impact concerning the model’s outcome, however, due to the great effect of investment risks on results of energy system models, the application of country ratings concerning investment risks must be analyzed carefully. Your task is to develop a hydrogen-specific country rating scheme and derive an approach to quantify security of supply in a green hydrogen import scheme. Specific steps of your thesis are:

• research of existing approaches with regard to reliability of supply (institutional quality), e.g, political stability, economic relationships etc.
• identify critical parameters and develop a weighted rating approach
• sensitivity analysis to show the influence of individual stability parameters
• find and analyze energy system vulnerability concepts for gas imports
• analyze parallels and differences between today’s fossil gas markets and future green hydrogen markets
• develop recommendations for hydrogen import diversification to ensure robust supply

Depending on the scope of the thesis (Bachelor or Master thesis), additional sub-national risk factors in exporting countries may be incorporated as well. Your thesis can be written in English or German.

Your Profile:

You are about to complete a scientific university degree with very good academic records in economy, business, business administration and engineering (Wirtschaftsingenieur), energy economy, international politics or comparable fields. You are furthermore characterized by:

• Interest in today’s global energy challenges and its economic impact
• High individual motivation and taking pleasure in solving complex challenges
• Independent and analytical way of working
• Basic programming knowledge is advantageous but not required (the thesis can be written completely in MS Word and Excel)
• Very good knowledge of English/German language

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 themes
• Ideal conditions for gaining practical experience alongside your studies
• An interdisciplinary collaboration on projects in an international, committed and collegial team
• Excellent technical equipment and the newest technology
• Qualified support through your scientific colleagues
• The chance to independently prepare and work on your tasks
• Flexible working hours as well as a reasonable payment
• A large research campus with green spaces, offering the best possible means for networking with colleagues and pursuing sports alongside work

The position is available for the duration of the thesis.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,Other

The Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology is a leading research institute in the field of aerodynamics/aeroacoustics of airplanes and aerothermodynamics of space vehicles.

The C²A²S²E department develops numerical methods for multidisciplinary simulation and optimization of air vehicles. In addition to physical modeling of complex flows and the development of modern numerical algorithms, our research activities cover the software-based integration of all relevant disciplines, the development of efficient optimization strategies as well as surrogate modeling based on higher fidelity methods.

The candidate will be responsible for the development and implementation of the Volume-of-Fluid method to predict liquid sloshing within aircraft fuel tanks and provide estimates of load distributions for design purposes. This method needs to be implemented into a coupled, incompressible solver considering pressure-density-temperature coupling within the CFD-Code CODA, jointly developed by DLR, ONERA and Airbus. For validation, experimental and analytical data will be available, as well as reference data from computations using the legacy DLR CFD-code. The application covers basic, generic testcases as well as realistic tank geometries with the objective of providing best-practice guidelines for the numerical simulation of multi-phase fuel-sloshing flows in tanks.

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 support staff,Praktikum

The Group of Advanced Optical Technologies of DLR’s Institute of Communications and Navigation develops experimental laser communication systems for optical data links between satellites and optical ground stations as well as demonstrator platforms for testbed system verifications. The system development covers several disciplines such as optics, physics, electronics, programming and mechanics.

The successful applicant will support our team in the evaluation, testing and integration of electronic components for satellite communications and ranging applications. The components are tested using laboratory equipment to verify their functions and assure their compatibility with other parts of the system. A preliminary evaluation of the behavior of the components under radiation exposure and thermal cycles will also be assessed. Finally, the components shall be integrated on a high-frequency PCB, providing interfacing and communication with an FPGA and the neighboring sub-systems. The timing of the whole circuitry is managed using a PLL which shall be integrated and optimized to improve the overall performance of the system.

It is an excellent opportunity to work in a cutting-edge topic, gain experience on hardware integration and electronic measurement instrumentation, and improve your engineering skills.

Main activities:

• PCB design to support the qualification of commercial ICs
• integration and testing of PCBs to verify the design
• analog filter design
• design, testing and optimization of electronics for PLL applications

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,Other,PHD Thesis

A central research area of the Satellite Networks department is optical satellite communications. For this purpose, the department deals with laser-optical aeronautical communication, e.g. for passenger aircraft and drones. Another important research area is satellite-based quantum communication. Here, the department works on solutions to efficiently transmit photonic quantum states between satellites and ground stations.

Cutting-edge technologies for the further development of satellite navigation and space geodesy are also being investigated. Especially the research group "Advanced Optical Technologies" works, based on optical technologies, on the design of future communication and ranking systems.

As part of our team, you will develop the necessary integrated systems according to the requirements of future satellite systems with high-rate connections, using a wide range of software and tool programs.

Your responsibilities include:

• development and design of technologies enabling signal processing of high-rate communication channels and high-accuracy ranging measurements on the satellite
• definition of satellite missions for optical communication and ranging purposes (definition of requirements for onboard processing, system design and development of prototypes)
• development of software for embedded systems
• qualification of software and firmware for space applications

We offer you a very good working atmosphere in a successful research and development group, state-of-the-art equipment and an environment with national and international cooperation. You will work in an international team and develop forward-looking results. Opportunities for professional development (e.g. PhD, PMP Project Management) are given.

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

• Evaluation of PFT time series from OLCI and TROPOMI
• Evaluation of different synergistic approaches for sample dataset
• Long-term computation of synergistic from OLCI and TROPOMI (2018-2021)

• Strong background in physics or biology
• Interest in quantitative aspects of physics, chemistry and biology
• Basic knowledge of programming in python
• Willingness to work in an interdisciplinary team

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,Other

Augmented Reality allows augmentation of real-world objects with virtual data. In an industrial setting it is desired to render high-fidelity simulation datasets directly on top of the real components. It provides a clear understanding of spatial relationship between the data and the component. Visualization of and interaction with high-fidelity datasets with a supporting user interface is part of a DLR project. In this context, a visualization system and dynamic user interface has to be developed to support working with simulation data in augmented reality.

• developing different kinds of visualizations of summation datasets for augmented reality devices (such as Microsoft HoloLens and Android tablets)
• develop real-time methods to align simulation data with real world objects
• modeling of graphical scenes and their behavior with Unreal/Unity
• develop scripts to automate the process of pre-processing the data
• evaluate the developed systems with user studies and expert interviews

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.

IEK-3 - Techno-ökonomische Systemanalyse

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Achieving a greenhouse gas-neutral energy supply is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research - Techno-Economic Systems Analysis (IEK-3), we use integrated models to explore how possible cost-effective transformation strategies must be designed to achieve this. Become part of our international research team and contribute your ideas and creativity on how a future global greenhouse gas neutral energy system could look like.

Your Job:

To support the transformation of the global energy system, orientation knowledge for politics, industry and society is needed. Help us to further develop open source decision support models for the energy transition and thus generate new insights.Your main area of responsibility will be the modeling of the global energy transition using the FINE model framework ( github.com/FZJ-IEK3-VSA/FINE ). Thereby, there is a large scope to determine the exact research direction in joint consultation. In addition, you will be expected to support project management and acquisition tasks.In addition, we expect you to:

• contribute to the further development of the FINE model framework
• develop approaches to keep global energy system models computable as well
• implement innovative ideas for the analysis and visualization of large sets of results
• supervise students and PhD students
• present your research results in the best possible way at conferences and in scientific journals

Your Profile:

• Excellent master`s degree in science or engineering or a comparable field of study
• Doctorate in the field of energy systems modeling
• Very good knowledge of energy technologies and economics
• Basic knowledge of mathematical optimization methods
• Programming skills ideally in Python
• Fluency in written and spoken English; knowledge of German advantageous
• Distinct ability to work in a team as well as the ability to work cooperatively
• Independent and analytical way of working

Our Offer:

Do you find this topic exciting and enjoy modeling and analyzing energy systems? Do you have innovative ideas that can contribute to the success of the energy transition? Then please apply! We welcome committed new colleagues who want to find solutions for the energy transition together with us and offer you the best conditions for your successful scientific career:

• A highly motivated and international team in one of the largest research institutions in Europe
• Excellent scientific and technical infrastructure - including the institute`s own cluster and access to the HPC in Jülich
• Best conditions for successful working from home office
• Opportunity to participate in (international) conferences
• Attractive flexitime and a wide range of options for balancing work and family life
• Extensive training opportunities to provide you with the best possible support in your scientific career
• Full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours
• 30 days of annual leave as well as an arrangement for bridging days (e.g. between Christmas and New Year’s Day)
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is initially for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible long-term prospects. Salary and social benefits in conformity with the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD).Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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.

IEK-3 - Techno-ökonomische Systemanalyse

PHD Thesis

Achieving a greenhouse gas-neutral energy supply is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research - Techno-Economic Systems Analysis (IEK-3), we use integrated models to explore how possible cost-effective transformation strategies must be designed to achieve this. Become part of our international research team and contribute your ideas and creativity on how a future global greenhouse gas neutral energy system could look like.

Your Job:

Support us in providing orientation knowledge for politics, industry and society for the success of the energy transition by contributing to the further development of our energy system models.Your main task will be the integration of CO2 process chains into our global energy system model based on the FINE model framework (https://github.com/FZJ-IEK3-VSA/FINE). A particular focus will be on the use in power-to-liquid products as well as possible CO2 sources in a greenhouse gas neutral energy system.In addition, we expect you to:

• contribute to the further development of the FINE model framework
• consider transport options for power-to-liquid products and CO2 in an integrated way
• develop possible demand projections for power-to-liquid products and CO2
• optimize the allocation of global production locations of power-to-liquid products and CO2
• supervise students
• present your research findings to the best of your ability at conferences and in professional journals

Your Profile:

• Excellent Master`s degree in natural sciences or engineering or a comparable course of study
• Very good knowledge of energy process engineering
• Knowledge of energy system modeling and energy economics is an advantage
• Programming skills, ideally in Python
• Fluent written and spoken English; German language skills advantageous
• Distinct ability to work in a team as well as the ability to work cooperatively
• Independent and analytical way of working

Our Offer:

Do you find this topic exciting and enjoy modeling and analyzing energy systems? Do you have innovative ideas that can contribute to the success of the energy transition? Then please apply! We welcome committed new colleagues who want to find solutions for the energy transition together with us and offer you the best conditions for your successful doctorate:

• Employment with one of Germany`s top 10 employers
• A highly motivated and international team in one of the largest research institutions in Europe
• Excellent scientific and technical infrastructure - optimal conditions for extensive system analyses
• Best conditions for successful work in a home office
• Opportunity to participate in (international) conferences
• Extensive offer of further education as support for a successful doctorate
• In general, a contract for a period of 3 years within the framework of a doctorate at RWTH Aachen University
• Remuneration and social benefits according to the collective agreement of the public service (TVöD-Bund)
• 30 days of annual leave as well as an arrangement for bridging days (e.g. between Christmas and New Year’s Day)
• 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/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

The position is initially 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“). Further information on doctoral degrees at Forschungszentrum Jülich including our other locations is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_DocsForschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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,Other

The department for Safety Critical Systems and Systems Engineering researches technologies and design methods for future aircraft systems. The special focus is on the components and the architecture of the flight control system as well as electrical energy supply and propulsion systems. Current small aircraft (CS-23 category) exhibit comparatively simple designs of their flight control and electrical systems. This will change in the future in the context of the development towards electric flying and the introduction of increased pilot assistance in small aircraft. A major challenge is the implementation of safety and reliability at sufficiently low costs.

As part of your work, you will develop new methods of modular design of the architecture of aircraft systems for small aircraft. To do this, you elaborate and analyze system requirements based on the overall aircraft design. Based on this, you derive suitable system architectures, design the associated components in terms of performance, mass, installation space and other essential parameters. You will also analyze the safety and reliability of the design. Your innovative system architectures lay the foundation for the electrification and automation of future small aircraft.
In our department you will become part of a dynamic and scientifically highly innovative team. You benefit from the existing expertise and infrastructure and contribute to their continuous development in the course of your work. If you have the necessary degree of personal responsibility and share with us the high standards on the scientific quality of your work, we can offer you the ideal environment for personal and professional development at an internationally high level.

Place of employment is Aachen.

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.

IEK-10 - Modellierung von Energiesystemen

Diploma & Master Thesis

At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research - Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10) we focus on the optimal design and operation of integrated, decentralized energy systems with a high share of renewable energy. Computer simulation and numerical optimization are our essential tools to arrive at efficient, reliable and cost-effective solutions. We contribute both to the development of mathematical models and to the development of improved simulation methods and optimization algorithms. Our methods and software-tools are validated against operating data of real systems. Furthermore, we conduct comprehensive case studies in order to test and further improve the scalability and the performance of our models and algorithms. Specially adapted methods and codes enable us to exploit the potential of high performance computing with the aim of solving particularly large and complex problems.

Your Job:

Due to the increasing share of renewable energy in the electrical network, the decarbonization focus has also been extended to other energy sectors. Sector coupling refers to the concept of interconnecting different energy sectors with the power sector, which can offer flexibility to the power sector and contribute to the decarbonization progress in other sectors. Therefore, new and efficient simulation methods and tools are needed in order to illustrate interactions between different energy sectors. Among which are the power, gas and heat sectors of special interest. The scope of this master thesis will be the further development of modeling and simulation tools for the gas and heat network which is capable to run co-simulation with power system.Your tasks in detail:

• Literature research on the given topic
• Mathematical formulation of the system components and the whole system
• Translation of the mathematical formulation into codes
• Run simulation and validate your results with open-source tools
• Create simple test grids and scenarios and analyze the simulation results

Your Profile:

• Very good or good bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or in a comparable subject
• Good knowledge and some experience in Python or C++
• Good or basic knowledge of energy system simulation
• Fluent in English (spoken and written)

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:

• Highly motivated scientists of different subject areas working together
• Interdisciplinary work combining physics, computer science, and engineering
• Intensive supervision by one or more experienced and helpful colleague(s)
• Friendly and welcoming work environment
• 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
• A position 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.

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 support staff

: Discover personalized medical solutions for environmentally triggered diseases to promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.

At our institute you will find a scientifically stimulating international environment. Together with renowned scientists and supported by an excellent infrastructure you will have the opportunity to make an important contribution for a healthier society.

We are looking for a highly motivated Research Assistant (f/m/x) to join the interdisciplinary and international research team headed by Prof. Fabiana Perocchi at the and the Neuronal Cell biology Institute of the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

Our research program examines different aspects of one over-arching phenomenon: “The integration of mitochondria into intracellular signalling networks”, with the long-term goals to decipher shared, mitochondrial-dependent pathomechanisms of neuro-metabolic diseases. To this goal we integrate computational and experimental approaches that systematically survey metabolism, proteome composition, assembly, and regulation, at the tissue, cell and organellar level.

Research Technician / MTA / BTA (f/m/x)101478

close to full time, Full time

Neuherberg near Munich

Graduates & Entry-level Professionals, Professionals

Your responsibilities

• Immunofluorescence detection of proteins;
• Light and fluorescence based imaging;
• Isolation and physiological analyses of subcellular organelles from mouse organs, yeast and mammalian cells;
• Development of mouse and mammalian cell lines, and yeast strains;
• Supervision and training of lab members;
• Testing of new protocols and methodologies.

Your qualifications

• Education as a research technician (BTA, MTA, CTA) or an equivalent degree;
• Experience in the field of molecular biology and biochemistry (cloning, protein analysis, immunoprecipitation);
• Experience in generation and metabolic characterization of genetically modified mice (FELASA certificates to work with mice are available);
• Immunohistochemistry and imaging;
• Generation and culturing of primary cells;
• Excellent verbal and written communication in German and English;
• Self-motivation, initiative and dependability as a team player;
• Versatility and willingness to adapt quickly to different tasks and timelines in a multi-disciplinary environment.

What we offer you

work-life balance
flexible working hours & working-time models
continuous education and training
30 days annual leave
on-site health management service
home office options
on-site nursery & holiday care
elder care company pension scheme discounted public transport ticket
Provided that the prerequisites are fulfilled, a salary level up to E 9 is possible. Social benefits are based on the collective agreement for the federal public service (TVöD). The position is (initially) limited to two years, under certain circumstances an extension can be arranged.

To promote diversity, we welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion and age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference.
If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we require further documents from you regarding the recognition of the degree.

**Interested?**If you have further questions, simply contact Fr. Dr. Fabiana Perocchi, 089 3187-43056, who will be happy to be of assistance. **Helmholtz Zentrum München
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Institute for Diabetes and Obesity
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1

85764 Oberschleißheim**

Total E-Quality Award for excellent gender equality policy for women and men: Helmholtz Munich is particularly committed to promoting professional equality between women and men. It therefore aims to increase the proportion of the underrepresented sex in the respective field. Helmholtz Munich is part of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization. Altogether 43.000 people currently work in its 18 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centers. The Association's annual budget amounts to around 5 billion Euros.

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.

Other,Diploma & Master Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

The Institute of Networked Energy Systems employs around 170 staff at its locations in Oldenburg and Stuttgart. With its departments of Urban and Building Technologies, Energy Systems Technology and Energy Systems Analysis, the Institute is dedicated to system-oriented questions on the intelligent and efficient linking of the electricity, heat and transport sectors. It looks at system levels ranging from the individual system to the 'smart' building to networked residential quarters and cities. In addition, the Institute evaluates energy systems at national and international level using grid structure models developed in-house as well as the methods of technology assessment and energy meteorology.

In the Department of Energy System Analysis, we conduct research in the fields of energy scenarios and technology assessment, energy meteorology, and energy system modeling. In these areas, our scientists develop, among other things, models, methods and algorithms for the simulation and optimization of energy systems based on fluctuating, decentralized power generation from renewable energies. As part of an ongoing internal research project, we are developing an open planning tool across grid levels and sectors to determine the optimal deployment and expansion of flexibility options in Germany.

You will support the Energy System Modeling Research Group in creating a data model of the planned European Hydrogen Transport Network for later use in energy system modeling.

Your tasks are:

• You will research all currently planned projects related to the expansion of the hydrogen transport network, in particular the European Hydrogen Backbone.
• You will digitalize the maps of the planned European Hydrogen Transport Network using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools.
• You will transfer the data into a pre-defined Python data structure.
• You will document your work and publish the dataset on an online repository (Zenodo).

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.

Other,Diploma & Master Thesis

The department "Chemical Kinetics and Analytics" of the Institute of Combustion Technology deals with the chemical composition of (alternative) fuels, experimental and numerical reaction kinetics, and the formation and release of pollutants.

Focus of our group is the measurement of airborne particles from different emission sources. In particular, very small, so-called ultrafine particles (<100 nm), are of high health relevance, since they penetrate deep into the lungs. However, the measurement of these particles is complex.

In the traffic sector, particulate matter is generated during the combustion process and through the abrasion of tires and brakes. In the ZEDU-1 project (Zero Emission Drive Unit - Generation 1), the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is developing and testing an innovative vehicle concept for reducing particulate emissions through mechanical processes. Part of the new concept is a so-called hybrid brake in which the braking effect is largely achieved by induced eddy currents. Mechanical braking is used only in the low speed range.

Within the scope of this work, the particle emissions of the newly developed hybrid brake are to be determined and characterized physiochemically. Online parameters such as particle number, particle size distribution and particle mass are measured by test rig experiments. In addition, the morphology and elemental composition of collected particle samples will be investigated using energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) in a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

In our interdisciplinary institute you will work closely with scientists from the fields of engineering, physics and chemistry as well as mechanics.

The work includes the following:

• introduction to the subject matter and literature research
• development of a measurement concept to investigate the ultra-fine particle emissions of a newly designed vehicle brake
• carrying out preliminary tests
• planning and execution of a measurement campaign
• acquisition and evaluation of measurement data
• examination of the samples with the scanning electron microscope
• presentation of the results and documentation in the form of a final report

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.

IEK-7 - Stratosphäre

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Are you enthusiastic about optics and space science and would like to contribute to climate research through your work? Then the Institute of Energy and Climate Research - Stratosphere (IEK-7) at Forschungszentrum Jülich is the right place for you! We develop innovative instruments for atmospheric research, which are used on satellites, airplanes, ballones and in ground-based networks. One of our key competences is the development and implementation of monolithic Spatial Heterodyne Interferometers (SHI) for remote sensing of the Earth atmosphere. This includes the development of involved metrology and in-depth characterization of these devices. The data is used to study coupling processes and long term trends in the middle atmosphere to support and improve global circulation models.

Your Job:

• Develop, implement, adjust and operate optical calibration facilities
• Calibrate optical instruments for atmospheric research
• Contribute to the development of new remote sensing instruments (SHI-based and others)
• Perform simulations with optical raytracing software (ZEMAX) for the aforementioned tasks
• Analyse and process the measurement data for subsequent data products
• Design mechanical structures for optical setups
• Guide students in their participation in our projects

Your Profile:

• M.Sc. of physics or related subject with focus on optics; Applicants with a wide range of knowledge and experience who only have a Bachelor`s or FH diploma can also apply
• Proven experience and good knowledge of optical design software (Zemax)
• Experience with alignment of optical setups
• Experience with wavefront sensing is advantageous
• Good knowledge of python
• Good written and spoken English skills as well as the ability to 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:

• You will become a member in a dynamic and innovative team building optical instruments from scratch
• The team consists of physicists, mechanical and electrical engineers, and students at any level
• You will get actively involved in existing projects like INSPIRE (international satellite program in research and education), a satellite project managed by ESA, and in-house developments of new instruments
• You will work in an international mostly academic environment with a strong participation of undergraduate and graduate students
• Attendance of national and international workshops and conferences
• Comprehensive training courses and individual opportunities for personal and professional further development
• Ideal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly corporate policy
• Full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours and 30 days of annual leave
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
• Workplace is the University of Wuppertal

The position is initially for a fixed term of 3 years, with possible long-term prospects. 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.Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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

13.01.2021

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

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

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

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

: Discover personalized medical solutions for environmentally triggered diseases to promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.

The Genomics Core Facility (Bioinformatics Platform) at Helmholtz Munich is looking for a highly motivated Next Generation Sequencing Bioinformatician to join our team of experienced scientists.

The Bioinformatics platform provides primary, secondary and tertiary (custom) bioinformatic analyses, courses and consulting for its users. The successful candidate will support these activities and perform a wide range of NGS analyses (e.g. bulk and single-cell RNA- and ATAC-Seq, ChIP-Seq, Genomic variation), to support various R&D projects for internal and external users and will work closely with other team members as lecturer in our courses and to implement new computational pipelines.

Staff scientist (NGS) Bioinformatics (f/m/x)101506

Full time

Neuherberg near Munich

Postdocs, Professionals

Your responsibilities

• Data processing for users of the platform using established computational pipelines or development of individual research pipelines as reusable workflows
• Bioinformatics consulting for researchers at Helmholtz Munich
• Design and implementation of research projects and analysis pipelines for users of the platform
• Lecturer and development of bioinformatics courses for scientists at different levels (beginner, advanced)

Your qualifications

• MSC or PhD (preferred) in Bioinformatics or related fields
• Strong programming skills (R & RMarkdown, Python, bash, git) and scientific track record
• Teaching experience in bioinformatics, computational or statistics courses
• Experienced with various Next-Generation Sequencing technologies and bioinformatic analyses (e.g. bulk and single-cell RNA- and ATAC-Seq, ChIP-Seq, Genomic variation)
• Experienced with Linux systems and the use of high performance computing environments
• Proficient in English

Desired Qualifications

• Ideally experience with container technologies (e.g. Docker, Singularity), Conda and workflow languages (e.g. Nextflow)
• Experience with (web) software development, relational databases and IT system administration would be a plus

Your profile

• Highly motivated team player with strong communication skills, a proactive mindset, and service-oriented personality

What we offer you

work-life balance
flexible working hours & working-time models
continuous education and training
30 days annual leave
on-site health management service
home office options
on-site nursery & holiday care
elder care company pension scheme discounted public transport ticket
Munich, with its numerous lakes and its vicinity to the Alps, is considered to be one of the cities with the best quality of life worldwide. With its first-class universities and world-leading research institutions it offers an intellectually stimulating environment.

Provided that the prerequisites are fulfilled, a salary level up to E 13 is possible. Social benefits are based on the collective agreement for the federal public service (TVöD). The position is initially limited to two years with option of extension

To promote diversity, we welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion and age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference.
If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we require further documents from you regarding the recognition of the degree.

**Interested?**If you have further questions, simply contact Thomas Walzthöni, thomas.walzthoeni@helmholtz-muenchen.de, who will be happy to be of assistance. **Helmholtz Zentrum München
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Core Facility Genomics
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1

85764 Oberschleißheim**

Total E-Quality Award for excellent gender equality policy for women and men: Helmholtz Munich is particularly committed to promoting professional equality between women and men. It therefore aims to increase the proportion of the underrepresented sex in the respective field. Helmholtz Munich is part of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization. Altogether 43.000 people currently work in its 18 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centers. The Association's annual budget amounts to around 5 billion Euros.

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.

Other

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.

Other,PHD Thesis

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

Quantum computing is a highly dynamic research field. The Microwaves and Radar Institute, with its world-wide renown expertise in the conception and development of Earth observation missions, has launched research activities in the field of quantum computation aimed at solving processing and optimization problems for radar remote sensing applications. A major challenge persists in the scientific and automated analysis of the vast amount of data provided by imaging radar systems and needed by the scientific community. This PhD thesis will research novel strategies to combine quantum computing concepts with the principles of machine learning and artificial intelligence. As part of a team, the PhD candidate is encouraged to explore novel ideas, such as hybrid approaches to quantum machine learning, where certain computationally demanding sub-routines are executed on a quantum computer. With the demonstration of quantum machine learning concepts, this PhD will contribute not only in terms of novel algorithms but also in terms of improved data analysis strategies for a better understanding of our environment in the face of climate change.

Your tasks will be:

• Literature, soft- and hardware research on the state-of-the-art of analog and digital quantum computation as well as hybrid approaches for quantum machine learning with application to radar remote sensing:
  • study of the relevant literature, scientific publications, presentations and lectures in the field of Quantum Computing and Machine Learning
  • development of a well-founded understanding of the potentials and challenges for the transfer of radar signal processing and machine learning algorithms to quantum computers
  • investigation of the present possibilities and limitations with respect to execution and simulation of quantum algorithms on state-of-the-art quantum computers such as universal gate-based architectures or quantum annealers, provided for instance by IBM or D-Wave Systems
  • analysis of already existing approaches to quantum machine learning such as Grover search-based algorithms
• Conception, implementation and verification of new quantum machine learning algorithms for radar remote sensing:
  • conception and development of quantum information processing strategies for encoding classical data to be accessible to quantum computers; conception of the entire machine learning processor including input and output
  • development of training concepts and algorithms for quantum neural networks and quantum convolutional neural networks using for instance photons, layered variational circuits or quantum Ising-type models
  • implementation of hybrid concepts based on classical computers and sub-routines executed on quantum computers; development of strategies to process large amounts of radar data under consideration of constraints due to memory, stability of quantum states, etc.
  • development of robust methods and mitigation strategies for error sources in the processing chain
  • demonstration and verification of quantum machine learning approaches using real quantum computers and hybrid architectures
• Collaboration, documentation and reporting:
  • supervision of master students in the field of quantum computing for radar remote sensing applications
  • documentation of the results in terms of software, technical reports and presentations to colleagues in the institute
  • support to industry and university projects in multi-national teams
  • presentation of the research on national and international conferences as well as publication in peer-reviewed journal papers
  • compilation of the relevant results in a doctoral thesis

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,Other

For the DLR Institute of Data Science in Jena a new research group “Data access and processing” will be established. In the course of the scientific activities of the group, novel, scalable data management systems for non-relational data (e.g., raster data, time series data, point cloud data) will be designed and developed. The research activities are conducted by considering and leveraging modern hardware technologies (e.g., multi-core processing, SIMD, NVMe SSDs, computational storage, non-volatile memory, etc.) and modern software development best practices and tools. Initial cooperation projects exist with external partners, such as the Ilmenau University of Technology and the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, as well as other DLR institutes from the application areas space, energy, and transportation. In addition, new application partners from other DLR institutes and external academic and industrial partners shall be identified and involved in further research activities.

The job holder will develop novel methods and processes for efficiently managing and processing large data volumes from various application areas, such as earth observation, astronomy, autonomous driving, and power generation. A particular emphasis will be on the design and development of solutions, which can scale to large data volumes and are tailored to the respective execution environment (e.g., on-premise, cloud, edge). The developed concepts shall be implemented and integrated into real data management systems using the corresponding software development processes.

We offer a challenging work and research environment, where family friendliness and your healthiness are our highest priorities.
 
Your tasks include:

• literature survey and identification of research trends in the area of data management and data processing on non-relational data
• identification and preparation of research problems related to the management of large data volumes in various execution environments (e.g., cloud, edge)
• development and evaluation of data management systems for non-relational data, such as raster data, time series data, and point cloud data based on requirements derived from concrete use cases
• software development for, evaluation and integration of modern computer hardware (e.g., novel data storage and processor technologies) in existing data management systems or development of data management systems based on novel computer hardware technologies
• optimization and specialization of data management systems to concrete use cases with the help of performance profiling tools and standardized performance benchmarks
• design and creation of system architectures for complex data management systems by using modern software development processes (e.g., Scrum) and incremental adjustments of the system architecture in case of changing user requirements
• identification and development of new application areas with data management challenges, which cannot be solved by existing state-of-the-art data management systems
• publication and presentation of research results at national and international conferences

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

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

: Discover personalized medical solutions for environmentally triggered diseases to promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.

The established "Lung Biology and Disease" at the Comprehensive Pneumology Center/Institute for Lung Biology, Helmholtz Munich, is an international and interdisciplinary training program for postgraduate students in medicine and science. Building up on this expertise, we now aim to expand our MD/Ph.D. Training Program to create a unique structured translational training and education platform not only for respiratory medicine and science, but also in other areas in the context of the Helmholtz Munich Department "Environmental Health".

For this "International Environmental Health Research School" located in Großhadern and Neuherberg we are looking for a coordinator (f/m/x) who will be supporting the school’s spokesperson and the institute management in building up this new structure and supporting early-career scientists in their doctoral thesis work.

Research School Coordinator (f/m/x)101530

Full time

Munich

Professionals

Your responsibilities

• Developing and organizing events and training courses in the frame of the Research School, e. g. lectures, seminars, symposia, workshops, training schools, retreats and conferences
• Management and further development of the training program including the writing of project proposals and reports in close collaboration with the spokesperson and the involved lecturers and principal investigators
• Contact person for applicants and doctoral students in medicine (MD) and science (Ph.D., Dr. rer. nat. und equiv.) regarding all organizational and university-related matters (administration of transcript of records/ECTS points, MMRS portal), as well as legal information and advice/support
• Maintenance and further establishment of the Research School network, public outreach (website, social media, science communication)

Your qualifications

• Postgraduate studies with completed doctoral degree in the field of biomedical sciences
• Professional experience in project management and/or science management, ideally work experience in coordination of university programs or training schools
• Team leading skills, a good intercultural understanding, high motivation, flexibility and reliability
• Fluent in German and English, written and spoken, negotiating skills (further languages desirable)
• Very good command of MS-Office

What we offer you

work-life balance
flexible working hours & working-time models
continuous education and training
30 days annual leave
on-site health management service
home office options
on-site nursery & holiday care
elder care company pension scheme discounted public transport ticket
Munich, with its numerous lakes and its vicinity to the Alps, is considered to be one of the cities with the best quality of life worldwide. With its first-class universities and world-leading research institutions it offers an intellectually stimulating environment.

Provided that the prerequisites are fulfilled, a salary level up to E 13 is possible. Social benefits are based on the collective agreement for the federal public service (TVöD). The position is (initially) limited to two years, under certain circumstances an extension can be arranged.

To promote diversity, we welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion and age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference.
If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we require further documents from you regarding the recognition of the degree.

**Interested?**If you have further questions, simply contact Sophie Hansen, +49 89 3187-43309, who will be happy to be of assistance. **Helmholtz Zentrum München
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Institute of Lung Health and Immunity
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1

85764 Oberschleißheim**

Total E-Quality Award for excellent gender equality policy for women and men: Helmholtz Munich is particularly committed to promoting professional equality between women and men. It therefore aims to increase the proportion of the underrepresented sex in the respective field. Helmholtz Munich is part of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization. Altogether 43.000 people currently work in its 18 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centers. The Association's annual budget amounts to around 5 billion Euros.

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-9 - Halbleiter-Nanoelektronik

PHD Thesis

As part of the MAGMA project (“Magnetic topological insulators for robust Majorana bound states”), which is funded by the European QuantERA program and by the national research agencies of Luxembourg, Germany and Spain, we offer a PhD position that is jointly organized by Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) and the University of Luxembourg (UL). The aim of the project is to engineer Majorana bound states and to establish magnetic topological insulators as a platform for topological quantum computation.

Your Job:

• Modeling and simulation of magnetic topological insulator-based hybrid nanodevices and superconducting qubits
• Participation in international conferences in Germany and abroad (incl. presenting your research results)
• Exchange with internal and external as well as national and international project partners, both theorists and experimentalists
• Preparing scientific publications and project reports
• Mentoring students

Your Profile:

• Master`s degree in physics, ideally with a specialization in condensed-matter physics
• Scientific expertise: Expertise in quantum mechanics, solid-state physics
• Methodological competence: Experience with programming
• Fluent command of written and spoken English
• High degree of independence and commitment
• 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 offer ideal conditions for you to complete your doctoral degree:

• A highly motivated working group as well as an international and interdisciplinary working environment at one of Europe’s largest research establishments
• Outstanding scientific and technical infrastructure
• Opportunity to participate in (international) conferences and project meetings
• Continuous scientific mentoring by your scientific advisors
• A large research campus with green spaces, offering the best possible means for networking with colleagues and pursuing sports alongside work
• 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/judocs
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

Further information on doctoral degrees is available at: www.fz-juelich.de/gp/Careers_Docs and wwwen.uni.lu/studies/doctoral_educationThe position is initially for a fixed term of 3 years. You will receive an 18-month contract at FZJ, followed by an 18-month contract at UL, with a competitive salary package at both institutions. Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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-9 - Halbleiter-Nanoelektronik

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

In the midst of the second quantum revolution, Germany is launching QSOLID, a joint project of more than twenty top research institutions and companies that aims to build a superconducting quantum computer based on cutting-edge technology from Germany. Join our team and contribute to this endeavor as a postdoc who will be responsible for developing the next generation of superconducting quantum bits and processors.

Your Job:

This position focuses on fabricating superconducting quantum devices by means of ultra-high vacuum deposition techniques, such as molecular beam epitaxy and thermal laser epitaxy. Your tasks in detail are:

• Designing of qubit and resonator layouts (AutoCAD, COMSOL)
• Fabrication of ultra-high vacuum compatible stencil masks in the cleanroom
• Fabrication of superconducting quantum circuits by means of molecular beam epitaxy and thermal laser epitaxy
• Characterization of as-prepared devices via electron microscopy and low-temperature transport experiments
• Presenting and publishing the research results on an international stage

Your Profile:

• Master`s degree and PhD in experimental physics, material science or related field
• Hands-on experience in Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Rheed, AFM and XRD
• Cleanroom experience (nanofabrication, e-beam lithography, reactive ion etching etc.)
• Fluent speaking and writing skills in English
• Team-oriented and highly motivated to work in an experimental laboratory
• A background in superconducting quantum computing as well as experience with cryogenics, modeling and simulation of quantum devices (e.g. Sonnet, COMSOL) are highly preferred qualifications

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 team as well as an international and interdisciplinary working environment at one of Europe’s largest research establishments
• State-of-the-art scientific and technical infrastructure
• Participating in international conferences and workshops
• Opportunity to take part in enabling useful quantum computing
• 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, 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

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is initially 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.Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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

: Discover personalized medical solutions for environmentally triggered diseases to promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.

We are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate (f/m/x) in Bioinformatics / Computational Biology to join the at the / Comprehensive Pneumology Center.

Lung disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. This project is embedded in both the Human Cell Atlas and LifeTime initiatives, as well as the German Center for Lung Research (DZL). We have recently discovered a novel regenerative stem cell state that persists in lung fibrosis (Nat Commun. 2020, ), and used multi-omic analysis to identify peripheral protein biomarker signatures that correspond with disease associated cell states in the lung (EMBO Mol Med. 2021, ). In this project we aim to understand cell-cell communication within cell circuits in subtissular niches that drive the progression of chronic lung diseases, in particular lung fibrosis and COPD.

PhD candidate in Bioinformatics for “Multi-modal single cell analysis of subtissular niches in chronic lung disease” (f/m/x)101515

Full time

Munich

PhD

Your mission

• You will conduct integrative computational analyses of both human patient and mouse model datasets in order to generate models of cell-cell communication and gene regulatory networks in the lung.
• You will develop custom scripts for data analysis and visualization.
• You will develop web services/databases (e.g. shiny apps).
• You will present the work in group and international meetings, and write scientific papers.

Your qualifications

• You have a MSc. in bioinformatics, biology, computer science or a related field.
• You have a strong interest in biological data analysis and are not afraid of diving deep into biological literature as well as complex datasets.
• You are experienced with R or Python with the ability to derive sound statistical conclusions resulting in appealing and informative visualizations.
• You have first experience in the analysis of complex omics datasets. Experience with single-cell datasets is advantageous but not required.
• You should be willing to work at the intersection of biology and computer science, which entails the exciting opportunity to get feedback from and closely collaborate with experts from both fields.
• You should have the ability to work independently, excellent organization, communication and presentation skills in English and the ability to interact and cooperate within a diverse scientific environment.

What we offer you

scientific training at Graduate School
work-life balance
flexible working hours & time off in lieu
30 days annual leave
on-site health management service
career consultation
mobile work
on-site nursery
company pension scheme discounted public transport ticket
Munich, with its numerous lakes and its vicinity to the Alps, is considered to be one of the cities with the best quality of life worldwide. With its first-class universities and world-leading research institutions it offers an intellectually stimulating environment.

This position also provides the opportunity for you to build specialist knowledge and collect significant professional experience, both of which will help advance your scientific career.

Remuneration and social benefits are based on the collective wage agreement for public-sector employees at federal level (EG 13 50% TV EntgO Bund). In addition, there is also the possibility of granting an allowance if the necessary conditions are fulfilled. The position is (initially) limited to three years, but under certain circumstances an extension can be arranged.

To promote diversity, we welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion and age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference.
If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we require further documents from you regarding the recognition of the degree.

**Interested?**If you have further questions, simply contact Herbert Schiller, +49 89 3187 1194, herbert.schiller@helmholtz-muenchen.de, who will be happy to be of assistance.
**Helmholtz Zentrum München
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Institute of Lung Health and Immunity
Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC-M)

Max-Lebsche-Platz 31
81377 München**

Total E-Quality Award for excellent gender equality policy for women and men: Helmholtz Munich is particularly committed to promoting professional equality between women and men. It therefore aims to increase the proportion of the underrepresented sex in the respective field. Helmholtz Munich is part of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization. Altogether 43.000 people currently work in its 18 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centers. The Association's annual budget amounts to around 5 billion Euros.

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 support staff,Diploma & Master Thesis,Praktikum

The Advanced Optical Technologies group at DLR’s Institute of Communications and Navigation develops experimental laser communication systems for optical data links between airborne carriers such as airplanes or satellites and optical ground stations as well as demonstrator platforms for testbed system verifications. The integrated circuits development covers several disciplines such as photonics, electronics and programming.

The successful applicant will join our team in the development of integrated optical systems for very-high-throughput satellite communications and ranging applications. To address the unique challenge of designing the next generation of integrated transceivers, she/he/they will investigate various photonic devices required in a high-speed transmission link. The main focus of the work is to model and evaluate performance of a selected photonic component and its compatibility with the existing optical communications system.

It is an excellent opportunity to work in a cutting-edge topic, gain experience on working with commercial photonic design tools, and improve your engineering skills.

Main activities:

• develop photonic components and functional blocks
• validate device and circuit performances
• assess operating environment impact on the PIC
• assist with PIC experimental testing and data analysis
• program Python/Matlab simulation tools

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.

Diploma & Master Thesis

The Advanced Optical Technologies (AOT) group at DLR’s Institute of Communications and Navigation develops experimental laser communication systems for optical data links between airborne carriers, such as airplanes or satellites, and an optical ground station. Adaptive Optics (AO) is a technique used to dynamically correct the adverse effects caused by atmospheric turbulence on the optical communication channel in such links. As the AOT group continues to develop and test novel AO systems capable of mitigating atmospheric turbulence, further characterization of such systems is still required.

This position will be focused on characterizing some of the AOT group’s existing AO systems and contributing to their software development. The successful applicant will work in a cooperative environment with other students and colleagues to quantify the performance and current limitations of the group’s AO systems both theoretically and experimentally. They will also support the team by contributing to the software development of the overall AO system infrastructure. This is an excellent opportunity to work in state-of-the-art research, gain experience on real optical hardware and software, all while improving your engineering skills.

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 support staff,Diploma & Master Thesis,Praktikum

The Advanced Optical Technologies group at DLR’s Institute of Communications and Navigation develops experimental laser communication systems for optical data links between airborne carriers such as airplanes or satellites and optical ground stations as well as demonstrator platforms for testbed system verifications. The integrated circuits development covers several disciplines such as photonics, material science, and programming.

The successful applicant will join our team in the development of integrated optical systems for very-high-throughput satellite communications and ranging applications. To address the unique challenge of designing integrated transceivers for space applications, she/he/they will investigate various space environment effects on optical devices. The main focus of the work is to model and evaluate the behavior of selected photonic components under the influence of space radiation, and, where possible, improve their performances with novel solutions.

It is an excellent opportunity to work in a cutting-edge topic, gain experience on working with commercial photonic design tools, and improve your engineering skills.

Main activities:

• model photonic components and functional blocks
• develop radiation simulation framework
• assess operating environment impact on the photonic integrated circuits
• investigate solutions to improve device performances
• program Python simulation tools

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.

Other,Diploma & Master Thesis

• literary research on aviation factors positively contributing to reduce the emissions;
• literary research on Late Merging Point and Point Merge operations;
• analysis of existing GreAT airspace design and suggestions to improve selected elements;
• improvement of an existing airspace design by flexible use of Late Merging Point and Point Merge Principles;
• design of new air traffic procedures and a description of their application; 
• graphical representation of results prepared in Google Earth;
• calculation of selected greener operations parameters and evaluation of the benefits of proposed improvements;
• comparison of results obtained by introduction of new air traffic rules and current operating methods.

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

: Discover personalized medical solutions for environmentally triggered diseases to promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.

The aim of the Institute of Experimental Genetics (IEG) is to understand the developmental mechanisms of human diseases, in particular diabetes mellitus. Besides genetics the IEG researches the effects of environmental factors in the development of disease.

The Applied Computational Biology group at the IEG integrates methods of file and SQL-based data management with modern AI techniques to create powerful modular data processing pipelines for large internal and external data pools to support these goals. The IEG is part of the Helmholtz Diabetes Center (HDC) and partner in the German Center for Diabetes Research.

To join our international team, we are looking for a highly motivated

Specialist Computational Biology (f/m/x)101494

Full time

Neuherberg near Munich

Professionals

Your responsibilities

• Establish AI methods for the analysis of high-dimensional data and image data (e.g. X-ray images) and their integration into the complex IT infrastructure of the institute
• Independent implementation of research and development projects
• Interdisciplinary interaction with domain experts
• Consulting and help desk activities together with team colleagues

Your qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, biology) or equivalent experience
• Very good skills and experience in the AI field
• Experience with Deep Learning and image processing methods
• Practical experience with Python, Linux and relational databases
• Ideally, experience with Keras, OpenCV, R, Perl as well as git and docker
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to work with colleagues from different disciplines
• Spoken and written fluency in English and German
• Independent and well organized way of working
• Pragmatic and solution-oriented approach

What we offer you

work-life balance
flexible working hours & working-time models
continuous education and training
30 days annual leave
on-site health management service
home office options
on-site nursery & holiday care
elder care company pension scheme discounted public transport ticket
Munich, with its numerous lakes and its vicinity to the Alps, is considered to be one of the cities with the best quality of life worldwide. With its first-class universities and world-leading research institutions it offers an intellectually stimulating environment.

Provided that the prerequisites are fulfilled, a salary level up to E 13 is possible. Social benefits are based on the collective agreement for the federal public service (TVöD). The position is (initially) limited to two years, under certain circumstances an extension can be arranged.

To promote diversity, we welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion and age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference.
If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we require further documents from you regarding the recognition of the degree.

**Interested?**If you have further questions, simply contact Fr. Sibylle Neumann, +49 (0) 89 3187-3502, who will be happy to be of assistance. **Helmholtz Zentrum München
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Institute of Experimental Genetics
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1

85764 Oberschleißheim**

Total E-Quality Award for excellent gender equality policy for women and men: Helmholtz Munich is particularly committed to promoting professional equality between women and men. It therefore aims to increase the proportion of the underrepresented sex in the respective field. Helmholtz Munich is part of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization. Altogether 43.000 people currently work in its 18 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centers. The Association's annual budget amounts to around 5 billion Euros.

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-2 - Pflanzenwissenschaften

Administrative staff

Would you like to contribute to solutions for climate change and resource scarcity? Work with us at the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Plant Sciences (IBG-2), on innovative utilization, production and technology concepts around the topics of plants, sustainability and bioeconomy. Conduct interdisciplinary research in international or regional teams on state-of-the-art sensors and measurement concepts - in the lab, greenhouse as well as in the field or from the air. Contribute to over 10 years of experience in plant phenotyping and knowledge-based bioeconomy research.Based on its unique expertise in infrastructures, IBG-2 coordinates the establishment of the pan-European research infrastructure EMPHASIS. EMPHASIS will provide scientists with access to technologies and expertise related to plant phenotyping in Europe. For this purpose, we cooperate with a large number of partners from science, industry and politics in Europe and beyond.

Your Job:

• Support in project management on an international level under close coordination with partners from a wide range of fields (science, industry, politics)
• Support in the establishment and operation of a Europe-wide access procedure to research infrastructures in the field of agroecology
• Communication of project content with project partners with representatives from science, industry, politics and the general public
• Conception, organization and coordination of analog, hybrid and web-based events
• Collaboration in the further development of communication strategies around EMPHASIS as well as implementation in concrete measures (e.g. social media, homepage, newsletter, trade fair appearances, exhibitions)

Your Profile:

• Completed scientific university studies in plant / agricultural sciences, ecology or a natural science or related field, ideally with a PhD
• Experience in science and project management, preferably in projects of the research framework programs Horizon 2020 and/or Horizon Europe
• Experience in the field of science communication
• Ability to work independently and very well in a team
• Intercultural experience and enjoy working with people with diverse experiences, expertise and perspectives
• Strong communication skills and problem-solving skills
• Very good knowledge and expression skills in German and English
• Flexibility and willingness to take on responsibilities in a wide variety of areas as needed away from core duties

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
• Cooperation in a motivated, international and interdisciplinary team at one of the largest research institutions in Europe
• Promotion of professional development through participation in national and international conferences and through various training programs
• Optimal conditions for work-life balance and a family-friendly corporate policy
• Full-time position with the option of slightly reduced working hours and 30 days of annual leave
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service

We offer you an exciting and varied role in a position initially limited to 3 years with possible long-term prospects. Salary and social benefits in conformity with the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD).Forschungszentrum Jülich promotes equal opportunities and diversity in its employment relations.We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

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.

Studentische Hilfskräfte

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

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 support staff

: Discover personalized medical solutions for environmentally triggered diseases to promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world.

The primary objective of the at the Helmholtz Diabetes Center München is to develop regenerative therapeutic approaches to treat diabetes mellitus - complementary and alternative to the classical immunological and metabolic therapy strategies.

In our team, you can expect a welcoming, appreciative working environment in an international and diverse team. We value a good working relationship and team spirit that carries us through the sometimes stressful phases. Interdisciplinary exchange is important to us and offers you a lot of potential for development.

Our dynamic Stem Cell Group is looking for a highly motivated team player to work on an academic and industrial collaboration.

Technician - MTA/ BTA/ CTA (f/m/x)101387

Full time

Neuherberg near Munich

Junior or Senior Technician

Your responsibilities

• Tissue culture mainly with human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs)
• Biochemical experiments (Westenblot, IPs, Elisa)
• Immunohistology (Cryo- and paraffin sections, immunofluorescent stainings)
• Analysis und enrichment of cell populations by Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS)
• Transfection of hPSCs and picking and expanding single cell clones
• DNA and RNA purification
• Molecular biology (PCR, cloning, digest)

Your qualifications

• Qualified apprenticeship as MTA/ BTA/ CTA/ VMTA or equivalent vocational training
• Experience in sterile handling of cell cultures is required
• Experience with embryonic stem cell culture is desirable
• Familiar with basic molecular biology techniques (mRNA extraction, PCR, qPCR, immunofluorescence)
• Good communication skills in English and German required
• Capable of working independently and responsibly

What we offer you

work-life balance
flexible working hours & working-time models
continuous education and training
30 days annual leave
on-site health management service
home office options
on-site nursery & holiday care
elder care company pension scheme discounted public transport ticket
Munich, with its numerous lakes and its vicinity to the Alps, is considered to be one of the cities with the best quality of life worldwide. With its first-class universities and world-leading research institutions it offers an intellectually stimulating environment.

Provided that the prerequisites are fulfilled, a salary level up to E 9 is possible. Social benefits are based on the collective agreement for the federal public service (TVöD). The position is (initially) limited to 2 years, under certain circumstances an extension can be arranged.

To promote diversity, we welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion and age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference.
If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we require further documents from you regarding the recognition of the degree.

**Interested?**If you have further questions, simply contact Dr. Mara Catani, +49(0)89 3187-43748, who will be happy to be of assistance. **Helmholtz Zentrum München
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
Institute for Diabetes and Regenerations Research
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1

85764 Oberschleißheim**

Award for excellent gender equality policy for women and men. Helmholtz Zentrum München is particularly committed to promoting professional equality between women and men. It therefore aims to increase the proportion of the underrepresented sex in the respective field. The Helmholtz Zentrum München is part of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization. Altogether 42.000 people currently work in its 19 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centers. The Association's annual budget amounts to around 5 billion Euros.

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.