PhD Student (f/m/d) GPU-Computing for HPC und AI

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

The Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS) is a German-Polish research center for data-intensive digital systems research.

The Department of Scientific Computing Core is looking for a PhD Student (f/m/d) GPU-Computing for HPC und AI. 

Your tasks

• Research in GPU programming and (highly) parallel programming for HPC applications and DNN models
• Own research focus related to GPU programming such as
  • parallel programming models or programming abstractions,
  • parallel GPU algorithms for HPC simulations,
  • parallelization of DNNs, or
  • performance analysis and optimization
• Working with application field scientists from various fields and different levels of IT background and their ambitious HPC codes or DNN models
• Work on data-intensive HPC workflows and integration with Research Data Management for HPC / DNNs
• Publishing results in academic and peer-reviewed journals with own research focus topics and in collaboration with application field scientists, presenting results at scientific meetings

Your profile

• Completed university studies (Master/Diploma) in the field of Computer Science or Computational Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics or related field with a strong Computational Science Focus
• Excellent programming skills in at least one of C/C++, Fortran, or Julia (more are a plus)
• Experience with parallel programming with at least one of CUDA/HIP, Alpaka or Kokkos, MPI, OpenMP, HPX, or similar
• Experience with software development tools and build systems, git and collaborative development, as well as debugging
• Experience with Linux, working on command line and with shell scripts. Knowledge of HPC environments is a plus
• Strong motivation to work in a collaborative environment within interdisciplinary teams
• Excellent communication skills in English and in a professional context, German or Polish language skills are a plus

Our offer

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

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