Organization unit:
CASUS

Place of work/ Working hours:
Görlitz
Full time

Hire date:
1 May 2025

Limitation:
30 June 2027

For any questions, do not hesitate to ask:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Dae-Song Kühne Tel.: +49 3581 37523 107

Deadline:
27 February 2025

Online application
English / German
Job-Id: 2025/28 (2027)

At HZDR, we promote and value diversity among our employees. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds regardless of gender, ethnic and social origin, belief, disability, age, and sexual orientation. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability.

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Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf
Bautzner Landstraße 400
01328 Dresden

Postdoc (f/m/d) machine learning aided virtual materials design

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.

CASUS is looking for a Postdoc (f/m/d) machine learning aided virtual materials design. 

Your tasks

  • Design and train machine learning models to predict materials properties
  • Developing and utilizing automated workflows
  • Performing machine learning aided large-scale simulations
  • Collaborating with peers including experimental project partners
  • Publishing results in academic and peer-reviewed journals
  • Presenting results at scientific meetings
  • Supervising junior members of the group

Your profile

  • Completed university studies (PhD) in the field of Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, or a related field
  • Proficiency in Python
  • Strong motivation to work in a collaborative environment
  • Excellent communication skills in English and in a professional context
  • Experience with Linux, Git and related tools as well as high-performance computing

Our offer

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

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