Your Job:
Join our team to manage computing time resources and projects. Your tasks include:
1. Coordination of calls for allocation processes and computing time budgets with our European partners
2. Organization of technical and scientific review processes
3. Participation in national and international resource allocation board meetings and project meetings
4. Presentation of results in collaboration meetings, workshops and conferences and preparation of project reports
5. Support for users, from application and administrative issues to running projects on JSC’s infrastructure
Your Profile:
6. Master degree in Technomathematics, computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics or natural science or equivalent degree
7. Very good knowledge of techniques and methods of computer-aided sciences
8. Knowledge and experience in the use of and scientific application programming for supercomputers
9. Knowledge in GPU-based programming and modelling of scientific simulations are desirable
10. Programming experience in C, C++, or Fortran is desirable
11. Knowledge in the scripting language Python, Perl, JavaScript, SQL, Git are desirable
12. Experience with office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and with LaTeX
13. Great ability to work in a multidisciplinary team of scientists with heterogeneous backgrounds solving scientifically challenging problems on large computers
14. Self-motivated personality with very good command of written/spoken English and ideally a good command of German
You don’t need to check all the boxes above to apply to this position. Your scientific curiosity, self-motivation, and team-spirit are most important to us.
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:
15. Exciting challenges at one of the largest supercomputer infrastructures in Europe
16. Comprehensive training courses and individual opportunities for personal and professional further development
17. Extensive company health management
18. Ideal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly corporate policy
19. Flexible work (location) arrangements, remote work
20. Flexible working hours in a full-time position (39 hours/week) with the option of slightly reduced working hours -
21. 30 days of annual leave and provision for days off between public holidays and weekends ( between Christmas and New Year)
In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer:
The position is initially for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible longer-term prospects. Salary and social benefits will conform to the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund), pay group 13, depending on the applicant’s qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks assigned to them. All information about the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) can be found on the BMI website: The monthly salaries in euro can be found here:
We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, 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.