Work group:
IAS-8 - Datenanalyik und Maschinenlernen
Area of research:
Scientific / postdoctoral posts
Job description:
Your Job:
Join our team as a dedicated scientist and contribute to our exciting research projects. Our work focuses on models and algorithms for supervised and unsupervised learning. We devise deep learning models, which find application in image-based science, including in collaboration with domain scientists on and off campus in fields like remote sensing, microscopy of cell colonies, plant sciences, health-care, and MRI imaging. Our mission is not only to create accurate solutions but also quantify model uncertainties, analyze robustness, reliability, and trustworthiness of AI models, and develop methods for explainability of AI solutions.
As part of our team, you`ll have the opportunity to develop novel learning methods, investigate application and adaptation of foundation models, devise efficient training schemes for large models on high-performance computers like JUWELS and JUPITER at the Jülich Supercomputing Center. If you`re passionate about AI research and eager to make a real-world impact, we want to hear from you!
Your Job:
* Work on a wide range of computer vision and machine learning methods and applications focusing on the aspects outlined above, inspired by the needs of societally relevant applications, e.g. from neuro- or plant sciences.
* Advance our understanding of the underlying theory, as well as applicability to scientific applications, where explainability, interpretability, and reliability are as important as high accuracy.
* Supervise student projects at BSc, MSc, and PhD level.
* Work with experts at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) to run your algorithms/tools on large distributed computer systems.
* Write reports and research articles, as well as grant proposals, and regularly participate in international conferences to present your own work.
Your Profile:
* Master with subsequent PhD degree in computer science (or a related field)
* Rich experience in devising machine learning models, methods, and algorithms for computer vision and image processing.
* Scientific track record with publications at internationally renowned venues in machine learning.
* Solid mathematical background, distinct analytical and numerical skills.
* Solid programming skills (e.g. Python, C++)
* Excellent ability to cooperate with other sciences and to work as part of a diverse team, interdisciplinary and cross-topical thinking.
* Very good communication skills.
* Very good English, both spoken and written. German language skills are not necessary but a plus.
* High motivation and work ethics.
Our Offer:
We work on the very latest issues that impact our research field and society, and offer the chance to help shape their future! We support you with:
* A world-leading, interdisciplinary and international research environment, providing state-of-the-art experimental equipment and versatile opportunities to grow as a curious researcher.
* Comprehensive training offers and individual opportunities for personal and professional development.
* Very good conditions for work-life balance and a family-friendly corporate policy.
* Flexible working hours and the possibility to partly work from home.
* 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
* Exploration and preparation of next career opportunities supported by our Career Center & Postdoc Office ( )
We offer an exciting and varied role, which is initially for a fixed term of 2 years. Salary and social benefits in conformity 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, including Christmas bonus payment and social insurances (health care, unemployment, pension scheme etc.). Please see the overview of benefits at Forschungszentrum Jülich here: go.fzj.de/benefits. All information about the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed The monthly salaries in euro can be found here: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed.entgelt
The job will be advertised until the position has been successfully filled. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience, including a statement of research interests, CV, list of exams, degrees and grades, list of publications and talks, reference letters, and other relevant material.
About Jülich and the surrounding area
Forschungszentrum Jülich is one of the largest research centers in Europe, with excellent scientific equipment including one of the fastest supercomputers in the world. According to Statista Forschungszentrum Jülich is among the Top Best Employers 2025 ( rankings.statista.com/de/arbeitgeber/rankings/beste-arbeitgeber-deutschland-2025 ). We are 7600 people located on a green campus offering an international and interdisciplinary working environment. Jülich is close to the border between Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, and near the cultural centers Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, and Düsseldorf. The quality of life is exceptionally high and the atmosphere is both tolerant and inclusive. For an overview, please see ‘Facts, Figures, People’ ( ).
We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us. The following links provide further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options for women: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey
This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.
Company
The Helmholtz Association contributes to solving major challenges to assure the future of our society. With more than 47.500 people on staff in 18 national Research Centers and an annual budget of more than 6 billion euros, the Helmholtz Association is Germany’s largest scientific organization. The name Helmholtz stands for concerted research, in which networks form the key principle behind inquiring thought and action.
The profile of the Helmholtz Association
The Helmholtz Association performs cutting-edge research which contributes substantially to solving the grand challenges of science, society and industry. To succeed in meeting these responsibilities, Helmholtz concentrates its work in six research fields: Energy, Earth and Environment, Health, Information, Matter, as well as Aeronautics, Space and Transport. Within each of these fields, research programs are developed by our scientists and regularly evaluated by renowned international experts. Their evaluation forms the basis for the program-oriented funding that is allocated to Helmholtz research. Within the six research fields, Helmholtz scientists cooperate with each other and with external partners – working across disciplinary, organizational and national borders.
Moreover, Helmholtz specializes in large-scale research infrastructures – from accelerator facilities, earth observation satellites, research ships to supercomputers. They form the basis for scientific advances in tackling global societal challenges. Managing national research infrastructure is part of the Helmholtz Association's mission.
Promoting young academics
Helmholtz scientists, a high-performance infrastructure and modern and efficient research management are the ingredients to the Helmholtz Association‘s success and global impact.
Promoting young researchers is a major priority for the Helmholtz Association. Its qualification schemes for young researchers are geared mainly towards PhD students, postdocs and young managers. The Helmholtz Association has set high standards for its talent management. Its strategy begins with targeted recruitment of highly qualified staff at all levels, followed by comprehensive support aimed at further developing their potential. Ensuring equal opportunities is an essential element in all talent management activities undertaken by the Helmholtz Association.
The Helmholtz Graduate Schools and Research Schools at almost all Helmholtz Centers provide doctoral students with the general and specific skills and training they need, as well as ample opportunity to network. The period following a doctorate is decisive in determining the direction and success of a scientific career. For this reason, we established Career Development Centers for postdoctoral researchers in the Helmholtz Centers. This equips young researchers with the skills they need to go on to head a Helmholtz Investigator Group, for example. As an Investigator Group leader, junior scientists can independently set up their own group to conduct research in their specialist field and acquire management skills.
Within its talent management strategy, the Helmholtz Association pays special attention to the increased recruitment of talented female scientists both from Germany and abroad. To this end, there are currently two funding programs supporting this policy: and Helmholtz Distinguished Professorship – Funding for the recruitment of leading international female scientists (W3) .
The increasing complexity of the content, structures and framework conditions of scientific work today requires researchers to organize their projects, their employees and, of course, themselves in a highly professional and effective way. In response to these demands, we have set up the Helmholtz Leadership Academy to provide leaders in science with professional management training. Furthermore, the Helmholtz network provides a platform for the alumni of the Helmholtz Leadership Academy to come together and share their experiences of leadership, career development and lifelong learning.
All of this combined makes the 18 Research Centers of the Helmholtz Association a highly attractive environment for talented researchers from all over the world.
Company info
Telephone
0049-30-206329-0
Location
Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 2
Berlin
Berlin
10178
Germany