Senior Researcher Dynamic Software Architectures

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world’s leading applied research organization. Around 30 000 employees work with an annual research budget of 2.9 billion euros.

Safe Intelligence — this forms the core brand of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS. Connected cognitive systems drive innovation in many sectors, for example in autonomous vehicles, medical devices or intelligent automation within industry. They should always take full advantage of the potential offered by artificial intelligence, while remaining demonstrably safe and reliable at the same time. This is why Fraunhofer IKS researches both artificial intelligence and software engineering — we consider resilience and intelligence as part of the same process.

What you will do

Support us in actively shaping and forming the future of flexible and autonomous systems (Link). Help ensuring that we can continue to rely on the safety of cars, machines and production facilities in the future. Your results in the area of dependable adaptive software architectures will come to life in the products of leading companies and you will thereby make an active contribution to a safe future. Just take a look at: www.iks.fraunhofer.de/en.html

What you bring to the table

• Master's degree in computer science or related field of study, preferably with doctorate/PhD.
• Communication and collaboration skills
• A scientific entrepreneurial spirit with the drive to transfer research into real-world solutions
• Willingness to acquire projects and, at best, industry experience with a strong customer focus
• Knowledge in software engineering (e.g., architecture design, service-oriented architectures, microservices, embedded / cyber-physical systems)
• Programming experience (e.g. in C/C++, Java, Python, Linux, etc.)
• Project management skills and an agile way of working are an advantage
• Good language skills in German and English

What you can expect

• Your chance to actively shape the future.
• A unique combination of excellent science and application.
• Gain insights in various industrial sectors and companies.
• A systematic training program, which will accelerate your professional and personal development.
• Flexible compatibility of private life and work (according to the TVöD – the public-sector collective wage agreement, holiday entitlement of 30 days, flexible working hours, compensatory working time, accessibility to a day care center, holiday care for children, etc.).

The position is initially limited to 2 years. The weekly working time is 39 hours. The position can also be filled on a part-time basis. We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability.

Appointment, remuneration and social security benefits based on the public-sector collective wage agreement (TVöD).

With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial utilization of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. As a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and scientific excellence, Fraunhofer helps shape society now and in the future.

Interested? Apply online now. We look forward to getting to know you!

Technical questions will be answered gladly by
Dr. Gereon Weiss, gereon.weiss@iks.fraunhofer.de

If you got further questions, please contact our colleagues from HR via email: recruiting@iks.fraunhofer.de