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Research Software Engineer (f/m/d) for HPC

Organizational unit

Scientific Computing Center (SCC)

Job description

The Scientific Computing Center is the Information Technology Center of KIT.

  • Develop sustainable research software in close collaboration with domain researchers
  • Participate in diverse research projects to enhance their software development processes
  • Enable high-performance computing features in existing research software, such as performance optimizations or hardware portability
  • Improve research software running on HPC cluster operated in the state of Baden-Württemberg
  • Build strong communities with domain researchers, as well as national and international research software engineers
  • Take part in the full research cycle including grant application and publishing

Starting date

01.04.2025

Personal qualification

Job requirements:

  • You hold a completed university degree (master's level) in a STEM subject. A completed doctorate is advantageous but not mandatory.
  • Strong knowledge in a programming language relevant to HPC, such as Python, C, C++, or FORTRAN
  • Strong knowledge of good software development practice, such as version control, documentation, CI/CD etc.
  • Experience with developing for heterogeneous and distributed systems and their relevant technologies, such as MPI, OpenMP, CUDA, ROCm, or SYCL
  • Experience using Linux-based HPC clusters
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work in teams and communicate progress

Curious about an exciting and versatile role in an agile team? Discover more about SCC as your professional place to be: https://www.scc.kit.edu/en/aboutus/working-at-scc.php

This is what we offer

Become a member of staff of the only German University of Excellence that conducts large-scale research on the national level. Work under excellent working conditions in an interna-tional environment and be active in research and academic education for our future. Benefit from specific training when starting your job and from a wide range of further qualification offers. Use our flexible working time models (flexitime, work from home), our sports and leisure offers, as well as our child and holiday care services. We also pay a share of EUR 25/month in the Job Ticket Baden-Württemberg. Enjoy a large variety of dishes, snacks, and beverages at our canteens.

Salary

Salary category 13 TV-L, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.

Contract duration

2 years

Application up to

24.02.2025

Contact person in line-management

For further information, please contact Ms. Jasmin Hörter, (jasmin.hoerter@kit.edu).

Please apply online using the button below for this vacancy number 32/2025.

Vacancy number: 32/2025

We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore we kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job. Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are equally qualified.

Contact

Personnel Support is provided by:
Personalservice (PSE) - Human Resources
Mr Meschar
Phone: +49 721 608-25029,

Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

 

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