PostDoc Mathematics - Research Data Management (m/f/d)

Beschreibung

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - The Research University in the Helmholtz Association creates and imparts knowledge for the society and the environment. It is our goal to make significant contributions to mastering the global challenges of mankind in the fields of energy, mobility, and information. For this, more than 9.000 employees of KIT cooperate in a broad range of disciplines in research, academic education, and innovation.

We are looking for Steinbuch Centre for Computing (SCC) immediately and limited until 30th September 2026 for a

The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) is intended to systematically develop, sustainably secure, and make accessible the data holdings of science and research. It is being established as a networked structure of consortia acting on their own initiative.

In NFDI-MatWerk, a reliable digital platform for the materials and nano sciences will be established, enabling the digital representation of materials data and specific metadata. Services for easy storage, sharing, searching and analysis of data and metadata will be developed and made available to researchers. Furthermore, data from scientific groups distributed across Germany will be accessible via a knowledge graph-based infrastructure in such a way that fast and complex search queries and evaluations are possible.

In the department "Data Exploitation Methods" of the Steinbuch Centre for Computing, we develop new technologies, data repositories and metadata management for handling research data for the NFDI.

Within NFDI-MatWerk you will:

• bridge the gap between software developers for scientific research data and metadata management and materials science researchers
• adapt the software, services and tools for the needs of materials science in an optimal way
• create novel approaches to better analyze huge data collections
• teach (guiding students)
• publish and present your results in journals and at conferences

• a university degree (Master) mathematics, computer science, natural sciences or technology
• PhD
• experience in the field of technical data and metadata management
• Desirably, you have experience in the areas of software development and integration
• strategic, creative and goal-oriented thinking skills and a proactive approach to work, which you bring to a team that works in the same way
• very good communication, presentation and publication skills in German as well as English language

At SCC, we offer an exciting and varied job within an agile team as well as a wide range of training opportunities, and flexible and family-friendly working time models. For more information about SCC as your new professional home, please visit https://www.scc.kit.edu.

We offer you an attractive and modern workplace with access to the excellent equipment of the KIT, a varied work, a wide range of training opportunities, flexible working time models and a casino/cafeteria.

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.