Senior Data Scientist (Index-Nr. 7109-00)

EURAXESS Czech Republic; Schweiz; Vor Ort; CHF 100’000 - 130’000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Paul Scherrer Institute is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join its cross-disciplinary team at the Swiss Data Science Center. This position involves collaborating with experts across diverse fields using machine learning and statistical methods to tackle challenging problems in environmental science, biology, and more. Candidates should have a PhD and a strong background in data science methods and programming.

Leistungen

Stimulating, cross-disciplinary environment

Opportunities for impactful research

Support for work-life balance

Qualifikationen

• PhD degree in machine learning or related field.
• Experience in applied data science problems.
• Multidisciplinary skills in various data science fields.

Aufgaben

• Identify and model data analysis processes for research projects.
• Develop algorithms for scientific questions.
• Collaborate with domain experts to translate project goals.

Kenntnisse

Machine Learning

Statistics

Computer Vision

Natural Language Processing

Bayesian Modeling

Optimization

Signal Processing

Python

R

Scala

C/C++

Ausbildung

PhD in machine learning or related field

Jobbeschreibung

Organisation/Company Paul Scherrer Institut Villigen Research Field Computer science » Other Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions Postdoc Positions Country Switzerland Application Deadline 30 Jun 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Zurich) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 41.5 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number 7109-00 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI is the largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences within Switzerland. We perform cutting-edge research in the fields of future technologies, energy and climate, health innovation and fundamentals of nature. By performing fundamental and applied research, we work on sustainable solutions for major challenges facing society, science and economy. PSI is committed to the training of future generations. Therefore, about one quarter of our staff are post-docs, post-graduates or apprentices. Altogether, PSI employs 2300 people.

For the Group SDSC Hub at PSI we are looking for a

Senior Data Scientist

Your tasks
As a Senior Data Scientist at the Swiss Data Science Center, you will use your expertise in machine learning, statistics, computer vision, natural language processing, or related fields to help domain experts working in Earth and environmental science, physical and engineering sciences, biology, biotechnologies, personalized medicine and health, computational social science, economics, and more, to identify how to analyze or model their data, and to answer precise scientific questions or develop algorithms that perform automatically some challenging tasks.

This involves exchanging actively and regularly with the domain experts to understand the precise desiderata of the project in domain science terms, translating it in data science terms, determining which approaches and formulations are most effective to achieve the desired goals, implement the corresponding algorithms, perform the evaluations hand-in-hand with the domain experts, and eventually release open-source code and write research papers in the domain science with the domains expertise, and contribute to the communication of the results.

Main duties and responsibilities include:

• Research with labs within the ETH Domain (EPFL, ETH Zurich, EMPA, EAWAG, PSI and WSL), and other research facilities at the national scale.

Your profile
The ideal candidates are researchers with a PhD degree in machine learning or related field who have some experience working with concrete applied problems, keen on working in a data-driven way, and skilled at deriving useful insights from appropriate preliminary analyses of the data or determining why a particular model is not a good fit for the data considered and how it can be improved.

We are looking for multidisciplinary machine learners with sharp skills in one or more of the following fields:

• Bayesian Modeling
• Computer Vision
• Natural Language Processing
• Statistics
• Optimization
• Signal Processing

We also expect that candidates are proficient in Python/R, Scala, C/C++.

Additional Information

We offer
The Swiss Data Science Center was founded through a strategic focus area of the ETH Board, and since 2025 has become a National Research Infrastructure. It has offices at EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). Our mission is to help academic teams and industries leverage data science and state-of-the-art machine learning in domains that are of strategic relevance for Switzerland. In other words, SDSC aims at bridging the gap between those who create data, those who develop data analytics and systems, and those who could potentially extract value from it. The center is composed of a large and diverse multi-disciplinary team. Click here for more details on our academic research collaborations.

We offer:

• A stimulating, cross-disciplinary environment
• Opportunities for turning research into impactful solutions
• Excellent ties to research groups worldwide

Our institution is based on an interdisciplinary, innovative and dynamic collaboration.
You will profit from a systematic training on the job, in addition to personal development possibilities and our pronounced vocational training culture. If you wish to optimally combine work and family life or other personal interests, we are able to support you with our modern employment conditions and the on-site infrastructure.

This is a fixed-term position. The employment contract will initially be limited to 1 year.

Additional comments

For further information, please contact Dr Benjamin Bejar Haro, phone [phone].

Please submit your application online by 30 June 2025 (including list of publications and addresses of referees) for the position as a Senior Data
Scientist (Index-Nr. 7109-00).

Paul Scherrer Institute, Human Resources Management, René Gröbli, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland, www.psi.ch