AI Consultant for Science

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH P-VA Personalabrechnung; Jülich; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation

TVöD-Bund pay grade 13

Company pension scheme with employer

Bonus at year-end (75% of a monthly) +

Welcome days and guide

Job summary

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH invites applications for an AI Consultant for Science at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC). You will join the AI Consulting Team to explore new ML applications across disciplines and interface with scientists to implement scalable ML on HPC platforms.

You will develop and refine ML techniques, participate in national/international ML/DL communities, and present results at conferences and in papers. A PhD is required; strong English communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of AI and applied machine learning
• Excellent Master and PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related fields
• Strong curiosity for multidisciplinary work
• Excellent written and spoken English (CEFR B2)
• Hands-on experience with ML/DL workflows and common software libraries
• Experience with HPC systems is advantageous
• Publications or Open Source code contributions

Responsibilities

• Identify new ML applications in science, engineering, and technology
• Develop, implement and refine ML techniques
• Implement parallel ML training on HPC systems
• Engage with national/international ML/DL communities
• Present research results at meetings, conferences, and in papers
• Contribute to educational events like courses and hackathons

Skills

AI/ML applications

HPC experience

English proficiency

Python ML libraries

Education

Master and PhD in CS/Math/Physics

Tools

Python

ML libraries

Job description

AI Consultant for Science

Are you passionate about using artificial intelligence to solve complex, interdisciplinary challenges? Are you interested in transforming theoretical AI concepts into practical, scalable solutions on high-performance computing (HPC) systems? If so, we invite you to join our AI Consulting Team at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), home to Europe's most advanced supercomputing infrastructure, including JUPITER, Europe's first Exascale system. Our team explores new applications of AI in collaboration with the diverse scientific disciplines associated with the Helmholtz Association.

Your Job

In this position, you will be an active part of our AI Consulting Team. Together with our partners, we develop new and innovative applications of Machine Learning. You will connect to scientists and investigate possible applications of ML in fields like Chemistry, Numerics, Computational Biology, Astrophysics, Particle Physics etc. You will be involved in all phases of this process. You will

• Identify new applications for Machine Learning in science, engineering, and technology
• Develop, implement and refine ML techniques
• Implement parallel ML training on the High Performance Computers
• Engage in national and international ML/DL communities, most importantly in the Helmholtz AI platform (https://www.helmholtz.ai/)
• Present research results at scientific meetings, conferences, and as scientific papers
• Contribute to educational events, such as courses and hackathons

Your Profile

• Broad knowledge and practical experience in AI and applied Machine Learning is a must
• Excellent Master and subsequent PhD degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or other related fields
• Broad interest in diverse scientific topics
• Self-motivated personality with a curiosity for working in a multidisciplinary team environment on scientifically challenging problems
• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English with extensive vocabulary is required (at least B2 level according to the CEFR)
• Hands-on experience with ML/DL workflows and common software libraries
• Experience with statistical machine learning, including uncertainty quantification, probabilistic modeling, and learning from noisy or incomplete data is a plus
• Practical experience with High Performance Computing (HPC) systems is an advantage
• Your experience should be documented in research papers and Open Source code projects

Our Benefits for You

• Meaningful tasks: The position offers a varied and diverse role in an international environment
• Work-life balance: Optimal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly company policy. The option of flexible working (in terms of location) is generally available after consultation and in line with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments
• Vacation: You will receive 30 days of vacation plus additional days off (e.g. between Christmas and New Year's)
• Flexibility: Flexible working time models, [including options close to full-time](https://go.fzj.de/near-full-time), allow you to tailor your working hours to suit your individual needs
• Knowledge & further training: Your professional development is important to us - we provide targeted, individual support
• Successful start: It is important to us that you quickly settle into the team and are given structured training for your tasks. We also support you from the very beginning and make your start easier with our [Welcome Days and Welcome Guide](https://go.fzj.de/welcome)
• Fair remuneration: Depending on your existing qualifications and the tasks assigned to you, you will be classified in pay grade 13 of the TVöD-Bund (Collective Agreement for the Public Service). All information on the TVöD-Bund collective agreement can be found on the[BMI website](https://go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed). The monthly salaries in euros can be found on page 74 of the PDF download
• Additional benefits: Benefit from attractive additional services such as a company pension scheme with employer contribution. In addition to the basic salary, there is an additional year-end bonus under the collective pay agreement amounting to 75 % of a monthly salary, as well as capital-forming benefits
• Fixed-term: The position is initally limited to 2 years

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: https://go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / iden