To strengthen our team in the division 6.4 "Materials Informatics" in Berlin-Adlershof, starting as soon as possible, we are looking for a

The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) is a materials research organization in Germany. Our mission is to ensure safety in technology and chemistry. We perform research and testing in materials science, materials engineering and chemistry to improve the safety of products and processes. At BAM we do research that matters. Our work covers a broad array of topics in the focus areas of energy, infrastructure, environment, materials, and analytical sciences.

We are looking for talented people to join us.

NFDI-MatWerk is the consortium for the National Research Data Infrastructure for Materials Science and Engineering. It aims to seamlessly integrate decentralized data and metadata, experimental and numerical workflows, and a materials ontology to maximize interoperability and reproducibility of materials data processing. Consideration will be given to the challenges posed by the many structural scales of materials and the many methods associated with them. The position advertised here is in the Workflows and Software Development TaskArea of NFDI-MatWerk.

Your responsibilities include:

The position offers you a unique opportunity to work in a cross-institutional team at the intersection of new software concept development and breakthrough materials research. Your role will be to create, implement and apply workflows in a digital development environment that enables the following:

• Innovative material simulations that reproducibly combine raw data with prediction of material behavior in the form of numbers, graphs, and reports
• Multiscale material simulations starting from the atomic scale and aiming to develop new structural and functional materials
• Combined treatment of research data and the associated error bars
• Evaluation of data quality & reliability, data consistency and completeness
• Analysis of sensitivity of simulated results from accuracy of input variables and error propagation
• Digital representation and processing of digital experimental data from different resources in common databases
• Collaboration with project partners and academic interested parties in the environment of the NFDI-MatWerk project

Your qualifications:

• Succesfully completed scientific university studies in the fields of physics, computer science, materials science or engineering science
• A good doctorate in these fields is an advantage
• Solid knowledge in the field of ab initio, atomistic or multi-scale simulations of materials engineering or materials science problems
• Proven competence in scientific work at the interface of experiment and theory
• Publications in the above mentioned fields in scientific journals
• Very good knowledge of a programming language (e.g. Python, C++)
• Experience in (research) data management or machine learning
• Very good oral and written expression skills
• Good communication and information skills, initiative/commitment and ability to make decisions, ability to work in a team and cooperate, and flexibility

We offer:

• Interdisciplinary research at the interface of politics, economics and society
• Work in national and international networks with universities, research institutes and industrial companies
• Outstanding facilities and infrastructure
• Flexible working hours and mobile working

Your application:

We welcome applications via the online application form by 25.06.2023. Alternatively, you can also send your application by post, quoting the reference number 141/23-6.4 to:

Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und ‑prüfung
Referat Z.3 – Personal
Unter den Eichen 87
12205 Berlin
GERMANY
http://www.bam.de

Dr. Tilmann Hickel will be glad to answer any specific questions you may have. Please get in touch via the telephone number +49 30 8104‑1640 and/or by email to [email protected].

BAM pursues the goal of professional equality between women and men. We therefore particularly welcome applications from women. In addition, BAM supports the integration of severely disabled persons and therefore especially welcomes their applications. With regard to the fulfilment of the job advertisement requirements, the application documents are examined individually. Recognised severely disabled persons will be given preferential consideration if they are equally suitable.

The advertised position requires a low level of physical aptitude.

BAM actively supports the compatibility of work and family and has been certified as a family- and life-phase-conscious employer by the "audit berufundfamilie" since 2015.