Team leader - machine learning and big data analytics in X-ray science

Your Job:

• Scientific and technical lead of a team focusing on machine learning and big data analytics in X-ray science
  
• Development and application of machine learning tools for X-ray data analysis and reduction
  
• Development and application of big data analytics for large X-ray data sets
  
• Application of Bayesian methods to X-ray data
  
• Combinatorial analysis of various data from complementary measurements
  
• Development of scientific questions in the field of X-ray data analysis
  
• Publication of computer code in repositories
  
• Close cooperation with other institutes at Forschungszentrum Jülich and collaboration with other working groups
  
• Publication and presentation of results in high-ranking and recognized journals as well as at national and international conferences
  
• Participation in synchrotron beamtimes
  
• Supervision of research staff, doctoral candidates, and students as well as technical personell
  
• Acquisition and management of research projects
  
• Support in setting up the institute

Your Profile:

• Master`s degree with PhD in physics, chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, computer science or a related discipline
  
• Extensive knowledge of X-ray science
  
• Profound experience in data analysis, machine learning and big data analytics
  
• Extensive experience in Bayesian methods and with computer code repositories
  
• Experience in the field of energy storage
  
• Experience in managing scientific stuff, doctoral candidates, or students
  
• High level of willingness to take an interest in new scientific areas/topics and to familiarize yourself with them quickly
  
• Strong social and communication skills for leading and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams
  
• High level of willingness to take on responsibility and develop your own research ideas
  
• Fluent in written and spoken English
  
• Very independent, self-motivated, goal-oriented, and strategic way of working but also excellent teamwork skills
  
• Willingness for regular business trips

Our Offer:

We work on the very latest issues that impact our society and are offering you the chance to actively help in shaping the change! We support you in your work with:

• Exciting and diverse role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment
  
• Comprehensive training courses and individual opportunities for personal and professional further development
  
• Extensive company health management
  
• An attractive flexitime arrangement and flexible working time models that take your individual needs into account: full-time position with 39 hours/week, close to full-time or within the framework of top sharing (two qualified employees share a full-time position)
  
• Flexible work (location) arrangements, e.g. remote work
  
• 30 days of annual leave and provision for days off between public holidays and weekends (e.g. between Christmas and New Year)
  
• Capital-forming benefits and an employee pension scheme
  
• Targeted services for international employees, e.g. through our International Advisory Service
  

In addition to exciting tasks and a collaborative working atmosphere at Jülich, we have a lot more to offer:
https://go.fzj.de/benefits

We offer you an exciting and varied role in an international and interdisciplinary working environment. The position is for a fixed term of 2 years, with possible long-term prospects. Salary and social benefits will conform to the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund), pay group EG 14, depending on the applicant’s qualifications and the precise nature of the tasks assigned to them. All information about the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD-Bund) can be found on the BMI website: https://go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed . The monthly salaries in euros can be found on page 66 of the PDF download.

Place of employment: Brainergy Park Jülich

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

Further information on diversity and equal opportunities: https://go.fzj.de/equality