For our location in Hamburg we are seeking:
Limited: 31.12.2027 | Starting date: earliest possible | ID: FHMA004/2025 | Deadline: 24.03.2025 | Full-time/Part-time
DESY, with more than 2900 employees at its two locations in Hamburg and Zeuthen, is one of the world's leading research centres. Its research focuses on decoding the structure and function of matter, from the smallest particles of the universe to the building blocks of life. In this way, DESY contributes to solving the major questions and urgent challenges facing science, society and industry. With its ultramodern research infrastructure, its interdisciplinary research platforms and its international networks, DESY offers a highly attractive working environment in the fields of science, technology and administration as well as for the education of highly qualified young scientists.
The DESY group "Information Technology" (IT) is participating in a variety of high profile national and European projects, evaluating new and innovative IT technologies.
One of the key challenges at DESY is preparing the IT infrastructure for the construction and operation of PETRA IV, the next-generation synchrotron. To ensure a fast ramp-up phase and cost- and time-efficient operations, AI-driven solutions will be integrated across all areas of the supporting infrastructure. This includes administration, design and construction offices, as well as scientific laboratories.
To drive these efforts, DESY IT is establishing a dedicated Al team, composed of experts in Al and computing infrastructure. While all team members will bring a broad range of skills, this particular position will focus on curating and preparing datasets for training Al models.
- ldentify, collect, and curate relevant datasets to support Al-driven automation and decision-making
- Develop pipelines for data preprocessing, transformation, and optimization for Al training
- Collaborate closely with Al engineers, IT specialists, and domain scientists to ensure high-quality data availability
- Contribute to the design of scalable and efficient data architectures tailored to Al applications
Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time, job-sharing models and participation in mobile work (up to 50%). You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities. Remuneration is according to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) at both locations.
Limited: 31.12.2027
- Completed a master's degree in computer science or comparable knowledge
- You can offer a strong expertise in data management, preprocessing, and curation for Al applications
- Experience with machine learning pipelines, data transformation, and large-scale data handling
- You are familiar with Al frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and high-performance computing environments
- You are familiar with generative Al methods, in particular LLMs
- Collaborative mindset and the ability to work in an international, interdisciplinary team
- A strong command of the English language ist required
For further information please contact Patrick Fuhrmann at +49 40-8998-4474, patrick.fuhrmann@desy.de
Please submit your complete application documents (letter of motivation, CV and relevant certificates).
We look forward to receiving your application via our application portal:
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DESY promotes equal opportunities and diversity. The professional development of women is very important to us and therefore we strongly encourage women to apply for the vacant position. Applications from severely disabled persons will be given preference if they are equally qualified (sbv.desy.de).
You can find further information here:
https://www.desy.de/career/
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Personalabteilung
Notkestraße 85
22607 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 8998-3392
Deadline for applications: 25.03.2025
