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With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.

The Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS) is a German-Polish research center for data-intensive digital systems research.

The Department of Scientific Computing Core is looking for a

PhD Student (f/m/d) for HPC/GPU Computing

Tasks

  • Research in GPU programming and (highly) parallel programming for HPC and Scientific Computing
  • Active contribution to Open Source Scientific Community codes
  • Working with application field scientists from various fields and different levels of IT background and their ambitious HPC codes
  • Own research focus and Ph.D. topic related to GPU programming such as
    • Parallel programming models or programming abstraction
    • Parallel algorithms
    • Performance/scalability analysis and optimization or
    • Exploration of AI assisted programming for parallel processing or GPUs
  • Publishing results in academic and peer-reviewed journals with own research focus topics and in collaboration with application field scientists; presenting results at scientific meetings

Requirements

  • Completed university studies (Master/Diploma) in one of the fields of Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or a related field with a strong computational science focus
  • Experience in numerical algorithms is a plus
  • Practical experience and proven contributions (scientific publications or software development) are a plus
  • Experience with libraries for scientific computing, parallel computing and GPU computing are a plus
  • Strong motivation to work in a collaborative and international environment
  • Excellent programming skills in at least one of C/C++, Fortran, or Julia; more are a plus
  • Experience in parallel programming with at least one of CUDA/HIP, Alpaka or Kokkos, MPI, OpenMP, HPX, or similar
  • Experience with development tools and build systems, git and collaborative development, debugging and profiling tools
  • Experience with Linux and on the command line; working in HPC environments
  • Excellent communication skills in English and in a professional context; German language skills are a plus

What we offer

  • A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
  • Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
  • A structured PhD program with a comprehensive range of continuing education and networking opportunities - more information about the PhD program at the HZDR can be found here
  • Salary and social benefits in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD-Bund) including 30 days of paid holiday leave, company pension scheme (VBL)
  • We support a good work-life balance with the possibility of part-time employment, mobile working and flexible working hours
  • Numerous company health management offerings
  • Employee discounts with well-known providers via the platform Corporate Benefits
  • An employer subsidy for the "Deutschland-Ticket Jobticket"

How to apply

We look forward to receiving your application documents (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.), which you can submit via our online-application-system: https://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pNid=490&pLang=en&pOid=77515

Facts

Number of employees 1.500
Category PhD student
Location Germany, Saxony, Görlitz
Area of responsibility Academia and research, IT, Research (academic), Chemistry, Physics
Start date (earliest) 01.09.2026
Duration 3 years
Full/Part-time 75 %
Remuneration TVöD Bund
Remote work Partially possible
Working language and expected level
  • English ( Business fluent )
  • German ( Good command of the language )
Homepage https://www.hzdr.de
Career website https://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pNid=490&pLang=en&pOid=77515

Requirements

Qualification Master
Field of study Chemistry, Computer science, Mathematics, Physics

Apply

Application deadline 30.06.2026
Reference number 2026/52
Application documents
cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.
Online https://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pNid=490&pLang=en&pOid=77515