Research Assistants (f/m/d) Universität Paderborn

Paderborn University is a high-performance and internationally oriented university. Within interdisciplinary teams, we undertake forward-looking research, design innovative teaching concepts and actively transfer knowledge into society. As an important research and cooperation partner, the university also shapes regional development strategies. We offer our employees in research, teaching, technology and administration a lively, family-friendly and equal opportunity environment, a lean management structure and diverse opportunities. Join us to invent the future!

In the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics the following two positions are to be filled as soon as possible

Research Assistants (f/m/d)
(Salary level according to 13 TV-L)

with 100 % of the regular working hours. These are qualification positions within the meaning of the German Act on Fixed-Term Research Employment Contracts for Academic Staff (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz “WissZeitVG”), which serve to promote a Ph.D. or to support an academic career during the postdoctoral phase. The positions are, depending on the qualification achieved to date, initially limited for a period of three years. An extension may be possible within the time limits of the “WissZeitVG”.

Duties and responsibilities:

The two positions are based in the research group Numerical Mathematics, which develops resource-efficient numerical methods for scientific computing and machine learning. A particular focus of the group is on dynamical low-rank approximation, including its numerical analysis and efficient implementation. The main duties and responsibilities include:

• Teaching duties usually amounting to 4 teaching hours (SWS) per week
• Supervision of student work
• Development, analysis, and implementation of numerical methods for simulation and machine learning

Recruitment requirements:

• Scientific university degree (Master or equivalent) in mathematics or related fields
• Completed Ph.D. for a postdoctoral position
• Scientific expertise in applied Mathematics, in particular in numerical analysis and scientific computing
• Analytical thinking skills, teamwork and enthusiasm, independent work
• Programming knowledge in MATLAB or a comparable programming language is advantageous
• Good language skills in English

We offer:

• Flexible working hours and the individual option of mobile working
• Wide range of health, counseling and prevention services
• Attractive fringe benefits such as childcare facilities and sports activities
• Opportunities for internal and external training and development
• Additional benefits in accordance with the collective agreement of the federal states (TV-L), such as annual bonuses and capital-forming benefits as well as the VBL supplementary pension scheme

Applications from women are particularly welcome and, in case of equal qualifications and experiences, will receive preferential treatment according to state law (LGG), unless there are preponderant reasons to give preference to another applicant. Part-time employment is generally possible. Applications from disabled people with appropriate suitability are explicitly welcome. This also applies to people with equal opportunities in accordance with the German social law SGB IX.

Please send your application documents (preferably in a single pdf file) using the Ref. No. 7456 until December 20th, 2026 to jonas.kusch@uni-paderborn.de.

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Prof. Dr. Jonas Kusch
Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100
33098 Paderborn