Scientific Assistant (f/m/d) Junior Helmholtz.AI Consultant - #2657588

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 Department of Information Services and Computing is the service, consultation and coordination centre for the Information Infrastructure of the HZDR.

The Group of Artificial Intelligence is looking for a Scientific Assistant (f/m/d) Junior Helmholtz.AI Consultant.

Your tasks

• Design, Test, Training, Evaluation/Benchmarking and Use
  
  
  
  • of computer vision-based AI systems
  
  
  • of tabular-data based AI systems
  
  


• Presentation and Communication of Results at international conferences and in peer-reviewed journals


• Developing Methods for Explaining AI-Based Predictions

Your profile

• Completed university studies (Bachelor/Master/Diploma) in Computer Sciences, in the field of Natural Sciences, or related fields


• Experience and knowledge
  
  
  
  • in supervised learning computer vision architectures (Unet, StarDist, Cellpose, CPN, nnUnet, SAM, Dino, Yolo)
  
  
  • in machine learning benchmarking and evaluation metrics
  
  
  • in tabular machine learning (scikit-learn, xgboost)
  
  
  • in reproducible scientific programming and data science
  
  
  • in FAIR data management
  
  
  • in use of HPC resources
  
  
  • with methods of explainability of computer vision models
  
  


• A self-organized, creative approach to work, as well as a communicative, tolerant, and resilient personality with a strong sense of curiosity


• Fluent English proficiency, German proficiency considered beneficial

Our offer

• A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment


• Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities


• 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)


• Depending on the personal qualifications, the candidate may be classified in salary group 13 according to TVöD-Bund


• 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"

We look forward to receiving your application documents (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.), which you can submit via our online-application-system.

Organization unit:

Information Services and Computing

Place of work/ Working hours:

Dresden-Rossendorf

Full time or part time (at least 25 h/week)

Hire date:

1 November 2026

Limitation:

24 months

For any questions, do not hesitate to ask:

Dr. Peter Steinbach Tel.: +49 351 260 3844

Deadline:

28 August 2026

Job-Id: 2026/97 (2270)

At HZDR, we promote and value diversity among our employees. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds regardless of gender, ethnic and social origin, belief, disability, age, and sexual orientation. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability.

Helmholtz-Zentrum

Dresden-Rossendorf

Bautzner Landstraße 400

01328 Dresden