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Jobs & Training

We employ scientists in chemistry, engineering, physics, materials science, and mathematical modelling as well as staff in administrative and technical positions.

Vacancies and PhD Positions

Most of our current vacancies and PhD positions are posted on the KIT jobs page. For details on our PhD positions you may contact Patricia Jaeger or Christine Fischer. Vacancies not posted on the KIT website are included below.

Bachelors or Masters Thesis

Because we are an institute within the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and have close connections to other universities (including Darmstadt, Münster, Ulm, Gießen, Basel, and Strasbourg), we can supervise bachelor's or master's theses. To apply, please contact our research unit chairs and research groups.

PhD position funded by Marie Curie action

The project concerns application of voltage-driven reversible electrochemistry (surface chemistry and ion-exchange) to control magnetism. The research involves nanomagnetism, material science and electrochemistry. Please apply via the linked EURAXESS website.

EURAXESS project description
Master Thesis: Battery Research and Hydrogen Storage Materials

Work on developing a new electrolyte suitable for cycling Li-ion batteries at high temperature.

Job details

Senior Project Manager (f/m/d) – Coordination, MaterialDigital Platform

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Job description

  • You will play an active and responsible role in the further development of the MaterialDigital platform as a national and European resource, documenting relevant use cases and designing exchange formats and governance guidelines to facilitate structured collaboration and data interaction.
  • As part of community engagement, you will plan, organize, and lead events such as workshops, community meetings, and conferences; support community building; and actively promote exchange between projects as well as knowledge transfer within national and international networks.
  • In the coordination office, you will take on responsibilities for coordinating the platform and the BMFTR-funded MaterialDigital projects. In doing so, you will support the connection of new projects to the platform and their integration into existing structures and working groups, foster synergies between projects, specialist groups and platform activities, and oversee coordination with internal platform work packages (e.g. use cases, workflows, ontologies, community interaction).
  • In support of the core working groups, you will undertake tasks relating to project management, reporting and documentation; organise the preparation for and follow-up of committee meetings; and, where required, assist in coordinating the representation of the head of the secretariat.
  • When communicating with project partners, stakeholders, and funding agencies, you will structure content for reports, presentations, and other communication formats, and actively contribute to the platform’s public image (website, materials, events).

Personal qualification

  • A completed academic degree (Master’s / Diplom (University)), preferably in Industrial Engineering, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a comparable field
  • Several years of project management experience, ideally in research or collaborative projects and in coordinating interdisciplinary teams and stakeholders from academia, industry, and funding agencies
  • Ideally: Experience in managing complex, cross-organizational projects as well as overseeing digitization or IT-related initiatives
  • Very good written and spoken German and English skills
  • Strong organizational and coordination skills, an independent and responsible work style, and the ability to make decisions
  • Strong teamwork and communication skills, as well as strategic thinking
  • Ability to independently take on coordination tasks, including those with strategic implications
  • Ideally: Experience in committee work and managing network or platform structures, ability to represent the office’s management
  • Desirable: Facilitation and mediation skills
  • Flexibility and adaptability
  • Willingness to travel domestically and abroad
  • Enjoyment of shaping platform processes and working in agile, interdisciplinary teams

 

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