0Research Associate »in the field of optimization«
Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik ITWM | Germany | 67xxx Kaiserslautern | Permanent position | Full time | Published since: 29.05.2026 on stepstone.de

Research Associate »in the field of optimization«

Branch: Humanities Branch: Humanities


The Fraunhofer Society is one of the world's leading organisations for application-oriented research. 75 institutes develop groundbreaking technologies for our economy and society – more precisely: 32 000 people from technology, science, administration and IT. You know, who comes to Fraunhofer wants and can change something. For yourself, for us and the markets of today and tomorrow. Do you enjoy challenging mathematics and want to create real added value in practice? Do you want to get to know new technologies such as machine learning and AI? Do you want to talk about energy efficiency not only, but contribute to this in the real world? Are you looking for a team that models, simulates and finally optimizes real processes? Let's find you. The place is occupied in Kaiserslautern. "Mathematics for a Good Future" is the motto of our Fraunhofer Institute for Technology and Economic Mathematics ITWM. We are one of the largest mathematical research institutes in the world and see our job in developing mathematics as a key technology, giving innovative impulses and implementing it practically together with industry. The area of optimization at the Fraunhofer ITWM is a big team: we develop new applications and mathematical methods together. We regularly share our knowledge, knowledge and experience in forums and seminars. We work in agile project groups to develop innovative solutions for our industrial and research partners. We use modern IT concepts to make optimization and decision support go live with our partners. So we put mathematics into practice. We also have teamwork to publish scientific journals and project acquisitions. .

Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer

Working on modeling and optimization problems to increase resilience, efficiency and quality of real processes Design, implementation and benchmarking of algorithms Development of interactive human-machine interfaces Scientific work-up of findings and results

Academic degree in mathematics, physics or computer science Basic knowledge of a programming language such as Python, C/C++, Rust or C# Communication strength for independent and secure documentation and presentation of results in German and English Open and curious personality with rapid understanding and independent working and analytical skills

Close to practice through interesting and varied project work in innovative and agile teams Creative work on current scientific questions Possibility to make visible contributions to industry and society Linking to modern research questions including in the field of machine learning and AI Working with various software components

Location

ava Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik ITWM
67663  Kaiserslautern
Germany

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