Research Associate (m/f/x)

The TRR404 "Next Generation Electronics With Active Devices in Three Dimensions [Active-3D]" is a Collaborative Research Center/Transregio between TUD Dresden University of Technology and Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen) funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The TRR aims at exploring a completely new approach for microelectronics technology and therefore teams up materialists, electrical engineers, and computer scientists of TUD, RWTH Aachen and Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mikro- und Optoelektronik mbH (AMO) in Aachen, Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics Halle (MPI-MSP), Nanoelectronic Materials Laboratory gGmbH (NaMLab) in Dresden, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB). For the initial funding phase (April 2025 – December 2028), the TRR404 offers several PhD and Postdoc positions with starting dates from April 1, 2025 onwards. All vacancies can be found here: . For TUD diversity is an essential feature and a quality criterion of an excellent university. Accordingly, we welcome all applicants who would like to commit themselves, their achievements and productivity to the success of the whole institution.

At TUD the TRR404 offers, subject to the availability of resources, a full-time position as

Research Associate (m/f/x)(subject to personal qualification, employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L)

starting January 1, 2027. The position is limited to 24 months with the option of extension subject to further projects. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - WissZeitVG). The position offers the chance to obtain further academic qualification. Balancing family and career is an important issue. The position is generally suitable for candidates seeking part-time employment. Please indicate your request in your application.

Position#5: TRR404-TUD-B06

Project: B06 System Models, Architectures, and Application Mapping Tools

Project Leader: Prof. Jeronimo Castrillon (Chair of Compiler Construction)

Tasks: The PhD student will be mostly in charge of modeling operations of emerging computing architectures, designing compiler abstractions, and working towards a programming framework for the 3D systems.

Requirements:

• excellent university degree (Master/ diploma or equivalent) in computer science, mathematics, electrical engineering or a relevant area
• sound knowledge in C/C++ software development, experience in compilers (LLVM, MLIR) and automatic code optimization, knowledgeable in computer architecture
• above-average degree achieved in short study period
• willingness and ability to think beyond the boundaries of your field, to act in an international and diverse environment and to live an open and constructive communication
• strong analytic and problem-solving skills, creativity
• an independent, target- and solution-driven work attitude
• fluency in English, knowledge of German would be a plus

We offer: A varied and challenging research task, embedded in a friendly, inclusive and supportive team of the TRR’s Principal Investigators (i.e., project leaders and supervisors). We maintain an open and cooperative work attitude with maximum personal responsibility, mutual support with a solution-oriented approach, and flexible working hours where possible. As a PhD student you will be integrated in the TRR’s Graduate School as well as becoming a member of the TUD’ Graduate Academy. Both will offer tailored educational programs and individual supervision agreements.

In addition, TUD offers:

• employment in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement for the public service of the Länder (TV-L)
• an individual assignment of the collective agreement experience level taking into account your previous professional experience
• 30 days annual vacation (based on a 5-day workweek) and annual bonus payment (restrictions apply)
• additional pension scheme (VBL)
• very good accessibility by public transport
• car parking facilities
• state-of-the-art buildings with labs equipped to a high technical standard
• a wide range of offers for health promotion and for the compatibility of family and career
• numerous opportunities for further training, including language courses, IT courses and other courses

TUD strives to employ more women in academia and research. We therefore expressly encourage women to apply. The university is a family-friendly university. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. If multiple candidates prove to be equally qualified, those with disabilities or with equivalent status pursuant to the German Social Code IX (SGB IX) will receive priority for employment.

Application: Please submit your detailed application with the usual documents including a motivation letter, CV, copy of degree certificate, transcript of grades (i.e., the official list of coursework including your grades) and proof of English language skills, by October 30, 2026 (stamped arrival date of the university central mail service or the time stamp on the email server of TUD applies), preferably via the TUD SecureMail Portal by sending it as a single pdf file quoting the reference number TRR404-TUD-B06 in the subject header to [email protected] or to:

TU Dresden, Chair of Compiler Construction, Prof. Jerónimo Castrillón, Helmholtzstr. 10, 01069 Dresden, Germany.

Please submit copies only, as your application will not be returned to you. Expenses incurred in attending interviews cannot be reimbursed.

Reference to data protection: Your data protection rights, the purpose for which your data will be processed, as well as further information about data protection is available to you on the website: .

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TU Dresden

Excellence – A matter close to our hearts

Excellence? Elitism? Opportunity or risk? The Excellence Programme, initially launched in 2005 by the German government has aroused passionate debate right from the start and still has the potential to polarise opinion.

TU Dresden (TUD) looks at it this way: excellence is all about performance and having the right attitude. For everyone here at TU Dresden – one of eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany since 2012 – it is also a matter very close to our hearts. Firstly because of the extra motivation and impetus generated, and secondly, because of the way we handle this role.

Our vision for the future can be summed up as follows: “Let us become one of the leading centres for research and teaching, with our own individual character and a special talent for networking, able to attract the best minds in Germany and from further afield.” After all, it is a well-known fact that excellence in research and teaching presupposes excellent conditions. Or, to put it figuratively, for excellent crop yields, you need the right soil and weather.

TU Dresden is a comprehensive university with 18 faculties and works in close collaboration with its top performers: three Clusters of Excellence, including the “Centre for Tactile Internet” (CeTI) , the Cluster “Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter” (ct.qmat) and the Cluster “Physics of Life” (PoL) . The guiding principle here is that strong individual elements become even stronger when they work together.

The vision for the future takes this principle beyond the confines of the university: with the research network DRESDEN-concept ( D resden R esearch and E ducation S ynergies for the D evelopment of E xcellence and N ovelty), TU Dresden has been creating an alliance of research and cultural facilities in the city, an “excellent playground for excellent people”. This bond is unique in Germany and has evolved over many years. It is not necessary to create anything new here, as it is simply a matter of building further storeys on top of an already solid structure. The measures envisaged as part of the DRESDEN-concept contribute to the overall development of TU Dresden and form an integral part of the university strategy.

Excellence is understood and practised in Dresden as an opportunity for the entire university, and in this spirit, TU Dresden takes those measures that lead to excellence – by the university, for the university – in cooperation with colleagues here and all over the world. But at the same time neither elitist nor exclusive. TUD’s excellence comes from the heart – from and for our about 32,400 students, 600 professors and about 8,400 members of staff. In this way, excellence becomes the basis, the objective, the approach and the driving force. And that’s why being a top performer can also be so rewarding and enjoyable.

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