PhD Student (f/m/d) for HPC/GPU Computing

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.

Responsibilities

• Research in GPU programming and highly parallel programming for HPC and Scientific Computing
• Active contribution to Open Source Scientific Community codes
• Working with application field scientists from various fields and different levels of IT background and their ambitious HPC codes
• Own research focus and Ph.D. topic related to GPU programming such as:
  • Parallel programming models or programming abstraction
  • Parallel algorithms
  • Performance/scalability analysis and optimization
  • Exploration of AI assisted programming for parallel processing or GPUs
• Publishing results in academic and peer‑reviewed journals with own research focus topics and in collaboration with application field scientists; presenting results at scientific meetings

Qualifications

• Completed university studies (Master/Diploma) in one of the fields of Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or a related field with a strong computational science focus
• Experience in numerical algorithms is a plus
• Practical experience and proven contributions (scientific publications or software development) are a plus
• Experience with libraries for scientific computing, parallel computing and GPU computing are a plus
• Strong motivation to work in a collaborative and international environment
• Excellent programming skills in at least one of C/C++, Fortran, or Julia; more are a plus
• Experience in parallel programming with at least one of CUDA/HIP, Alpaka or Kokkos, MPI, OpenMP, HPX, or similar
• Experience with development tools and build systems, git and collaborative development, debugging and profiling tools
• Experience with Linux and on the command line; working in HPC environments
• Excellent communication skills in English and in a professional context; German language skills are a plus

Offers

• A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
• Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
• A structured PhD program with a comprehensive range of continuing education and networking opportunities – more information about the PhD program at the HZDR can be found here
• 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)
• 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"