PostDoc in deep learning (x/f/d/m) - Inklusiver Job

Overview

PostDoc in deep learning (x/f/d/m) - Inklusiver Job Alfred-Wegener-Institut – Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Bremen, DE

Background

With the project Deepcloud, we will leverage the machine-learning revolution to understand clouds and their role in the climate system. We aim to train a deep learning model on observations and physical models to represent cloud processes across scales from individual turbulent eddies to cloud systems spanning hundreds of kilometers. We will use this fully data-driven model to understand how clouds respond to and influence climate change.

Your Tasks

• Develop, train, and apply the Deepcloud model in collaboration with other team members
• Design the model and training pipeline, building on existing deep learning models in meteorology and climate science

Your Profile

• PhD in computational science, mathematics, physics, or a related subject
• Experience with machine-learning methods, ideally with deep-learning models and transformer architectures
• Basic knowledge in German (approximately CEFR level A1 / A2)
• Very good English knowledge (approximately CEFR level C1)

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Rigor in coding and scientific practice

Further Information

• Contact in day-to-day work: with up to 5 people
• Communication: almost equal share (internal/external) in the following ways
• By telephone: occasionally (several times a month)
• E-mail: frequently (daily or several times a week)
• Video conferencing (e.g., Webex): frequently (daily or several times a week)
• Personal contact in presence: occasionally (several times a month)
• Movement around the workplace: regularly within the building (e.g., between departments or floors)
• Business trips: rather infrequent (once or twice a year)
• Expeditions: do not occur

Please note that the general conditions listed serve as a guide and may vary depending on the specific area of application.

For further information on the specific position, please reach out to Prof Dr Felix Pithan ( ; ).

If you have any general questions about the application process, our Recruiting team will be glad to support you – please contact Elisabeth Wildt ( , ).

This overview provides further contact persons for various matters.

Position Details

This is a full-time position limited to August 31st, 2030. It is also suitable for part-time employment. The salary will be paid in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federation (Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes, TVöD Bund), up to salary level 13. The place of employment is Bremerhaven.

All postdocs will register with AWI's postdoc office PROCEED and gain access to a set of tailor-made career development tools.

AWI Values

• Our scientific success - excellent research
• Collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary
• Opportunities to develop – on the job and towards other positions
• An international environment – everyday contact with people from all over the world
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile working up to 50% of regular working hours
• Health promotion and company fitness with Hansefit and Wellhub
• Support services and a culture of reconciling work and family
• Occupational pension provision (VBL)

AWI values diversity and actively promotes gender parity, as well as an open, inclusive environment that provides equal opportunities. We welcome applications from qualified people regardless of binary and non-binary genders, race and nationality, ethnic and social background, religion, age, disabilities, neurodivergence, sexual orientation, and other identities. Applicants with disabilities will be given preference when equal qualifications are present.

AWI fosters work-family compatibility and offers support through our Family Office and International Office, including assistance before you start at AWI.

We look forward to your application! Please submit your application online only by February 19th, 2026. We kindly ask you to apply in English. No photo is required – we value your qualifications and experience. Please include the contact details of two people who can provide a reference.

Reference number: 26/8/D/Kli-b