NIC Science Manager

Supercomputers help us to find solutions to major social and scientific challenges. The Jülich Supercomputer Centre (JSC) operates one of the most advanced supercomputing infrastructures for scientific applications in Europe – including JUPITER, the first exascale supercomputer in Europe. Together with its partners, Deutschen Elektronensynchrotron (DESY, Hamburg), Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (GSI, Darmstadt) and Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Forschungszentrum Jülich operates the John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC). The NIC’s mission is to design, promote and apply innovative computing strategies for the scientific community in Germany and Europe. In addition to cutting-edge high-performance computing, the NIC’s core innovation and research areas include, artificial intelligence methods and data-driven modelling, energy-efficient technologies, and disruptive technologies such as quantum computing and neuromorphic computing.

The NIC offers computing resources of its partners to its user communities via an excellence-based and comparative peer-review process. To organize and carry out its tasks, a NIC Coordination Office is located at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Your Job

Join our team in the Coordination Office to manage computing time resources and projects. Your tasks include:

• Coordination of calls for computing time proposals and support for researches in the application and review process
• Organization of technical and scientific review processes, including assignment of reviewers and evaluation of reviews
• Drafting of proposals for the allocation of computing resources, in consultation with the chairs of the NIC Peer Review Board and the NIC Scientific Council
• Responsibility for the administrative and organizational management of the NIC committees' tasks
• Keeping track of project reports and performance indicators, such as project publications
• Presentation of results at collaboration meetings, workshops, and conferences, and preparation of reports
• Organization of NIC scientific events, such as the biennial NIC Symposium

Your Profile

• You have a Master’s degree in the field of natural science, engineering, or a related discipline and, ideally, a PhD
• You have a very good knowledge of the techniques and methods of computational sciences, ideally including AI
• You are familiar with the landscape of computational research in Germany, even outside your own area of expertise
• Knowledge and experience in the use of and scientific application programming for supercomputers is desirable
• Experience in science and/or project management is advantageous
• You have very good organizational skills with a scientific and service-oriented approach
• You have a self-motivated personality
• Very good command of written and spoken English with extensive vocabulary is required (at least B2 level according to the CEFR), ideally supported by a certificate confirming the language level. In addition, your very good German skills round off your profile, also ideally supported by a certificate.

You don’t need to check all the boxes above to apply to this position. Your scientific curiosity, self-motivation, and team-spirit are most important to us.

Our Benefits for You

We work on highly topical, socially relevant issues and offer you the opportunity to actively shape change! You can expect a wide range of opportunities:

• Meaningful tasks: The position offers a varied and diverse role in an international environment
• Work-life balance: Optimal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly company policy. The option of flexible working (in terms of location) is generally available after consultation and in line with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments
• Vacation: You will receive 30 days of vacation plus additional days off (e.g. between Christmas and New Year's)
• Flexibility: Flexible working time models, including options close to full-time, allow you to tailor your working hours to suit your individual needs
• Knowledge & further training: Your professional development is important to us – we provide targeted, individual support
• Campus experience: Our research campus in the countryside creates ideal conditions for collegial exchange and sporting activities right on site. Our cafeteria offers a wide range of options—you can enjoy a relaxing lunch break with a lake view
• Fair remuneration: Depending on your existing qualifications and the tasks assigned to you, you will be classified in pay grade 13 of the TVöD-Bund (Collective Agreement for the Public Service). All information on the TVöD-Bund collective agreement can be found on theBMI website. The monthly salaries in euros can be found on page 69 ff. of the PDF download
• Additional benefits: Benefit from attractive additional services such as a company pension scheme with employer contribution. In addition to the basic salary, there is an additional year-end bonus under the collective pay agreement amounting to 75%
• Perspective: The position is limited to 2 years with possible long-term prospects
• Support for international employees: Our International Advisory Service makes it easier for international employees to get started

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: https://go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

The following links provide further information on diversity and equal opportunities: https://go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options: https://go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey

Place of Employment:Jülich

Start Date: To the next possible date

Working Hours: 39 Hours / Week

Salary: Pay grade 13 of the TVöD-Bund

Application Deadline: 2026-06-28

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