TRR404 Vacancies

xx Research Associate / PhD student positions and x Postdoc positions (m/f/x) are to be filled starting from 1 April 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. All positions are initially fixed term (36 months). The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz-WissZeitVG). Subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L/TVÖD. The working time is 75 % or 100 % of the full-time weekly hours, depending on position and institution. All positions aim at obtaining further academic qualification (usually PhD / habilitation thesis).

The TRR404 is a Collaborative Research Center/Transregio between TUD Dresden University of Technology and Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen). It 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, and Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB).

The initial funding phase is from April 2025 until December 2028.

What you can expect from us: 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 when possible. As a doctoral student you will be integrated in the TRR’s Graduate School. It will offer tailored educational programs and individual supervision agreements.

What we expect from you:

• 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

The TRR404 strives to attract more women to microelectronics research. We therefore expressly encourage women to apply. 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.

Your application should include: 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. Applications are reviewed as they are received and remain open until positions are filled. Please submit your application stating the respective position to the respective institution as described on the vacancy website.