Research Assistant (f/m/d) - "Real-time AI on embedded processors”
Full Time
Organizational unit
Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik (ETP)
Job description
The Joint Real-Time Reconstruction AI Team of the Institute of Experimental Particle Physics (ETP) and the Institute for Information Processing Technology (ITIV) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) invites applications for postdoctoral positions in real-time track reconstruction and the deployment of machine learning algorithms on embedded processors.
As part of the ErUM-Data DEEP consortium (erumdata-deep.de ), you will prototype real-time Graph Neural Network algorithms for the Belle II tracking detectors, implement them on heterogeneous hardware including AMD Versal SoCs and Coarse Grain Reconfigurable Architecture AI cores, and contribute to a common transpiler toolchain based on ONNX and MLIR. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to spend part of their time working on accelerated ML applications on GPUs or other hardware, or the Belle II physics program.
Starting date
as soon as possible
Personal qualification
Your profile:
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Particle Physics, or a related field preferred
- Experience in applying machine learning beyond basic data analysis
- Experience with HDL languages (VHDL/Verilog), FPGA toolchains (Vivado), PCIe/AXI interfaces, and hardware-software co-design
- Excellent English communication and presentation skills, and publication record
- Experience supervising undergraduate students
- Experience documenting project progress
- Willingness and ability to travel as required, including to Japan
This is what we offer
Become a member of staff of the only German University of Excellence that conducts largescale research on the national level. Work under excellent working conditions in an international environment and be active in research and academic education for our future. Benefit from specific training when starting your job and from a wide range of further qualification offers. Use our flexible working time models (flexitime, work from home), our sports and leisure offers, as well as our child and holiday care services. We also pay a share of EUR 25/month in the Job Ticket Baden-Württemberg. Enjoy a large variety of dishes, snacks, and beverages at our canteens.
Salary
Salary category 13 TV-L, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.
Contract duration
until October 31, 2028
Application up to
December 19, 2025
Application documents, combined into one pdf:
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae (CV)
- List of up to ten publications (with contribution statements for multi-author papers)
- Names and contact details of two referees, one of which must not be from your current institute (reference letters will be requested by us for shortlisted candidates)
Contact person in line-management
For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Torben Ferber.
Please apply online using the button below for this vacancy number 1326/2025.
Vacancy number: 1326/2025
We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore we kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job. Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are equally qualified.Contact
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