Research Assistant (f/m/d) - "Real-time AI on embedded processors”

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.

Persönliche Qualifikation

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

Organisationseinheit

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.

Job type/category

• Fixed-term position

Favored career stage

• Job experience > 2 years

Location/region

• Karlsruhe city, Karlsruhe region

Sector

• Other

Language at workplace

• German

Type of company

• Scientific institution