Our Offer

Comprehensive onboarding, professional development and further training opportunities

Diverse and varied tasks in an international workenvironment

Renumeration according to TVöDBund, based on qualifications and experience, annual bonus and additional pension scheme (VBL)

30 days of vacation plus 4 additional days off

Full-time and part-time employment; flexible working time and possibility of mobile work

In-house cafeteria

Collaboration with local bilingual Montessori child care center

Good connection by public transport

Corporate health management

The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Göttingen is one of the world's leading research institutions in the field of solar physics and planetary research with around 300 employees. The interdisciplinary research focus is the investigation of the development, diversity and dynamics of planets, moons, small bodies, the sun and solar-like stars. The MPS develops and operates scientific instruments for current and future space missions (e.g. ESA, NASA), and carries out cosmochemical laboratory investigations of meteorites as well as numerical modeling on state-of-the-art supercomputers.

The Planetary Department at MPS invites applications for the position of a

Postdoctoral researcher (f/m/d) for JUICE

Your Tasks

The candidate will work on a general circulation model of Jupiter’s stratosphere within the framework of the science operations of the Submillimetre Wavelength Instrument (SWI) onboard ESA's JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer (JUICE).

Your Qualification

Candidates must hold a PhD within the field of planetary science or related fields, have experience in dynamical modeling of planetary atmospheres with preference of Jupiter’s middle and upper atmosphere, have experience in parallelization of numerical codes including applications in GPUs (CUDA/OpenCL), and coding experience in Fortran, Phython, or C/C++ under Linux environment. A good publication record and good command of spoken and written English is required.

Additional Information

The appointment is offered starting January, 2025 for three years initially and can be extended contingent on good progress, depending on availability of funding, and taking into account potential restrictions from labor legislation. Remuneration is according to TVöD-Bund E13.

Applications should include a CV, a list of publications, a one-page summary of scientific achievements, the names and contact information of three references, and a two-page research plan. Please submit your application until September 30, 2024 as a single pdf via the digital application portal (https://www.mps.mpg.de/career/jobs). If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Paul Hartogh (hartogh@mps.mpg.de).

The Max Planck Society endeavours to achieve gender equality and diversity. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals