Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Business Development Rep

• Represent our technologies and services at trade fairs.
• Actively engage with potential customers and develop new business opportunities.
• Identify market and customer needs to adapt and refine our portfolio.
• Drive the acquisition and growth of research projects, with a focus on industry collaborations.
• Support the Head of the Institute in developing business strategies and partnerships.
• Produce marketing and advertising materials and manage external communications.

Business Development Manager – Advanced Microscopy, Drug Discovery

Engineer

• You will design and implement in hardware novel concepts in adaptive optics
• You will perform applied research on topics of practical interest to our group, such as AO for laser momentum transfer to combat the space debris problem
• Coherent beam combining and target-in-the-loop AO for high-power lasers
• Turbulence-resilient free-space optical communications systems
• Real-time control
• Wavefront sensors based on deep learning
• Development and construction of new wavefront sensors
• You will write reports (in German) and publications (in English)

Optical Engineer – Adaptive Optics

Product Marketing

• Responsibility for planning and implementing complex projects in a GMP environment
• Projects with a focus on the downstream processing of biopharmaceutical products — from internal coordination through project management, material and order planning to communication with external partners
• Designing and supporting the introduction of new downstream processes
• Providing technical supervision and guidance for technical staff
• Preparing the necessary technical documentation in accordance with GMP standards

Bioprocess Engineer, GMP Biopharmaceuticals – Downstream Processing

Security Engineer

• Update course materials thematically or create new materials on predefined topics: presentation slides, screencast videos, WBTs (web-based trainings)
• Research technical developments and academic findings
• Develop practical computer exercises (PC exercises): design the exercises; then assemble tools, exercise data and scripts (e.g., Bash, Python); write exercise sheets and model solutions; conduct user tests
• Compile new forensic datasets: research existing sources or generate images, videos and text corpora
• Optimize existing course materials for clarity, (corporate) design and readability
• Test in-house and external forensic tools
• Optional: implement compact GUIs for CLI tools used in the PC exercises
• Administer our VMs and GPU servers and co-supervise the PC exercises during courses

Student Assistant – Continuing Education Courses in IT Forensics, AI Security

• Responsibility for planning and implementing complex projects within a GMP environment
• Projects focused on the upstream processing of biopharmaceutical products — from internal coordination and project management, through material and procurement planning, to communication with external partners
• Design and support of the introduction of new upstream processes and further development of manufacturing workflows
• Preparation of the necessary technical documentation according to GMP standards and ensuring traceability and quality of all process steps
• Close collaboration with the team’s downstream and fill‑finish engineers on larger cross‑functional projects

Bioprocess Engineer – GMP Biopharmaceuticals, Upstream Processing

Artificial Intelligence

• Designing, conducting and facilitating complex decision-making, strategy and innovation workshops with executives and business units to identify and implement GenAI initiatives.
• Systematically identifying, evaluating and prioritizing AI use potentials across business processes with a focus on measurable business impact, scalability and sustainability.
• Translating business requirements into actionable AI solution designs, technical target architectures, prioritized use cases and concrete implementation roadmaps.
• Managing and coordinating internal and, where applicable, cross-departmental projects.
• Designing and developing AI prototypes to quickly test use cases, clarify requirements and provide sound decision bases for scaling and investment.
• Managing and executing AI initiatives across the full lifecycle — from initial idea through proof of concept, MVP and pilot to production rollout.
• Actively building and continuously developing the innovation management function within the Directorate "AI & Innovation", including defining and implementing processes, standards and governance structures.

Senior AI Consultant

Software Engineer

• Development of simulations and 3D visualizations
• Implementation of algorithms to perform computations on 3D data
• Creation of 3D visualizations of computational results
• Application of computer graphics methods
• Integration of data from geographic information systems (GIS)
• Close collaboration with scientists and engineers on software development for research projects

Dual Study Program — Computer Science, Software Development, Simulations, 3D Visualizations

Designer

• You will support us in presenting Fraunhofer IOSB-AST with a fresh look — modern, professional, and visually appealing.
• One focus of your work will be revising the institute's website.
• In addition, you will design a wide range of visual content such as white papers, product sheets, and LinkedIn posts.
• By creating images, graphics, and motion content, you will ensure that our topics are presented consistently and in the best possible light across all areas.

Student Assistant – Graphic Design

Full-stack Engineer

• You will, according to defined guidelines, take responsibility for the installation, administration and securing of our Linux systems — with a particular focus on Ubuntu Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux — and ensure stable, secure operation.
• You will implement and maintain scripts based on predefined concepts to efficiently automate tasks in the server environment.
• You will reliably integrate Linux systems into our Windows Active Directory environment, ensuring smooth cooperation across heterogeneous infrastructures.
• You will ensure the provisioning and maintenance of containers for our software developers.
• You will support the evaluation of container solutions in coordination with monitoring, microservices and the middleware layer.

Linux and Storage Administrator (all genders)

• Installation, administration and hardening of Linux systems, in particular Ubuntu Server and RHEL
• Development and design of automation strategies and definition of standards
• Design and planning of the integration architecture and implementation of security and operational aspects
• Ensuring stable, modern containers for software developers, including maintenance and further development
• Coordination of the container landscape as an overall system

Linux and Storage Manager – all genders

Translator

• Design, implementation, and evaluation of a modular system architecture for anomaly localization in compressed air systems based on Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs)
• Structure sensor data acquisition, preprocessing, and modeling in a clear and reproducible way
• Explicitly incorporate physical system knowledge
• Integrate multiple modeling approaches (baseline and PINN-based methods)
• Enable robust and generalizable localization of anomalies

Architecture for Anomaly Localization: Concept and Implementation

Controller

• Develop innovative control concepts
• Implement FPGA designs
• Advance research projects
• Communicate scientific results
• Mentor and support early-career researchers

Research Associate (FPGA & Microcontroller Development)

• FPGA development: Design, implementation, and verification of FPGA designs, including simulation and analysis.
• Experimental work: Conducting experimental investigations to characterize and optimize systems.
• Control implementation: Implementing and adapting control algorithms on microcontrollers or FPGAs.
• System collaboration: Working closely with interdisciplinary project teams to ensure system-level understanding.

FPGA and Microcontroller Development Engineer

Procurement

• Lead a motivated and competent team of 8 employees
• Coordinate staffing and task planning
• Provide guidance on procurement matters
• Ensure compliance with public procurement law and Fraunhofer guidelines
• Negotiate with suppliers
• Draft and oversee contracts
• Drive the development of the department

Head of Procurement – all genders

Research Scientist

• You lead industry and third-party projects with a focus on GaN power devices and semiconductor membranes.
• You also contribute to project acquisition.
• You competently coordinate and execute subprojects or work packages within projects — for example in component design, fabrication, and characterization.
• You document your results and communicate them internally as well as in external publications, and exploit them in patents.