Jülich PhD and Postdoc Positions: Updated Funding & Roles

Apply for Jülich PhD and Postdoc Position. ✅ TVöD salaries from 33,000 SEK equivalent. ❌ Highly specialized entry requirements. Start your career in Germany!

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) is a world-leader in addressing the “Grand Challenges” of the 21st century. Based near the border triangle of Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, it provides a unique ecosystem where over 7,700 employees work on the digital transformation, climate protection, and the sustainable circular economy.

Why Choose Jülich for Your Research?

  • World-Class Infrastructure: Researchers have access to JUPITER, the first European exascale supercomputer, and the Ernst Ruska-Centre for world-leading electron microscopy.
  • Excellent Remuneration: Like other German public institutions, PhDs and Postdocs are employed under the TVöD-Bund agreement. For 2026, PhD positions are typically funded at 75% of pay group E13, offering a highly competitive living standard.
  • Strategic Priority Areas: FZJ is a global hub for Neuromorphic Computing, Quantum Technologies, and Sustainable Hydrogen Storage (Sweet-LOHC).

Below, you will find the latest verified academic vacancies at Forschungszentrum Jülich. These links are updated directly from the official Helmholtz and Jülich career portals.

Jülich PhD and Postdoc Positions

2026-070

Information Engineer / Knowledge Graph Developer

IAS-9

julich-aachen

2026D-023

PhD position – Learning Tailored Iterative Algorithms for Accelerating AC Power Flow Computations (HDS-LEE graduate school)

ICE-1

Jülich (GER)

2026D-0382

PhD Position – Molecular mechanisms of vesicular glutamate transporters

IBI-1

Jülich (GER)

2026D-031

PhD Position – Multi-Scale Data-Driven Model of Synaptic Function and Resilience

IAS-6

Jülich (GER)

2026D-0389

PhD position – Immobilisation of radium (226Ra) and strontium (90Sr) by carbonate minerals

IFN-2

Jülich (GER)

2026T-0375

Team leader – operando characterization of catalytic interfaces for hydrogen storage

IHE-1

Brainergy Park Jülich (GER)

2026D-030

PhD position – Soil–Plant Interactions Modelling

IBG-3

Jülich (GER)

2026D-029

PhD Position – Drone-Based Remote Sensing and Agroecosystem Modeling

IBG-3

Jülich (GER)

2026D-0368

PhD Position – Role of Topology on Polymer Dynamics in Rings and Their Blends – Synthesis and Neutron Scattering Study

JCNS-1

Jülich (GER)

2026D-0364

PhD Position – Denoising Methods for Dual-Tracer PET Imaging

INM-4

Jülich (GER)

2026-059

IT-Specialist – Data & Development

ICE-2

Jülich (GER)

2026D-006

PhD Position – High-Temperature Electrolysis – from stack design to operational optimization

IET-1

Jülich (GER)

2026D-028

PhD Position – Imaging subsurface flow path dynamics in high resolution using geophysical methods

IBG-3

Jülich (GER)

2026D-017

PhD Position – Techno-economic assessment of geothermal plants with material co-production in energy systems

ICE-2

Jülich (GER)

2026T-0330

Research Software Engineer

JSC

Jülich (GER)

2026-045

Software Engineer – Data & Simulation Platforms

ICE-1

Jülich (GER)

2026-048

Scientist / Postdoc – Biomechanical Enhancement and its social situatedness

INM-7

Jülich (GER)

2026-041

AI Specialist in an AI Factory

JSC

Jülich (GER)

2026-040

AI Researcher with Project Management Responsibilities

JSC

Jülich (GER)

2026D-024

Tasso Springer Fellowships – Six PhD Positions in Neutron Research

JCNS

Garching (München) (GER)

2026-044

Instrument Scientist / Postdoc for the Neutron Spectrometer PANDA

JCNS-4

Garching (München) (GER)

2025D-126

PhD Position – Simulations and machine learning applied to proteins

INM-9

Jülich (GER)

2026D-019

PhD position – Deciphering the action mechanism of fusogenic liposomes, an advanced drug delivery system

IBI-2

Jülich (GER)

2026D-022

PhD position – Deciphering the mechanical properties of bio membranes and developing a treatment strategy to improve those during ageing

IBI-2

Jülich (GER)

2025D-137

PhD-Position – Design and Operation of Local Energy Communities

ICE-1

Jülich (GER)

2026-003

Scientist / Postdoc – Smart Vision-Based Control of Microbial Arenas

IBG-1

Jülich (GER)

2026D-009

PhD Position – Hybrid electronic / photonic integrated neuromorphic computing systems for large-scale machine learning

PGI-14

Aachen (GER)

2026D-005

PhD position – Molecular simulation and machine-learning for predictive chromatography modeling with CADET – within the HDS-LEE graduate school

IBG-4

Jülich (GER)

2026D-004

PhD Position – Additive Manufacturing and Resource Strategies for the Energy Transition

ICE-2

Jülich (GER)

2026-007

Team Leader – Integrated Resource Assessment

ICE-2

Jülich (GER)

2025-268

Controls System Engineer

INW-1

Brainergy Park Jülich (GER)

2025-381

Postdoc / Research Software Engineer – Real-Time Live-Cell Image Analytics and Experimental Control

IBG-1

Jülich (GER)

2025D-180

PhD position – Co-regulation structures for large-scale single-cell transcriptomics – within the HDS-LEE graduate school

IBG-4

Jülich (GER)

2025D-179

PhD position – Probabilistic Metabolic Flux Analysis within the HDS-LEE graduate school

IBG-1

Jülich (GER)

2025D-140

PhD position – Analysis of Transformation Pathways for European Gas and Hydrogen Grids in Integrated Energy Systems

ICE-1

Jülich (GER)

2025D-123

PhD-Position – Development of scalable superconducting quantum systems

PGI-13

Jülich (GER)

2025D-097

PhD Position – Design and development of an in-house X-ray beamline for long term operando investigation of chemical hydrogen storage reactors

INW-1

Brainergy Park Jülich (GER)

2025-059

Postdoc – Neutron Spectroscopy for Energy Materials

JCNS-3

Jülich (GER)

2024-263

Postdoc in the domain of coherent spin shuttling for scaling semiconductor qubits

PGI-11

Jülich (GER)