Research Scientist Geoinformatics & Geoanalytics 1 1 in Freiburg bei High Speed Dynamics Ernst Mach Institut

The Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI offers you challenging and varied tasks with responsibility and creative flexibility. We conduct research on behalf of our customers from a wide range of economic and political sectors and apply the latest findings from science and research to concrete projects. The applications are in the fields of defence, security and resilience, automotive, aerospace and aviation.

In space exploration, we shape the future with unique research services for the safety of space systems, develop innovative scientific instruments for Earth observation, and build small satellites for technology demonstrations.
Recently, we have expanded our space research to the field of “Geoanalytics”.

For our location in Freiburg we are looking for you to strengthen our “System Solution” department in the area of “Geoanalytics”.

What you will do

Building the future

In our geoanalytics group, we conduct research in the field of information extraction from satellite-based Earth observation imagery. We develop novel methods for the acquisition, processing, fusion, analysis, and visualization of own data from EMI nanosatellite and commercial Earth observation data. You will support us in developing innovative solutions for applications based on Earth observation data.

Use creativity and research flexibility

With your expertise and creative ideas, you will design and develop applications with modern graphical user interfaces, integrating and visualizing sensor and geospatial data. You will create APIs and geospatial data analysis tools and will be responsible for project acquisition and management.

Take responsibility

With your results, you make an important and forward-looking contribution to solving societal and ecological challenges, improving decision-making processes, and actively shaping the future of space exploration.

Convey your message

Creativity requires communication: you are an active part of our scientific discourse. You coordinate research work both internally and externally with international project partners and present your research results in the form of reports and publications to our customers/partners and at events in the national and international context.

What you bring along

• You have completed a university degree (Master/Diploma) in Computer Science, Geoinformatics, Physics, Data Science, or a related field of study, supplemented by a PhD.
• Proven experience in the development of software products, especially for spatial-temporal prediction problems, with a focus on Python. Experience in creating and deploying REST APIs using Python web frameworks.
• Proficient in CI/CD tools and relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Postgres). Additional experience in UX/UI development for web applications, as well as in remote sensing, statistics, big data analytics, data/ML engineering, or geoscience, would be advantageous.
• With your independent, communicative, and structured approach to work, you will enrich the interdisciplinary teamwork in our department.
• German and English language skills at least at B2 level in both written and spoken forms complete your profile.

What you can expect

• We are an innovative research institute with diverse topics, a high level of practical relevance and plenty of scope for your creativity and initiative.
• We are a young, engaged and dynamic team with exciting research questions at the cutting edge and also offer you the opportunity to help shape the strategic development of R&D topics.
• Here you will be part of a highly motivated team, in an open and collegial working environment equipped with an excellent IT infrastructure.
• We offer you professional and personal development prospects as well as Fraunhofer internal support programmes.
• Your work-life integration is important to us, which is why we offer flexible working time models and up to 50% mobile working from home, as well as support services to help you balance family and career.
• Our offer is complemented by our company pension scheme (VBL) and annual pro-rata Christmas bonus.
• Furthermore, you benefit from our additional benefits: job ticket, flexitime, overtime compensation, places at the "Junikäfer" day care centre in Freiburg, life coaching, homecare-eldercare.

The weekly working time is 39 hours. This position is also available on a part-time basis. We value a