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At SCC you work in an innovative organisation with an excellent reputation; an organisation in the middle of international technological developments that helps accellerating science. If you wish to set ambitious goals, find freedom and flexibility in your work and continue to develop your personal strengths, then a job at SCC is just the thing for you. We are always happy to receive your application, even if currently no vacancies are listed, a job opening for researchers, administrators, scientific supporters is always around the corner.

Are you interested in working with us? Then send your speculative application to: personal∂scc.kit.edu

Students interested in working as a research assistant or looking for a topic for their master or bachelor thesis are also welcome. Theses can be supervised primarily in computer science or mathematics, but we also have good contacts to other KIT faculties.

SCC

The Scientific Computing Center (SCC) is the Information Technology Centre of KIT. We work in a wide variety of projects with universities, research institutions and companies, both nationally and internationally. Topics range from the analysis of large scale data to data-intensive computing and cloud computing to parallel and numerical methods. We develop and operate innovative IT services as well as large research facilities.

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Jobs at SCC

Specialist in life cycle analysis of data center infrastructures (m/f/d)

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Job description

As part of the project “Breathing Data Center – Life Cycle Analysis for Data Center Infrastructures,” a comprehensive approach to the ecological, economic, and social evaluation of data center infrastructures is being developed. The aim is to apply suitable life cycle assessment (LCA) methods to existing and planned HPC and big data storage systems, develop a digital twin, and derive measures for decarbonization and efficiency improvement in the context of the KIT sustainability strategy. The project “District Data Center”, which is being carried out in parallel during the same period, is supported in an advisory capacity with a particular focus on ecological aspects.

Personal qualification

Job requirements:

  • Completed university degree (master's or equivalent) or doctorate in environmental sciences, computer science, engineering, or related fields
  • In-depth knowledge of life cycle assessment (ISO 14040/44 compliant)
  • Technical understanding of IT infrastructures and data centers
  • Experience in project management and interdisciplinary communication
  • Ability to communicate complex technical content in an understandable way
  • Interest in sustainability, digitalization, and cross-disciplinary research
  • Very good German and English skills

 

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Offers for students

Doctoral theses, final theses, master's theses and bachelor's theses

  1. The Data Analytics, Access and Applications (D3A) department offers master's and bachelor's theses
  2. The Data Exploitation Methods (DEM) department offers graduate and doctoral theses
  3. The research group Methods for Big Data(MBD) offers master theses
  4. The Scientific Computing & Mathematics(SCM) department offers master's and bachelor's theses
  5. The Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) research group offers master's and bachelor's theses

Mentoring program for female STEM students

The new mentoring program Warp4IT "Women as research peers for Information Technology" aims to give female STEM students an insight into the working life of female scientists through project work.
female scientists through project work. Further information: Women's Network

Student assistants wanted

  1. Offers in the department Data Analytics, Access and Applications(D3A)
  2. Offers of the research group Methods for Big Data (MBD)
  3. Offers in the department Networks and Telecommunications
  4. Offers in the department Scientific Computing & Simulation