Postdoctoral researcher (f/m/d)

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 onstate-of-the-art supercomputers.

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

Postdoctoral researcher (f/m/d)

Your Tasks

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

Your Qualification

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

Additional Information

The appointment is offered starting January, 2025 for three years initiallyand can be extended contingent on good progress, depending onavailability 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 ofscientific achievements, the names and contact information of three references, and atwo-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 apply.job.24296907@hokifyjob.com

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 are as where they are under represented 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 qualifiedindividuals.

Our Offer

• Comprehensive onboarding, professionaldevelopment and furthertraining opportunities
• Diverse and varied tasksin an international work environment
• Renumeration accordingto TVöDBund, based onqualifications andexperience, annualbonus and additional pension scheme (VBL)
• 30 days of vacation plus4 additional days off
• Full-time and part-timeemployment; flexible working time andpossibility of mobile work In-house cafeteria
• Collaboration with localbilingual Montessori childcare center
• Good connection bypublic transport
• Corporate healthmanagement