Career

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We are an interdisciplinary and international team of brain researchers, physicists, computer scientists, technicians, management and communications professionals. We collaborate with a broad network of research groups from all over the world and participate in several large-scale international projects.

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Laboratory Technician

“The collegial environment, the respectful treatment of each other and the Forschungszentrum as a whole is excellent.”

Kirsten Garus

Engineer

“The mixture of permanent personnel and students in our group keeps this place of work always interesting and exciting.”

Philipp Schlömer

Doctoral Researcher

“My colleagues are always really supportive, making the working atmosphere very pleasant.”

Anika Kuckertz

First hand impressions

Find out more about the different types of positions offered in our group from first-hand job reports by our team members.

Job report: Laboratory Technician

Kirsten Garus is biology laboratory technician and permanent deputy of the laboratory management in the group Architecture and Brain Function at INM-1 of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Find out what she does on a daily basis in her job report.

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Job report: Engineer

Philipp Schlömer is an engineer in the Fiber Architecture group at INM-1 of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Read more about his role in his job report.

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Job report: Doctoral Researcher

Anika Kuckertz is a doctoral researcher in the group Architecture and Brain Function at INM-1 of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Find out what her everyday work looks like in her job report.

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Researchers working in laboratory

Career & Oportunities

Multidisciplinary team

We are an international and multidisciplinary team carrying out cutting-edge research at the interface of neuroscience and technology.

Our team includes neuroscientist, physicist, computer scientist, engineers, biological laboratory technicians, IT professionals, research managers, communication officers, administrators, trainees, interns, undergraduate (B.Sc.), postgraduate (M.Sc.) and doctoral (Dr.rer.nat., Dr.rer.medic., Dr.rer.med.) students.

Open Positions

We regularly offer positions at all career stages in our institutes in Jülich and Düsseldorf, and are always looking for motivated and self-driven candidates. Please find current vacancies below. We also welcome unsolicited applications.

Researcher working with brain tissue

Current vacancies

There are currently no open positions
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Vacancies will be published here as they become available.

Applications

Please apply to advertised jobs via the linked application platforms. You are also welcome to send us an unsolicited application. Please contact anna.stoessel@uni-duesseldorf.de or j.hucko@fz-juelich.de.

To find more information on how to apply to the Max Planck School of Cognition, a joint graduate programme of German universities and Research institutions, please refer to https://cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en. Application cycles usually start in autumn each year (from 1st of September until December 1st) and open the possibility to work at our teams in Düsseldorf or Jülich.