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• Physics Analysis in the ALICE Experiment at SMI

  Job ID: SMI098PD225

  The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Austria’s leading non-university research and science institution, is offering a Position as PhD (Praedoc) Student Position (part-time/30 hours per week) for a duration of three years.

  You will be working with Dr. David Dobrigkeit Chinellato; your thesis supervisor will be Prof. Eberhard Widmann.

   

  Your Tasks

  • Develop software to do data analysis using data collected by the ALICE experiment
  • Perform in-person data-taking shifts in Geneva, Switzerland, with the ALICE Collaboration
  • Take part in meetings of the ALICE Collaboration remotely and in-person
  • Perform support work for the operation of the ALICE detector at CERN

   

  Your Profile

  • Bachelor degree in physics
  • Master degree or equivalent
  • Expertise in Software development, preferably with C++ and/or python
  • Knowledge of Monte Carlo simulations is desirable
  • Knowledge of Machine Learning Techniques is desirable

   

  Our Offer

  • interesting and diversified activities in a motivated team of physicists who cover a wide range of expertise from detector design and construction to experimental physics
  • being member of a large international collaboration, including participation in working meetings and conferences
  • Opportunity to work independently and develop personally
  • The position will be located in Vienna and opened for a period of three years
  • An annual gross salary according to the collective agreement of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) of € 39.208.

   

  Please apply online including the following documents in English or German no later than August 11, 2025:

  • Letter of motivation (max. 1 page)
  • Curriculum vitae
  • transcript of grades
  • a minimum of one recommendation letter to be sent to David.DobrigkeitChinellato@oeaw.ac.at

   

  APPLY HERE: https://oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/application/en/apply/0xghimn7u9pmiamtbyex01wz87u1sqh