The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world’s leading applied research organization. Around 30 800 employees work with an annual research budget of 3.0 billion euros.
Our »Audio and Media Technologies« division at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen develops world-class audio and speech processing technology and is one of the world’s largest organizations in this field. Known worldwide for our significant contribution to the development of MP3 and ACC, our »Audio and Media Technologies« department has been working on multimedia technologies as well as audio and image coding for more than 25 years. More than 300 engineers and scientists drive state-of-the-art innovation and develop technologies that are currently used in over 10 billion devices and have already been licensed to more than 1 000 companies.
Are you interested in bringing state-of-the-art technologies into the cloud?
Then we might have the right job for you!
What you will do
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As a member of the Natural Language User Interface team, you’ll develop innovative solutions for voice assistant technologies designed for industrial environments.
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As part of an agile team moving speech technologies to the cloud, you’ll be involved in all stages of the software solution development.
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While contributing ideas to the software architecture design, you’ll also be involved in the documentation, implementation, and containerization of applications.
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Additionally, you’ll work on configuring deployments, cluster monitoring, and troubleshooting.
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In this position, you´ll collaborate with other teams to design quality assurance tests.
What you bring to the table
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Academic degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
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Profound professional experience in software development with Python
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Proficient handling of version control in Git
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Hands-on and in-depth knowledge of containerization and Kubernetes
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Willingness to become familiar with new technologies
What you can expect
Fraunhofer is not only the largest organization for applied research in Europe, but also a top-rated employer. How so?
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An exciting job at a global market leader in a highly innovative key industry
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Projects with a strong practical component motivate our employees to drive innovation.
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Our dedicated teams offer freedom for your ideas and room for creativity.
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We value personal contact: With our structured onboarding process, you will quickly become familiar with our institute and be able to extend your network successfully.
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We take your needs seriously: We support your work-life balance by offering flexible working hours and hybrid work.
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Our colleagues enjoy our positive work culture: We are open-minded, we help and trust each other.
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Top of the line infrastructure at your work place: With our state-of-the-art technologies, we develop solutions to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.
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Talent development already starts in school: Our programs inspire young people at an early age to pursue sciences and foster creative junior scientists.
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Your goals and interests are important to us: We offer ongoing professional and personal seminars, coaching, and language classes.
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We offer equal opportunities: Our female scientists, for example, benefit from the »Fraunhofer TALENTA« career program.
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We offer complementary parking spaces, charging stations for electric cars and covered bicycle parking, and showers at the institute.
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We subsidize your Deutschland-Ticket (Jobticket) ‒ bus stops are located directly in front of the institute.
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In-house health management including sports courses, running groups, and relaxation seminars.
The weekly working time is 39 hours. The position is initially limited to 2 years, with the aim for subsequent employment.
We value and promote the diversity of our employees’ skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability. Appointment, remuneration and social security benefits based on the public-sector collective wage agreement (TVöD). Additionally Fraunhofer may grant performance-based variable remuneration components.
With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial utilization of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. As a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and scientific excellence, Fraunhofer helps to shape society now and in the future
Interested?
Join our team and work with us on the technology of tomorrow! We look forward to receiving your complete online application (including cover letter, CV, transcripts).
Claudia Kestler-Böhm
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
Requisition Number: 70789 Location: Erlangen