PhD Position for Computational Scientist (f/m/d) in Climate-Adapted Planning

VRVis, Austria's largest research institute for visual computing, offers an open-ended position for a computational scientist (f/m/d) developing and integrating highly performant microclimate simulations in the context of practical climate-sensitive planning. The results will be integrated into the software scenarify, VRVis’ simulation software solution for decision support in climate change adaptation and disaster management.

Your job:

• Research fast numerical methods for microclimate simulation (heat, wind) for real-world use cases

• Further develop and accelerate a state-of-the-art microclimate model

• Research new parallelization strategies for single- and multi-GPU architectures

• Publish your research results at renowned scientific venues

Your background:

• A master’s degree in computational science, computer science, mathematics, physics, or a related field with a focus on parallel programming for GPU architectures

• Practical experience with parallelization strategies for high-performance algorithms

• Strong skills and practical experience in C++ programming and GPU programming with CUDA or OpenCL

• Good knowledge of spoken and written English; German is appreciated, but not required

• Nice to have: Practical knowledge of numerical schemes to solve partial differential equations

Our offer:

• Open-ended contract, 40 hours per week, negotiable

• Flexible working hours, home office option, well-equipped workplace

• Opportunity to pursue your PhD with scientific supervision by Prof. Michael Wimmer at TU Wien

• Working on one of the most pressing challenges of our time, contributing to climate change adaptation, e.g. by improving heavy rain and flood hazard maps in collaboration with domain experts and end users

• Location: Vienna / Austria, office easily accessible by means of public transport (U1 subway stop VIC)

• Salary according to collective labor agreement (IT-Kollektivvertrag) including bonus for 13th and 14th month (monthly min. FT 3.077, - EUR) with overpay depending on qualification, previous professional experience

• Supportive atmosphere in an inclusive team

Applications are welcome!

Please forward your application documents and/or inquiries to Franziska Steyer-Beerman (HR) via e-mail to fsb(at)vrvis.at

VRVis being an equal opportunity employer would like to counter the lack of female researchers in the visual computing field. Therefore, we highly encourage female candidates to apply.