The Professorship for Intelligent Perception in Technical Systems (Prof. Dr. Jörg-Dieter Stückler) at the Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Computer Science, University of Augsburg, is seeking a

Research Associate (m/f/d) as PhD Student

starting on October 1st, 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter), for a full-time position on a three-year fixed-term contract. Remuneration will be in accordance with pay scale 13 of the German TV-L collective agreement, provided that the personal and collective agreement requirements are met. The position is suitable for part-time work.

Your responsibilities:

• Supporting the professorship in research and teaching in the field of Intelligent Perception in Technical Systems
• In particular, participating in ongoing research projects in the areas of machine learning, computer vision, and robotics. Possible topics for research are, for instance, world models for robot perception and learning

Recruitment requirements:

• Master's degree from a university in computer science, electrical or control engineering, applied mathematics, physics, or a related field, completed with excellent (at least “very good”) academic performance. The degree may still be pending at the time of application but must be completed by the time of hiring.
• Very good mathematical foundations and programming skills (e.g., Python, C/C++)
• Knowledge of machine learning (incl. deep learning), computer vision, and robotics
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Very good command of written and spoken English
• Motivation to pursue a doctorate and contribute to cutting-edge research
• Strong ability to work both independently and in a research team

Additional qualifications (advantageous):

• Proven experience in research on machine learning, computer vision, and robotics, as demonstrated by publications in top-rated international conferences and journals such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, IJCV, RSS, ICRA, IROS, RA-L, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR.
• Knowledge of generative AI methods such as transformer and diffusion models

The necessary qualifications must be demonstrated in the application documents by means of appropriate certificates.

What we offer:

• A challenging and varied role in an exciting and cutting-edge field of research at a modern campus university
• Opportunity to pursue a doctorate with excellent academic supervision
• Opportunity to participate in the university's extensive training and continuing education program
• Company pension plan (VBL) (only for employees covered by collective agreements)

The University of Augsburg promotes professional equality for women. Women are expressly encouraged to apply. The University of Augsburg is particularly committed to the compatibility of family and working life. For further information, please contact the faculty's representative for the equality of women in science and the arts.

Severely disabled applicants (m/f/d) will be given preference if they otherwise have essentially the same aptitude, competence, and professional performance.

Meaningful applications (in English) with the usual documents (in order) in the form of a single PDF file (max. 10 MB)

• Cover letter incl. motivation, research statement, and indication of earliest date of availability
• Curriculum vitae (CV), including your GPA, the minimum GPA required to pass, and the maximum GPA for non-German degree programs
• Names and contact information of two to three references
• Master's certificate and academic BSc/MSc transcripts and diploma supplements (or preliminary documents if not available yet)
• Evidence of your scientific work (e.g., master’s thesis, seminar paper, scientific publications, open-source publications)

should be sent by e-mail by no later than

July 24th, 2026

to:  joerg.stueckler@uni-a.de [Subject: Application Research Associate IPS-2026-01]. Further information about the professorship can be found at https://www.uni-augsburg.de/en/fakultaet/fai/informatik/prof/ips/.

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