Student Assistant for Software Engineering in the Field of »Quantum Machine Learning« (all genders)
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft1 day ago
Stuttgart, GermanyEntry Level
Responsibilities
- Develop schedulers, session management, monitoring components, and workflow integrations for quantum software engineering research.
- Implement components for the quantum software stack and integrate them into flaQship tools and the FullStaQD software stack.
- Analyze project architectures, interfaces, and workflows and evaluate their application to internal software.
- Use Python frameworks and tools from the quantum computing ecosystem, including Qrisp, Qiskit, PennyLane, and QDMI-based tooling.
- Apply software engineering practices including version control, testing, continuous integration, and documentation on GitLab.
Requirements
- Be an enrolled student in computer science, software engineering, physics, or a related field.
- Have strong software engineering skills, particularly in Python, and familiarity with clean code, version control, testing, and structured software development.
- Have experience with scientific or computational software through a course, thesis, personal project, or practical software development experience from a physics background.
- Show interest in research-oriented development, physics, quantum computing, and potentially longer-term involvement such as a master’s thesis.
- Good English skills are required; German is not required.
- Prior knowledge of quantum software development kits, compilers, or MLIR is helpful but not required.
Benefits
- Application-oriented research experience involving current quantum computing and high-performance computing topics.
- Pleasant working atmosphere, motivated team, equal opportunities, accessibility, and diversity.
- Responsible tasks, professional development opportunities, state-of-the-art technology, and a modern working environment.
- Flexible working time models and transparent, fair remuneration according to the general works agreement for assistant staff.
- Connection to the student network and access to sports facilities at the University of Stuttgart.
- The position is initially limited to one year, with longer-term employment desirable, and the monthly working time is 40 hours.
About Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is a German nonprofit organization for applied research that develops contract R&D and prototypes for industry and the public sector. It operates a network of specialized institutes (e.g., IGD for visual computing and SCAI for computational science) that transfer academic advances into industrial practice. Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Munich, it serves markets such as manufacturing, automotive, healthcare, and public administration.