Initiative Application (Research)

Initiative Application (Research)

Saarbrücken, Germany

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Who is this for?

If you wish to apply proactively or looking for a Research Internship outside of our General Call, you can use this Job Post to reach out to the Faculty or Group. We are always open to highly talented individuals.

This is a replacement for email applications, which we discourage due to our Data Protection and Privacy policies.

Please address the Faculty or Group(s) in your Cover Letter directly.

If you have questions regarding the job post, contact the Application Management team per E-Mail.

You can find all our Research Groups here!

What we offer:

• An exciting and challenging position with plenty of creative freedom at a research institution that addresses future topics in information security in a scientific and highly international environment.
• Work-life balance and equal opportunities are integral parts of our human resources policy. 
• Remuneration and social benefits are based on the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD Bund).
• Flexible working hours.
• Company pension plan (VBL).
• Continuing education and training opportunities.
• Social and team-building activities.
• We promote a flat hierarchy that encourages working together as a cohesive team and contributing one’s perspectives and ideas.

Application Process 

CISPA is committed to increasing the representation of women, minorities, and individuals with disability in Computer Science. In accordance with the Equal Opportunity Plan, CISPA aims at increasing the number of women in Computer Science, and explicitly encourages women to apply. Applications of severely disabled candidates with equivalent qualifications will be given priority. In general, we welcome applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.  

In case of interest in working at CISPA, press the "Apply now" button at the end of the page. Please upload your documents in PDF format on our application platform. Applications via email cannot be accepted.  

For any questions regarding the application process, please check out our FAQ.

CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security is a German national Science Institution within the Helmholtz Association and provides a unique work environment that offers the advantage of a university department and a research laboratory alike. CISPA's mission is to rethink the digitized world of the future from the ground on up an make it safer through innovative cutting-edge research. CISPA is committed to the highest international academic sta​ndards. We offer a world-class research environment that grants extensive resources to a wide range of researchers and constitutes an attractive destination for the best talents and scientists from all countries. CISPA provides a highly international and diverse working environment, currently hosting researchers of over 40 nationalities.  

CISPA headquarter is located in Saarbrücken, in the tri-border area of Germany, France and Luxembourg. The CISPA campus is located close to Saarland University, known for its excellence in Computer Science & Cybersecurity programs; the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems; the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI); and more.

For more information about CISPA, see https://cispa.de/en

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