Research Associate

**Paderborn University is a high-performance and internationally oriented university with approximately 20,000 students. Within interdisciplinary teams, we undertake forwardlooking research, design innovative teaching concepts and actively transfer knowledge into society. As an important research and cooperation partner, the university also shapes regional development strategies. We offer our more than 2,600 employees in research, teaching, technology and administration a lively, family-friendly, equal opportunity environment, a lean management structure and diverse opportunities.**

**Join us to invent the future**

The **Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics** - in the field of Secure Software Engineering is looking to fill a position for a

**Research Associate (f/m/d)**
(pay scale 13 TV-L)

This is a full-time position, which is available immediately for a fixed term of three years, in order to develop scientific competences and to prepare a doctoral dissertation (according to the ”WissZeitVG” law). An extension of the contract is possible within the limits set by the “WissZeitVG” law.

The Secure Software Engineering group develops methods and tools to make tomorrow's hardware and software systems functional, failsafe and attackproof. The research seeks to be foundational, yet is carried out in an applied manner, in cooperation with renowned international partners from science, politics and business. One focus of the group is the design of automated procedures to detect software vulnerabilities. Some of the software tools developed at the group are used by hundreds of research groups and companies worldwide.

The group is embedded in an interdisciplinary research landscape, with connections to the Paderborn Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronics Design (IEM), the DFG Collaborative Research Centre 901 On
- the-fly computing, a NRW Research Training Group and the it's owl leading-edge cluster.

We are looking for a scientist who wants to make an important contribution to making digital systems secure and privacy-friendly. Concrete research topics include, but are not limited to: static and dynamic program analysis, fuzz testing, artificial intelligence for software engineering, threat analysis and threat modeling.

**Scope of Work**:

- Collaboration in research and teaching (usually 4 hours per week) in the area of Secure Soft
- ware Engineering
- If applicable, collaboration in third-party funded research projects of the department

**Hiring Requirements**:

- Very good master's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering or a related field
- Very good knowledge of written and spoken German or English, and if necessary, the wil
- lingness to learn German

**We offer**:

- Exciting, highly relevant research topics with direct transfer into practice
- Collegial environment with many creative opportunities

Applications from women are particularly welcome and, in case of equal qualifications and experience, will receive preferential treatment according to state law (LGG). Part-time employment is generally possible. Qualified disabled people (in the sense of the German social law SGB IX) are also encouraged to apply.

**Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden**
**Secure Software Engineering Group**
**Heinz Nixdorf Institute**
**Paderborn University**
**Fürstenallee 11, 33102 Paderborn**

Art der Stelle: Vollzeit, Befristeter Vertrag
Vertragsdauer: 36 Monate

Arbeitszeiten:

- Montag bis Freitag

Leistungen:

- Betriebliche Altersvorsorge
- Betriebliche Weiterbildung
- Flexible Arbeitszeiten
- Gleitzeit
- Homeoffice
- Kostenloser Parkplatz
- Sprachkenntnisse werden vermittelt

Sonderzahlungen:

- Weihnachtsgeld

Arbeitsort: Zum Teil im Homeoffice in 33102 Paderborn