Research Assistant/Associate (f/m/d) Business Analytics and Operations Research

Weitere Informationen

The successful candidate will be employed under a regular employment contract.
The position is to be filled at the earliest possible date and offered for a fixed term of three years.
There is an option to extend the position for one year.
The fixed-term employment is possible as it constitutes one of the fixed-term options of the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (German Act on Fixed-term Scientific Contracts).
This is a part-time position (75 % of the standard weekly hours for full-time employees).
The successful candidate has the opportunity to pursue a doctoral degree in this position.
The salary is based on the German public service salary scale (TV-L).
The position corresponds to a pay grade of E 13 TV-L.

Unser Profil

The Chair of Data & Business Analyticsat RWTH Aachen University, Germany, is currently seeking a Research Associate (f/m/d) who aims to gain a doctoral degree.

The working group employs and develops methods from the fields of Operations Research and Business Analytics:

• the analysis and prediction of discrete data and processes
• the integration of advanced prediction models into mathematical decision models
• combinatorial and nonlinear optimization
• decomposition methods and heuristics

Offering an excellent international research environment, RWTH Aachen University is one of the leading universities of Germany. The Chair of Data & Business Analytics provides active support to its doctoral candidates, integrating them into the international research community.

Please send your application, including a CV, an overview of your academic performance, and a one-page summary of your master’s thesis either via standard mail or via email as a PDF file. The deadline for applications is 28.02.2023.

Ihr Profil

As the ideal candidate, you will have already gained a very good university degree (master’s or equivalent) or you will be shortly about to do so. The degree would be in one of the following fields of study: Business Administration, Economics, Business Administration and Engineering, (Business) Information Systems, (Business) Mathematics (or comparable). You will preferably be interested in applying methods of Operations Research and Business Analytics, particularly stochastic modeling, combinatorial or nonlinear optimization, and decomposition techniques.

Ihre Aufgaben

Our projects address areas that include revenue management, location and assortment planning, crew deployment planning, route planning, disaster and crowd management, and transport and mobility management. In addition to engaging with a research project, the successful candidate will be expected to support our team in carrying out teaching and administrative activities.

Über uns

RWTH is a certified family-friendly University. We support our employees in maintaining a good work-life balance with a wide range of health, advising, and prevention services, for example university sports. Employees who are covered by collective bargaining agreements and civil servants have access to an extensive range of further training courses and the opportunity to purchase a job ticket.
RWTH is an equal opportunities employer. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, particularly from groups that are underrepresented at the University. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability or age. RWTH is strongly committed to encouraging women in their careers. Female applicants are given preference if they are equally suitable, competent, and professionally qualified, unless a fellow candidate is favored for a specific reason.
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Besoldung / Entgelt

E 13 TV-L