Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Braunschweig und Berlin
Nationales Metrologieinstitut The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is the National Metrology Institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with scientific and technical service tasks. It furthers progress and reliability in metrology for society, the economy and science. In Department 8.1 "Biomedical Magnetic Resonance" of Division 8, we are looking for

PhD students or postdocs

to join us as soon as possible. The positions are available on the basis of a 3-year fixed-term contract. Salary will be in accordance with remuneration group E13 TVöD Bund (85 % for PhD students, 100 % for postdocs). You will be employed at our Berlin site, located in the center of Berlin. Department 8.1 carries out research and development work in the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We are operating a 3-tesla whole-body scanner which is installed on site and we are a partner of the Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (BUFF) providing us access to a 7-tesla whole-body scanner. Your tasks:
Following research projects are to be processed:

• MR guided radiation therapy (P1): development of a robust system for detection and tracking of moving organs by combining MRI with independent, external information on the organ position, e.g. from ultra-wideband radar signals.
• Ultrahigh field body imaging (P2): development of dedicated RF pulses for 7-tesla cardiac and liver imaging and safety assessment using numerical simulations.

Your profile:

• You have a postgraduate qualification (Master‘s or equivalent) in physics, mathematics, electrical engineering or in a comparable field of engineering/natural sciences.
• You have excellent programming skills (Python, Matlab, C/C++).
• Basic understanding of MRI is desirable for PhD students and a prerequisite for postdocs.
• You have excellent communication skills and are a team player.
• You have a good command of spoken and written English and experience with writing scientific texts.
• You are ready and able to push the research activities in an interdisciplinary team with enthusiasm and commitment.
• You are willing to travel within Germany as well as abroad for business purposes.

For further information, please contact:

Herrn Dr. C. Kolbitsch, Tel.: +49 30 3481-7761, E-Mail: christoph.kolbitsch@ptb.de (P 1)
Herrn Dr. S. Schmitter, Tel.: +49 30 3481-7767, E-Mail: sebastian.schmitter@ptb.de (P 2)
Herrn Dr. F. Seifert, Tel.: +49 30 3481-7377, E-Mail: frank.seifert@ptb.de
Herrn Dr. B. Ittermann, Tel.: +49 30 3481-7318, E-Mail: bernd.ittermann@ptb.de

Please click here to learn more about our department. PTB promotes the professional equality of women and men and is thus especially interested in applications from women.
Within the scope of the job descriptions, PTB offers flexible part-time work schemes in order to support in particular the compatibility of work and family life.
Disabled persons will be given priority if they have the same occupational aptitude. Are you interested? Then we are looking forward to hearing from you.
Please use our https://www.ptb.de/cms/en/about-us-careers/careers/bms-stellen.html or send us your application to the following postal address: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Reference number 18-41-8
Abbestraße 2-12
10587 Berlin
Germany Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications sent via e-mail. The closing date for applications is 20 November 2018. www.ptb.de