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The Institute for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (IRAS) is seeking to fill the following temporary position to strengthen our team as soon as possible or on February 1, 2026:
Research Associate (m/f/d) in the field of DevOps methods for distributed AI-supported robotic systems.
Reference number
5999.
Part-time or full-time possible.
As part of the Robot Hub Academy project, the Institute for Robotics and Autonomous Systems is exploring a RobOps platform – a framework based on DevOps principles for the continuous development, distribution, orchestration, and monitoring of robotic applications – to improve the usability of robotic systems in education.
The goal is to make robotic software systems as modular, testable, and scalable as is already established in traditional software development (DevOps). Both traditional and AI-supported components will be automatically managed, distributed, and monitored via cloud/edge infrastructures. Area of ​​responsibilityincludes, for example, Kubernetes, Docker, ROS2 and CI/CD approaches

• Conception and further development of a RobOps framework for distributed robot systems
• Development of automated CI/CD pipelines for robotic software, including testing, simulation and deployment.
• Integration of heterogeneous robot systems (stationary/mobile) into a cloud/edge-based execution environment
• Development of monitoring and logging tools for AI-powered robotics workloads
• Presentation in teaching
• Supporting ongoing research and industry projects by providing reproducible development environments

Our range:

• Long-term employment and salary prospects with regular pay increases and classifications based on professional experience. Depending on your personal qualifications, you will receive a salary according to pay grade 13 TV-L.
• Subsidy for the Job Ticket BW/Deutschland-Ticket, JobBike BW, supplementary pension from the Federal and State Pension Fund (VBL).
• Comprehensive services of a family-friendly university: parent-child room, access to the holistic digital counselling service voiio.
• Flexible working hours and the possibility to work remotely for up to 40% of total working time.
• Meaningful work with excellent development opportunities in a future-oriented university environment.
• Good opportunities for certifications and further training.

You bring the following with you:

• Completed university degree (Master's/Diploma) in Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics or comparable field
• Solid knowledge of DevOps technologies (e.g., Git, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with robotic software frameworks (e.g., ROS2) and distributed system architecture
• Enthusiasm for system-level robotics, infrastructure automation and AI-based applications
• Independent, structured work style and teamwork skills
• Good German and English skills, both written and spoken. The employment is initially limited until 30.09.2026.

We look forward to receiving your online application via our applicant portal!