Career

The L3S Research Center offers interesting job opportunities for researchers and students. Please find the current vacancies below. We look forward to receiving your applications.

Student Assistant (HiWi) for the L3S’s Offshore-II Project (up to 60 hours per month) Student Assistant (m/f/d) for the L3S’s Robot Learning Lab (up to 86 hours/month) Student Assistance / HiWi

The L3S Research Center welcomes applications for the following position, starting as soon as possible:

Student Assistant for the L3S’s Offshore-II Project (up to 60 hours per month)

This position is limited to the end of the project on January 31, 2026

Your role

Your tasks will include supporting or collaborating in:

  • Reimplementing a MATLAB package into Python
  • Configure the package, so that it is compatible with other libraries
  • Developing a process discovery algorithm for Generalised Stochastic Petri Nets
  • Creating Repositories and Documentation


Who are we looking for?

The candidate must fulfil the following requirements:

  • Enrolment at a German university
  • Advanced Bachelor’s degree or beginning of a master’s degree in computer science, electronics, mechatronics or similar
  • Very good or good knowledge of English and German
  • Very good knowledge of MATLAB, Python, Git
  • Prior knowledge of Process Mining and/or Petri Nets theory is a plus
  • Communication and organizational skills
  • Ability to work in a team, reliability, sense of responsibility and flexibility


Equal opportunities and diversity are core values at Leibniz University Hannover. Our goal is to tap into individual potential and open up possibilities. We therefore welcome applications from anyone interested in the position, irrespective of gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or ideology, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity. Preference will be given to equally-qualified candidates with disabilities.

Why join us?

The L3S Research Center is a German research center internationally renowned for its leading-edge research in artificial intelligence and the development of application-oriented AI methods, particularly in medicine, production, mobility, science, and education. We aim to help industry, society, and policymakers address current and future challenges by deriving courses of action, recommendations, and innovation strategies. The L3S is a joint institution of Leibniz University Hannover and Technische Universität Braunschweig.

We offer you the opportunity to work in interesting, multi-disciplinary research projects. In addition, you will be able to develop yourself personally and professionally and exchange ideas with scientists on an international level.

Additional information

For further information please contact Mr. Shengrui Peng (email: peng@L3S.de, web: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shengrui-peng-9884926a/).


Please send your application with the usual documents, including motivation letter, CV, course transcript (Notenspiegel), certificates and other documents relevant to the position by February 15, 2025

via email as a single PDF file to:

Shengrui Peng
L3S Research Associate
 peng@L3S.de

or alternatively by post to:

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Forschungszentrum L3S
z.Hd. Herrn Shengrui Peng
Appelstr. 4
30167 Hannover

http://www.uni-hannover.de/en/jobs

Information on the collection of personal data according to article 13 GDPR can be found at https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/datenschutzhinweis-bewerbungen/

The L3S Research Center is offering a position as Student Assistant in the Robotics Lab, to be filled as soon as possible. The position is initially limited to one semester. A longer-term employment also during the lecture-free period is aimed for.

The L3S is an internationally renowned research center for basic and applied research in the field of artificial intelligence for digital transformation, founded in 2001. The L3S research center develops forward-looking research methods and technologies for the digital transformation and researches the effects of digitalization in the areas of production, mobility, medicine and education.

Your tasks:
  • Setting up the robots and the robotics laboratory
  • Configuring and testing the robots
  • Development of robotics demonstrations
  • Collecting data using real robots in the laboratory
  • Developing machine learning algorithm
  • Processing multi-modal sensor data
  • Creating repositories and documentations
Your profile:
  • Enrolment at a German university
  • Advanced Bachelor’s degree or beginning of a Master’s degree in electronics, computer science, mechatronics or similar
  • Very good or good knowledge of English
  • Good knowledge of Linux, Python, Git
  • Communication and organizational skills
  • Ability to work in a team, reliability, sense of responsibility and flexibility
  • Prior knowledge of ROS is a plus
We offer you the opportunity to work on research projects. In addition, you will be able to develop yourself personally and professionally and exchange ideas with scientists on an international level.
Preference will be given to equally qualified applicants with disabilities.

For further information, please contact Dr. Nicolás Navarro by the links below.


Please send your application including CV, course transcript (Notenspiegel), motivation letter, and other documents relevant to the position

by e-mail in a single PDF file to

Dr. Nicolás Navarro
nicolas.navarro@L3S.de

by mail to

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Forschungszentrum L3S
Appelstr. 9a
30167 Hannover

Webpage

Information in accordance with Article 13 DSGVO on the collection of personal data can be found at www.uni-hannover.de/de/datenschutzhinweis-bewerbungen/.

The L3S Research Center is looking for student assistants for the administration offices to start as soon as possible.

Your tasks:
  • General tasks (answering the phone, mail/filing, organizational matters)
  • Support at events (workshops, meetings, etc.)
  • Support in project work (documentation/reporting etc.)
  • Support with recruitment procedures in German and English (research assistants / research and student assistants)
  • Translation work (German – English)
  • Data maintenance (lists, Excel)
Your profile:
  • Enrolled student at a German university
  • Very good knowledge of German and English
  • Confident handling of Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel
  • Independent and structured way of working
  • Reliability and ability to work in a team
What we offer:
  • Flexible working hours (10-20 hours per week by arrangement)
  • Varied activities in a dynamic research environment
  • Opportunity for professional and personal development
How to apply:

By e-mail in a single PDF file to

Ebru Kaya 
ebru.kaya@l3s.de

or

Doris Waltemathe 
waltemathe@l3s.de


By mail to

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Forschungszentrum L3S
Appelstr. 9a
30167 Hannover

Information in accordance with Article 13 DSGVO on the collection of personal data can be found at www.uni-hannover.de/de/datenschutzhinweis-bewerbungen/.

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Be sure to check out this page to get the latest info on new Fellowships and other opportunities.