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Digital solutions for science. Shaping the future.

At the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), technical excellence meets scientific precision. At IPP, researchers from computer science, IT engineers, and IT specialists work closely together.

Our unique large-scale experiments in Germany, focused on scientific and technical fundamental research, create highly specialized IT systems and digital challenges.

Here, you design, program, and operate complex systems – ranging from IT administration systems and diagnostics systems for large-scale experiments to high-performance computers for simulations.

Whether you are developing new IT systems, shaping infrastructures, programming simulations, or processing experimental data, your work directly contributes to enabling the clean energy of tomorrow. Explore our current career opportunities in computer science, IT, and digitalization.

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A unique diversity in Computer Science, IT, and Digitalization brought together at IPP.

Our responsibilities range from traditional IT systems to cutting-edge digital research.

Computer Science & IT

Digital intelligence for research.

Digitalization at IPP combines cutting-edge technology with scientific excellence.

You will work on secure network architectures, big data platforms, and software solutions for controlling experimental facilities. From high-performance computing and computer science to machine learning and real-time data acquisition, your expertise connects theory, experimentation, and digitalization to create a powerful research environment.

IT Systems

Research relies on IT.

Our IT teams develop and maintain the systems that make research possible.

These systems enable efficient data collection, analysis, and visualization to drive innovative solutions. From research platforms that support collaboration to databases that ensure security and integrity, we provide the IT infrastructure essential for science and administration.

Have you ever built a star?

At the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), we are dedicated to exploring the clean energy source of the future: nuclear fusion. At our locations in Garching and Greifswald, we are working to bring the power of the stars for use on Earth.

We are seeking committed professionals and emerging talents in physics, engineering, technology, IT, or computer science. Here, you have the opportunity to expand your knowledge and work in an international environment.

Benefit from outstanding working conditions and contribute your ideas to IT and digitalization to advance scientific progress.

Two locations, two research focuses, one shared goal: energy for the future.

Technology that enables research.

Our teams in computer science, IT, engineering, and technology work on unique large-scale projects.

Digital Future: Voices and Perspectives at the IPP

How Supercomputing and AI Accelerate Fusion Research – Prof. Dr. Frank Jenko

Artificial intelligence has already revolutionized the natural sciences, including cancer and environmental research. In plasma physics as well, AI is driving significant progress. Prof. Dr. Frank Jenko highlights that AI has the potential to accelerate fusion research considerably. In “Accelerating Fusion Research via Supercomputing,” an article published in Nature Reviews Physics, and in an interview, the IPP Director offers insights into how supercomputers and AI are being applied to fusion research. IPP plays a central role in these advancements. You can find the complete interview here.

Prof. Dr. Felix Warmer about the development of a Digital Stellarator Twin

The Stellarator Reactor Studies research unit develops and verifies methods and models that are applied in conjunction with the experiments at Wendelstein 7-X. A key focus is on engineering aspects essential for fusion power plants, such as superconducting magnetic coils, divertors, and the blanket. Integrating various components into a comprehensive overview presents a significant challenge. To address this, the unit is creating the software platform “Stellar-Forge,” designed as a digital twin of a stellarator fusion power plant. The aim is to accurately and efficiently model, for the first time worldwide, the complex interactions of subsystems in full three-dimensional detail.

Your digital project. Our research.

At IPP, you will find an IT environment designed to foster scientific progress, along with a mission that creates real purpose: shaping the future of energy generation.
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