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TUD Dresden University of Technology, as a University of Excellence, is one of the leading and most dynamic research institutions in the country. Founded in 1828, today it is a globally oriented, regionally anchored top university as it focuses on the grand challenges of the 21st century. It develops innovative solutions for the world’s most pressing issues. In research and academic programs, the university unites the natural and engineering sciences with the humanities, social sciences and medicine. This wide range of disciplines is a special feature, facilitating interdisciplinarity and transfer of science to society. As a modern employer, it offers attractive working conditions to all employees in teaching, research, technology and administration. The goal is to promote and develop their individual abilities while empowering everyone to reach their full potential. TUD embodies a university culture that is characterized by cosmopolitanism, mutual appreciation, thriving innovation and active participation. For TUD diversity is an essential feature and a quality criterion of an excellent university. Accordingly, we welcome all applicants who would like to commit themselves, their achievements and productivity to the success of the whole institution.
At the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Forest Sciences, Institute of Forest Utilization and Forest Technology, the newly established Chair of Digitized forestry processes and systems is seeking to employ a
Research Associate / PhD Student / PostDoc (m/f/x)
(subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L)
The position is limited to 3 years with the option of extension. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - WissZeitVG). The position entails 75 % (PhD Student) or 100% (PostDoc) of the full-time weekly hours and aims at obtaining further academic qualification (usually PhD/habilitation thesis) to be based in Tharandt (near of Dresden).
The position is intended to advance the fields of extended reality, digital forest twins and AI applications in forestry, and offers great potential to set your own priorities in one of these areas.

REQUIREMENTS:

• a university degree with excellent grades in geoinformatics, computer science, surveying, AR/VR/XR development, forestry/environmental sciences with an IT focus, or equivalent knowledge
• experience with digital twins
• experience with AR/VR/XR
• knowledge of data processing (e.g., GIS, point clouds, cloud solutions, ideally Python)
• professional programming skills in at least one scripting language
• teamwork skills, reliability, and the ability to work independently
• have fun trying something new
• willingness to undertake further training
• very good English skills

• collaboration on scientific research projects of the chair
• collaboration on the teaching programme of the chair (preparation and teaching of courses, support of exams)
• further development of the XR Forest Lab TUD
• participation in administrative tasks at the chair and in the faculty
• application for national and international research projects
• supervision of scientific theses
• publishing and presentations at international conferences