Student Assistant for HPC Systems Administration and Quantum Service Engineering (all genders)

City: Stuttgart Date: Oct 21, 2026

Student Assistant for HPC Systems Administration and Quantum Service Engineering (all genders)

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is one of the world's leading organizations for application-oriented research. 74 institutes develop pioneering technologies for our economy and society – more precisely: 30 000 people from technology, science, administration and IT. They know: Anyone who comes to Fraunhofer wants to and can make a difference. For themselves, for us and for the markets of today and tomorrow.

The Quantum Machine Learning team at Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO in Stuttgart conducts research on quantum computing-based data processing and develops machine learning methods in support of quantum technologies. The team is part of flaQship, the Fraunhofer Lab for applied quantum computing Stuttgart-Heilbronn, which unites the expertise of Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA. Within flaQship, the research area Quantum Service Engineering and High-Performance Computing focuses on making quantum computing usable as service-oriented applications, on integrating quantum resources into existing IT workflows, and on operating the laboratory and High-Performance computing infrastructure on which our research, trainings and demonstrators rely.

To operate and further develop our High-Performance computing infrastructure for quantum computing research, we are looking for a student assistant with a strong foundation in Linux systems administration.

Be part of change

• You operate and maintain our GPU-based High-Performance computing cluster and its file server, including the SLURM workload manager and the Open OnDemand web portal with Fraunhofer single sign-on
• You manage user accounts and onboard new users, document the relevant procedures and instruct users on how to work on the cluster securely and efficiently
• You implement security hardening measures, apply updates and patches on schedule and ensure compliance with the requirements of the institute's IT department