Research Associate (m,f,x), for 3 years

In order to fill a fixed-term position in full-time (39.83 hours/week = 100%) at the earliest possible date, we are looking for 1

Research Associate (m,f,x), for 3 years

The Software Quality research group (Prof. Yannic Noller) at the Faculty of Computer Science focuses on software engineering (SE), testing, and program repair. We aim to have a practical impact by designing principled and fundamental approaches and creating relevant and usable tools. In particular, our research involves developing new repair techniques to aid developers in fixing program bugs, the automated analysis, testing, and repairing of machine learning models, and exploring and designing (hybrid) testing techniques to systematically generate test inputs that expose incorrect program behavior.

Scope: full-time
Duration: fixed-term, 3 Jahre
Start: at the earliest possible date
Apply by: 2026-09-14

Your tasks:

We are looking for a doctoral candidate (m,f,x) with very good knowledge of automated software testing and/or program repair, preferably proven by a master's thesis in this field. Ideally, the candidate has a background and interest vulnerability detection, management, and repair.

• Research and development of novel techniques in the context of automated software testing and program repair
• Conducting quantitative and qualitative studies
• Publication of research results
• Supervision of Undergraduate students

Your profile:

• Completed studies (Master) in the fields of Computer Science
• Very good knowledge of English
• Strong implementation skills and a desire to create open-source tools
• Ideally, experience in automated software testing and program analysis
• Ideally, already-published research work

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