Research Software Engineer

Marvel Fusion GmbH

Job

In this role, you will develop scientific Python software to tackle complex challenges in fusion research, closely collaborating with physics and engineering teams.

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Your role in the team

  • As part of our multidisciplinary research and engineering team, you will shape how we tackle computational challenges in fusion research. You will combine your software expertise with the team's knowledge of physics and engineering to develop new approaches, make technical decisions and turn ideas into reliable scientific software.
  • Develop and maintain scientific Python software, turning research requirements into reusable, tested features and clear interfaces.
  • Work with scientists to define acceptance criteria and verify numerical results against reference cases and agreed accuracy requirements.
  • Use profiling to identify bottlenecks; compare algorithms, code translations and CPU/GPU implementations through reproducible benchmarks.
  • Prepare and deploy scientific workloads on NVIDIA GPU servers or AWS using reproducible environments and automated execution workflows.
  • Work with IT to support multiple users through appropriate access controls, job scheduling, resource allocation, monitoring and result storage.
  • Connect computational services to internal applications through stable APIs for job submission, status tracking and result retrieval.
  • Improve testing, continuous integration, packaging and documentation, and independently carry agreed development tasks through to delivery.

Our expectations of you

Education

  • A degree in Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Qualifications

  • Strong Python software engineering skills and a track record of independently delivering maintainable software within an existing codebase.
  • A structured approach to debugging, version control, automated testing and documentation, with the ability to make pragmatic engineering decisions.
  • A self-driven, collaborative working style and excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Experience

  • Experience with scientific or numerical computing, including testing numerical accuracy and collaborating with domain experts.
  • Practical experience profiling computational workloads and using GPU computing frameworks such as CuPy, PyTorch, JAX or CUDA.
  • Hands-on experience deploying scientific Python or GPU workloads on remote Linux servers or cloud infrastructure, including reproducible environments, job execution and data handling.

What we offer

  • Our mission is motivation enough for many. But we also support our team with benefits that foster wellbeing and growth:

Benefits

Health, fitness & fun

Topics you will work on

Job locations

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  • Location Munich
    Bayern, Germany

About your employer

Marvel Fusion GmbH, an innovative company based in Munich, focuses on the development of fusion energy technologies. Founded in 2019, the startup employs around 70 highly qualified professionals and collaborates with renowned institutions to realize fusion power plants for the 2030s.

Company type
Startup
Work model
Onsite
Industry
Power Sector, Economy
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Research Software Engineer

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