(Senior) research software engineer position for Adaptive Laser Architecture Control, Darmstadt, Germany (Deadline:09.03.2026)

The GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt operates one of the leading particle accelerators for science. Currently, the new FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) one of the world’s largest research projects, is under construction through international cooperation. GSI and FAIR offer the opportunity to work in this international environment with a team of employees committed to world-class science.

The Plasma Physics department at GSI develops and operates PHELIX, a high-power, high-energy laser as an experimental infrastructure for laser–plasma- and fusion energy research. Within the project ALADIN (Adaptive Laser Architecture Development and INtegration), we are building COALA (Controller for Adaptive Laser Architecture), a modular software framework to coordinate real-time beam diagnostics, actuators and feedback control along high-energy laser chains. COALA will interface with established control frameworks and will be implemented and validated on our dedicated experimental testbed. In the long term, ALADIN addresses the requirements of future inertial-confinement-fusion laser systems, where many high-power beamlines must operate with unprecedented stability and reproducibility – from source to target.
In the long term, ALADIN addresses the requirements of future inertial-confinement-fusion laser systems, where many high-power beamlines must operate with unprecedented stability and reproducibility – from source to target.
For questions, please contact Dr. Jonas Ohland (j.b.ohland@gsi.de, Tel. +49 6151-71-3381).