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At the Institute for German as a Foreign Language Philology (IDF) of the Faculty of Modern Languages at Heidelberg University, a position for a

Technician / Lab Manager (f/m/d)

in part-time (50%), (limited to two years for now) is available as early as July 15, 2025 to support the Laboratory for Social Robotics & AI and the Laboratory for Eyetracking at the Language and Cognition Chair. The joint focus of the two laboratories is research on language, cognition, and language acquisition.

Your responsibilities:

• Support in setting up the Laboratory for Social Robotics
• Maintenance and development of the lab: methods, AI applications, social robotics
• Implementation of empirical studies with the social robot
• Supervision and advising of students in empirical studies with social robots (or eyetracking)

You bring with you:

• B.Sc.-degree in computer science, computer linguistics, data science and AI or cognitive science or related
• Programming skills, particularly in Python (including interface integration)
• Experience with handling LLMs (e.g., GPT-4) and their API interface
• Basic knowledge in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and dialogue-oriented AI systems
• Ability to integrate multiple technical services and APIs (speech recognition, text-to-speech)
• Ideally, first experience with social robotics
• Willingness to develop skills in the systematic implementation and support of empirical studies
• Good communication skills and willingness to learn new methods and techniques (e.g., eyetracking)
• A cooperative working style, teamwork skills, flexibility, and commitment
• Sensitivity to data protection and ethical requirements when dealing with cloud services and user data
• German and/or English skills

We offer:

• Part-time position (19,75 hours per week) starting in July 15, 2025
• Salary according to pay group TV-L E11
• Flexible work hours
• Opportunity to contribute to the development of AI applications and social robotics (Navel Robotics), and gain practical experience in a pioneering field of research
• Access to the following labs: Eyetracking and Social Robotics (Heidelberg University Language and Cognition Lab, HULC)
• A small team and a pleasant working environment with open-minded and committed colleagues and an international student body
• A workplace in the old town of Heidelberg
• A wide range of university services (subsidized Deutschlandticket, family services, sports offer, further training opportunities, etc.)

Young professionals or advanced students are encouraged to apply.

We look forward to receiving your digital application with the following documents: a short letter of motivation (max. 1 page), curriculum vitae, diplomas/certificates, contact addresses of one possible reference. Please send your application in the form of a single PDF file by June 1, 2025 to: sekretariat_hanulikova@idf.uni-heidelberg.de.

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