TU-ID: 058 | 2026 | 13 | 265675

Student Employee (all genders)

in research and administration | 20 hours/week | limited

TU Wien is Austria's largest institution of research and higher education in the fields of technology and natural sciences. With over 26,000 students and more than 4000 scientists, research, teaching, and learning dedicated to the advancement of science and technology have been conducted here for more than 200 years, guided by the motto "Technology for People". As a driver of innovation, TU Wien fosters close collaboration with business and industry and contributes to the prosperity of society.

The Service Unit of Research Information Systems in cooperation with the Research Unit of Databases and Artificial Intelligence, Institute of Logic and Computation, is offering a position as Student Employee (all genders) in research and administration for 20 hours/week. Expected start: April 2026. This position is expected to be limited until 30.09.2026, but no longer than the completion of a master's or diploma degree. This position is offered within the project "Weiterentwicklung der TU Wien Forschungsmatrix zu Research Spheres." 

 

TU Wien is improving its ability to leverage data for insights into institutional performance and to compare its research contributions in a global context. This involves combining data from TU Wien’s reposiTUm, external data and metadata, as well as full-text information, with data from platforms such as Scopus, CORE, and OpenAlex, and internal databases and knowledge graphs of people and research projects.

The development work will include interaction with leading reasoners and knowledge graphs management systems, including a Large Language Model component for information extraction and reasoning over full-text. The project will allow the candidate to join a dynamic network of researchers internationally active in the space of Knowledge Graphs.  

It is possible to carry out research toward a Master’s thesis and prospective publications of the results as part of this employment.

Tasks:

The successful candidate will contribute to this process in a supporting capacity by carrying out the following tasks:

• Support the engineering and integration of advanced AI software components
• Contribute to the design and development of various data wrangling phases (e.g., cleaning, integration) to help harmonize different data sources
• Assist in interlinking TU Wien’s data sources with online platforms to identify research trends and enable comparative analyses
• Support navigation and information extraction from knowledge graphs
• Support the construction of scientific prototypes and proofs-of-concept to help demonstrate successful approaches
• Provide regular input to consultations and assist in the preparation and presentation of results to stakeholders

Your profile:

Essential

• Enrolled in a relevant study program in the field of Informatics, Business Informatics or Data Science; No completed Master- or Diplom Study in these fields
• Very good programming knowledge
• Familiarity with APIs, data pipelines and data integration workflow and with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Understanding of data orchestration tools and kowledge graphs and graph databases
• Strong analytical and debugging skills
• Team- and communication skills and precise work

Desirable

• Experience with cloud or university computing infrastructure and in similar data science projects
• Familiarity with data governance and reproducible research workflows

We offer:

• Continuing personal and professional education and flexible working hours
• Central location of workplace with very good accessibility (U1/U4 Karlsplatz)
• A creative environment in one of the most liveable cities in the world
• Additional benefits for employees can be found at the following link: benefits

TU Wien is committed to increasing the proportion of women in particular in leadership positions. Female applicants are explicitly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to women when equally qualified, unless reasons specific to a male applicant tilt the balance in his favour.

People with special needs are equally encouraged to apply. In case of any questions, please contact the confidant for disabled persons at the university, Mr. Gerhard Neustätter.

Entry level salary is determined by the pay grade C of the Austrian collective agreement for university staff. This is a minimum of currently EUR 1,379.60/month gross, 14 times/year for 20 hours/week.

We look forward to receiving your application until 16.04.2026.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us

Carmen Keck | T: +43 1 588 01 406201
Here you can find also relevant information about the application process. Technology for People Furthermore, please note that applicants will not normally be reimbursed for travel costs incurred in connection with this admission process.