Junior Research Analyst (f/m) - Ref: 26-19

The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

is recruiting a

Junior Research Analyst (f/m)

• Ref : 26-19
• 6-month fixed-term working contract at LISER
• Full-time, 40 hours/week
• Department : Living Conditions
• Work location : Belval (Luxembourg)
• Foreseen start date : As soon as possible

Project description

LISER looking for a motivated Junior Research Analyst to support the FNR-CORE funded project «Techno Discrimination». The project investigates the impact of AI technologies to select job candidates in labor market discrimination outcomes. 

The position will be based at the LISER premises in Luxembourg and will be supervised by the PI of the project, Dr. Massimo Morelli, together with work package specific collaborators. The position offers unique learning opportunities, competitive economic conditions and the opportunity to engage with the research environment at LISER

Your role

In this context, the successful candidate will have the following missions:

• Develop, train, and evaluate machine learning and deep learning models ;
• Run and monitor GPU-based training experiments ;
• Support reproducible research workflows and containerized environments.

Your profile

• Master’s degree in computer science or a related discipline ;
• Demonstrated programming skills in Python ;
• Hands-on experience with the PyTorch library ;
• Experience training machine learning/deep learning models on GPUs.
• Fluency in English.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with hyperparameter tuning and optimization techniques for deep learning models ;
• Experience with High Performance Computing (HPC) environments, preferably MeluXina or similar supercomputing infrastructures ;
• Familiarity with Docker containers and containerized workflows ;
• Experience in Big data analysis and processing pipelines.

LISER is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion, and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of background, and particularly encourage applications from female applicants.

What we offer

• A dynamic and international research environment with attractive working conditions and a stimulating work environment ;
• Flexibility in the organisation of the working hours and the possibility of teleworking ;
• Competitive remuneration according to the Collective Labour Agreement in force (half of a 13th month salary, meal vouchers, etc.) ;
• Investment in career support and development (trainings, seminars, participation to international meetings and conferences) ;
• 32.5 days of annual leave for a full-time contract.

How to apply

Please submit your complete application in English via https://jobs.liser.lu/jobs by including the following documents :

• Curriculum vitae ;
• Motivation letter ;
• Recent piece of research (e.g., Master thesis) ;
• Copy of your Master diploma and transcripts ;
• The contact details for two referees.

Please note that the position will remain open until filled

For administrative matters, please contact Mrs. Vanya KIROVA at recruitment@liser.lu

Why LISER?

LISER is a publicly funded research institute located in Luxembourg and dedicated to applied empirical research in economic, social and spatial sciences. The Institute attracts top researchers from all over the world and high-level student training is a vibrant part of the Institute’s activities. LISER staff consists of approx. 200 employees, about 60% of the staff being researchers; mainly from the fields of economics, geography and sociology. The vision of the institute is to be a socio-economic research institute internationally recognised, focused on scientific excellence and societal impact, able to contribute through multi-disciplinary and intersectoral research, in an active and inclusive way to a sustainable and inclusive society at national and international level.

The institute is located on the new Belval campus in the south of Luxembourg (Cité des Sciences, Luxembourg), which hosts the University of Luxembourg and a substantial part of the country’s publicly funded research facilities, i.e. LISER, the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) cross-national data centre, the Luxembourg institutes of Health (LIH) and of Science and Technology (LIST). Information on research in Luxembourg is accessible via the national EURAXESS platform.

LISER is an Equal Opportunity Employer