TU-ID: 194 | 2025 | 52 | 260775
Student Employee (all genders)
in research and administration | 20 hours/week (Start from 15 hours/week possible)| limited to 1 year
At the Institute of Information Systems Engineering in the research area Data Science (E194-04) TU Wien is offering a position as student employee (all genders) in research and administration for 20 hours/week (starting from 15 hours per week possible). Expected start: January 2026. This position is limited to expected 1 year, but no longer than the completion of a master's or diploma degree.
This position is one of two student positions within the fuTUre fit project “KI Assistant (TUna) – Study & Teaching Companion”. The TUna project develops an AI-based study and teaching companion for students and teachers at TU Wien that integrates multiple university information systems into a single, chat-based assistant.
Tasks:
- Collaboration in the preparation and implementation of the project ‘AI Assistant (TUna) – Study & Teaching Companion’
- Support with the implementation of the personalisation component, interface development, integration of heterogeneous data sources, testing, quality assurance and project documentation
- Collaboration in organisational and administrative activities
- Support in the application of current state-of-the-art methods in the field of generative AI for the implementation and evaluation of a RAG-based AI assistant (tooling, MCP, heterogeneous data sources, etc.)
- Collaboration on technical and methodological concepts in the field of data science and AI
- Support of the research team in ongoing research, development and project tasks
Your profile:
- Enrolment in a relevant degree programme at the Faculty of Informatics (preferably enrollment in a Master's programm in the field of Data Science, Software Engineering or Business Informatics)
- No completed Master's or Diploma degree in the field
- Sound programming skills, preferably in Python, as well as experience in data processing and analysis
- Knowledge of DevOps and system administration is an advantage
- An existing software project portfolio is an advantage (e.g. experience with MCP, RAG, LLM agents)
We offer:
- A wide variety and exciting range of tasks in a collegial team
- Flexibility in working time arrangements
- A range of attractive social benefits (see Benefits)
- Wide range of internal and external training opportunities, various career options
- Central location of workplace as well as good accessibility (U1/U2/U4 Karlsplatz)
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 1,349.60/month gross, 14 times/year for 20 hours/week.
We look forward to receiving your application until December 11th, 2025.
