Your Benefits at Forschungszentrum Jülich

Science thrives on exchange across national and disciplinary boundaries. We foster international collaboration on our campus and in projects worldwide. Find out more about our international partnerships and global outlook.

You have access to state-of-the-art scientific facilities: from supercomputers, MRI systems and scanning electron microscopes to clean rooms and atmospheric simulation chambers, as well as our digital central library. Discover our infrastructure.

We support early career researchers in planning their careers through our Career Center, alumni management and JuDocS – the Jülich Center for Doctoral Researchers and Supervisors.

With a structured onboarding process, a welcome guide, a welcome day and dedicated onboarding mentors, we make your start with us as smooth as possible.

We offer a wide range of internal and external training programmes – from language courses and interdisciplinary training to skills development in leadership and project management.

Through a wide range of networking opportunities – such as DocTeam, the Rainbow network, FemaleVoice or the Leadership Lunch – we enable our employees to exchange experiences, learn from one another and build both professional and personal networks.

With us, you benefit from a high degree of flexibility: thanks to flexitime with no fixed core hours, you can organise your day individually. Overtime is recorded and can be taken as time off. Whether full-time or part-time in various models, we support working arrangements that fit your life.

We offer you the option to work remotely or from home – aligned with operational requirements and your role. This gives you more freedom for focused work and a better work-life balance.

To help you combine your professional responsibilities with family, caregiving, further education or voluntary work, we create supportive framework conditions. Options such as top-sharing models and our family service actively help you achieve a healthy balance between work and personal life.

On our Jülich campus, employees have access to a wide range of sports activities, including a beach volleyball court, outdoor fitness equipment, running groups, yoga classes and a company sports club. These offerings promote physical activity, balance and a sense of community.

We support the health of our employees through an on-site first aid clinic and a wide range of preventive and healthcare services. These include consultations, vaccinations, occupational health check-ups and individual workplace assessments.

In challenging professional or personal situations, employees can turn to our social counselling service. It offers confidential support and helps maintain wellbeing, health and performance.

Our canteen offers a daily selection of varied meals, including vegetarian and vegan options – all with a view of the lake.

The Jülich campus, set in a forest with a centrally located lake, invites you to take a walk and brings together knowledge and infrastructure across 2.2 km².

We bring employees together through cross-departmental activities such as the Aachen Company Run, carnival celebrations, our Open House (“Tag der Neugier”) and Info Lunches – fostering exchange, networking and shared experiences.

Diversity and equal opportunities are fundamental principles for us. The Equal Opportunities Office coordinates measures and programmes that promote diversity, inclusion and gender equality. In this way, we create a working environment that values different perspectives and enables all employees to contribute their knowledge, skills and experience to the fullest.

The Representative Body for Employees with Disabilities supports employees with disabilities or equivalent status in all matters relating to the workplace and their rights. In close cooperation with the occupational health service, this ensures competent advice and support tailored to individual needs.

At Forschungszentrum Jülich, we are actively committed to promoting women in science and opening up diverse career opportunities for them. You can find more information and support options on the Women’s Job Journey and on our Women in Science page.

You receive up to 30 days of annual leave – increasing to 31 days from 2027. There are also special arrangements for bridging days and the period between Christmas and New Year, allowing for additional days off.

Salaries are based on the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD), ensuring transparent and comprehensible pay structures. Discover how your salary is structured and what development opportunities are available to you.

Through the German Federal and State Pension Fund (VBL), we offer an additional occupational pension scheme. This complements the statutory pension with a reliable company-based component, providing long-term security for our employees. (Watch the VBL explainer video)

As an employee, you benefit from exclusive discounts and special offers with numerous partner companies. Whether electronics, fashion or travel – Corporate Benefits help you save on purchases and enjoy attractive deals.

Sozialwerk.Bund offers a wide range of opportunities: from affordable holiday apartments and hotels to health seminars and support for spa treatments. With a small annual fee, you gain access to a broad range of services for your wellbeing and recovery

Through Sozialwerk.Bund, Wellhub gives you access to a large network of fitness studios, swimming pools, climbing gyms, wellness offers and digital health courses.