AI jobs for research scientists and research engineers in Germany

97 open roles for research scientists and research engineers at 55 companies in Germany. 93 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check. 27 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 25 Oct 2026
open roles
97
companies
55
open to any nationality
96%
median stated pay
$125k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Helsing7100%6
Zalando5100%5
BAE Systems40%
Black Forest Labs4100%
SAP4100%
Heldenrat4100%4
Zeiss3100%
Prior Labs3100%
Constructor Labs3100%
eBay3100%
Boston Consulting Group3100%
ARX Robotics2100%2
Aleph Alpha2100%
SonarSource2100%
Mirelo AI2100%

Newest roles

HOLOPLOT

holoplot.com
holoplot.com • HQ: Berlin, Germany • Headphones & Audio • Pro AV & Digital Signage • Est. 2017 • Trust B • Hiring 8, 2 new
HQ: Berlin, Germany • Headphones & Audio • Pro AV & Digital Signage • Est. 2017 • Trust B • Hiring 8, 2 new
Elevate sound quality. HOLOPLOT's pro-audio technology and software suite bring unbeatable sound control, revolutionizing the way you design and experience sound.
No named decision-maker yet.
Careers mailbox is known
Verified live · 3 hours ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior Research Engineer (f/m/d)

≈ $77k – $167k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (Berlin, Germany) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
MATLAB
Python
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
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Zeiss

zeiss.com
zeiss.com • HQ: Oberkochen, Germany • Surgical Instruments & Devices • Eyewear • Medical Imaging Systems • Semiconductor Equipment • Optics & Photonic Components • 5000+ employees • Est. 1846 • Trust B • Hiring 783, 80 new
HQ: Oberkochen, Germany • Surgical Instruments & Devices • Eyewear • Medical Imaging Systems • Semiconductor Equipment • Optics & Photonic Components • 5000+ employees • Est. 1846 • Trust B • Hiring 783, 80 new
Zeiss is a German optics and optoelectronics group founded in Jena in 1846 that is owned by a foundation rather than by shareholders, which frees it to invest on very long horizons. Its most strategically important business supplies the optical systems inside extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, without which leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing would not be possible, and it also makes surgical and diagnostic ophthalmic equipment, spectacle lenses, industrial measurement systems, microscopes and camera optics. Headquartered in Oberkochen with a large site in Jena, the group employs tens of thousands of people and spends an unusually high share of revenue on research.
Karl Lamprecht · President and Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Carl Zeiss · Founder · founder
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 3 days ago Likely open · 63%

Research Scientist in Optical Metrology (m/f/x)

≈ $62k – $146k per year (Estimated) • In office (Oberkochen, Germany) • Master's Degree • Full-Time
Python
DevOps
SLI/SLO/SLA
Chips/EDA
Photolithography
EUV
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 10 days ago Likely open · 62%

Research Scientist (m/f/x) Fixed Term (2 Years)

≈ $68k – $160k per year (Estimated) • In office (Karlsruhe, Germany) • PhD • Full-Time • English: C1
C++
Python
AI/ML
TPU
DevOps
HPC
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Heldenrat

heldenrat-gmbh.de
heldenrat-gmbh.de • HQ: Hamburg, Germany • 1001-5000 employees • Trust A • Hiring 140, 54 new
HQ: Hamburg, Germany • 1001-5000 employees • Trust A • Hiring 140, 54 new
Heldenrat GmbH is a German consultancy and social business specializing in corporate sustainability, digital transformation, and organizational development. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, the firm helps businesses, non-profit organizations, and public sector entities navigate complex structural changes by integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards with modern digital tools. Through comprehensive strategy consulting, change management, regulatory reporting frameworks (such as CSRD and DNK), and stakeholder dialogue formats, it empowers organizations to build future-proof, value-driven operations.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 3 days ago Hiring now · 76%

Senior Applied Scientist (All genders)

≈ $73k – $159k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Berlin, Germany) • Relocation • PhD • Senior
SQL
Python
Python
pySpark
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Spark
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 3 days ago Hiring now · 76%

Senior Applied Scientist - Demand Forecast (all genders)

≈ $75k – $164k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Berlin, Germany) • Relocation • PhD • Senior
Scala
SQL
Python
Python
pySpark
AI/ML
Time Series
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Machine Learning
Spark
+1
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Apple

apple.com
apple.com • HQ: Cupertino, United States • Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers • Operating Systems • Tablets • Laptops • Smartphones • 5000+ employees • Est. 1976 • Trust A • Hiring 3695, 353 new
HQ: Cupertino, United States • Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers • Operating Systems • Tablets • Laptops • Smartphones • 5000+ employees • Est. 1976 • Trust A • Hiring 3695, 353 new
Apple is an American multinational technology company founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, and headquartered in Cupertino, California. It designs and sells consumer hardware including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods and Vision Pro, together with the operating systems and silicon that run them. A growing services division built around the App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Apple Pay now contributes a large share of profit, making Apple one of the most valuable companies in the world.
Sabih Khan · Chief Operating Officer · decision-maker
Kevan Parekh · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Tim Cook · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Steve Wozniak · Co-Founder · founder
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 5 days ago Hiring now · 99%

Research Scientist Intern – Human-Centric Generative AI

Intern • In office (Munich, Germany) • PhD • Internship • Intern
Python
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
Diffusion Models
Self-Supervised Learning
Computer Vision
PyTorch
Machine Learning
Gaussian Splatting
Mobile
ARKit
+1
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SpAItial

spaitial.ai
spaitial.ai • HQ: London, United Kingdom • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • Foundation Models • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 15, 2 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • Foundation Models • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 15, 2 new
SpAItial is building Echo, a frontier world model that turns images and prompts into persistent, explorable 3D Gaussian Splat worlds.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 5 days ago Hiring now · 90%

PhD Research Intern, 3D World Models

Intern • In office (Munich, Germany, London, United Kingdom) • PhD • Internship • Intern
Diffusion Models
World Models
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
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bcg.com • HQ: Boston, United States • Professional Services • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Information Technology • Software • Custom Software Development • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Analytics & BI Consulting • AI Consulting & Integration • Management Consulting • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1963 • Hiring 541, 290 new
HQ: Boston, United States • Professional Services • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Information Technology • Software • Custom Software Development • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Analytics & BI Consulting • AI Consulting & Integration • Management Consulting • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1963 • Hiring 541, 290 new
Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a premier global management consulting firm advising leading corporations, governments, and non-profit organizations. The company partners with clients across diverse industries to solve their most complex challenges through strategic transformation, digital innovation, operational excellence, and sustainable solutions. Leveraging a vast network of expert consultants operating worldwide, it delivers actionable insights and tailored strategies designed to drive long-term competitive advantage and lasting impact.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
Verified live · 1 hour ago 6 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Forward Deployed AI Scientist, Germany & Austria - BCG X

≈ $67k – $158k per year (Estimated) • In office (Munich, Germany) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • German: C1 • English: C1
Python
AI/ML
Machine Learning
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≈ $81k – $176k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Munich, Germany) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • German: C1 • English: C1
Python
AI/ML
Machine Learning
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 55Machine Learning 50PyTorch 33AI Agents 17LLM 16Multimodal AI 13Fine-tuning 12NLP 12C++ 12Post-training 11Computer Vision 11TensorFlow 11Knowledge Graph 8Reinforcement Learning 7Model Distillation 7Time Series 7

Where the roles are

Berlin 40Munich 19Freiburg im Breisgau 7London 7Tübingen 5Bremen 5Aachen 3New York 3Garching bei München 3Paris 3

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

93 of the 97 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which companies hire most AI engineers?

Helsing (7), Zalando (5), BAE Systems (4), Black Forest Labs (4), SAP (4).

Which roles count as AI jobs?

Every engineering, research, product and infrastructure role whose title and advert make AI its work - machine learning and AI engineers, research scientists, LLM, agent and MLOps engineers, computer vision and speech, AI chips and data centers, embodied AI - at any employer, read by Alion's AI role classifier. Data analysts and data engineers are left out, and so is a role that only mentions AI tools.

How fresh is this?

Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 97 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 25 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0