Job description

As part of the project "Barite-bearing cold seeps on the seafloor of the San Clemente Basin (California, Mexico) and their significance for fluid circulation along transform faults," which is funded by a federal grant, the University of Bremen is seeking to fill a position with marine geoscientific expertise starting October 1, 2025. We are seeking a geoscientist with marine geological expertise to work on various tasks that will be carried out as part of the RV SONNE expedition SO318 in February/March 2026 in the area of the Californian borderland (USA and Mexico).

Specific tasks include: 

• Participation in research cruise SO318 (February 22 – March 26, 2026, San Diego) and collection of new data within the framework of the project and their publication as peer-reviewed scientific articles. 
• Supporting the chief scientist in the scientific and logistical work for the preparation, implementation, and follow-up of the expedition (e.g., preparation of the cruise report, interim reports to the BMFTR)
• Collaboration in the analysis of bathymetry, AUV micro-bathymetry, Parasound, and ROV dive data.
• Supervision of student assistants in the analysis work

Requirements

• Completed scientific university degree (Master's/University Diploma) and doctorate in geosciences 
• Willingness to participate in multi-week scientific expeditions
• Solid knowledge in the processing, analysis, and interpretation of geological and geophysical data, and competence in scientific writing
• Experience in the use of various software, e.g., GIS
• Experience in marine geosciences and proven participation in ship expeditions are beneficial
•  Ability to work in a team, social skills, and enjoyment of international, interdisciplinary collaboration

General Information

We offer you:

• Annual special payment (“Christmas bonus”), regular collectively agreed salary increases and additional public service pension scheme (VBL)
• A crisis-proof, interesting and varied job in a cosmopolitan university
• 30 days of vacation per calendar year
• A diverse, future-oriented and open corporate culture 
• Support from a collegial, motivated team with a positive working atmosphere
• Individual induction training
• The opportunity for further education and training
• Compatibility of family and career through flexible working hours (flexitime) and the option of mobile working (subject to the general conditions)
• Free social and family counseling services
• Active company health management, including the option of discounts at local sports clubs or for gyms and swimming pools (EGYM WELLPASS)
• The option of using a job ticket for public transport
• Numerous sports and cultural activities
• Varied catering options in the student union canteens

Open to unconventional approaches in research and teaching, the University of Bremen has retained its character as a place of short distances for people and ideas since its founding in 1971. With a broad spectrum of subjects, we combine exceptional performance and innovative potential. As an ambitious research university, we stand for research-based learning approaches and a pronounced interdisciplinary orientation. We actively pursue scientific cooperation in a spirit of global partnership. 
Today, around 23,000 people learn, teach, research, and work on our international campus. In research and teaching, administration and operations, we are strongly committed to the goals of sustainability, climate justice, and climate neutrality. Our Bremen spirit is expressed in the courage to try new things, in supportive cooperation, in respect and appreciation for each other. With our study and research profile and as part of the European YUFE network, we assume social responsibility in the region, in Europe, and in the world. 

MARUM (www.marum.de) produces fundamental scientific knowledge about the role of the ocean and the ocean floor in the total Earth system. The dynamics of the ocean and the ocean floor significantly impact the entire Earth system through the interaction of geological, physical, biological and chemical processes. These influence both the climate and the global carbon cycle, and create unique biological systems. MARUM is commited to fundamental and unbiased research in the interests of society and the marine environment, and in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. It publishes its quality-assured scientific data and makes it publicly available. MARUM informs the public about new discoveries in the marine environment and provides practical knowledge through its dialogue with society. MARUM cooperates with commercial and industrial partners in accordance with its goal of protecting the marine environment.

The university is family-friendly, diverse and sees itself as an international university. We therefore welcome all applicants regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

As the University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply. In the case of equal qualifications, women are given priority, unless reasons relating to the person of a competitor prevail.

Disabled applicants will be given priority if their professional and personal qualifications are essentially the same.

For general questions about the personnel selection procedure and for questions about the content of the advertised position, please contact: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Bohrmann, E-Mail: gbohrmannprotect me ?!marumprotect me ?!.de 
 
Applications should include a CV, letter of motivation, copies of diplomas, scientific and technical background in relation to the position and contact details of two references.
 
Please send your application quoting the reference number A214-25 until 04.09.2025 as a PDF file by unencrypted electronic mail to: bewerbung-a21425protect me ?!marumprotect me ?!.de

or by post to:
 
Universit?t Bremen
MARUM – Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Bohrmann
Klagenfurter 2
28359 Bremen 
 
Please note that no photos are to be attached to the application documents.

We kindly ask you to send us only copies (no portfolios) of your application documents, as we cannot return them. They will be destroyed after the selection process has been completed.

Any application costs cannot be reimbursed.