The School VI of Medicine and Health Sciences comprises the fields of human medicine, medical physics and acoustics, neurosciences, psychology and health services research. Together with the four regional hospitals, School VI forms the University Medicine Oldenburg. Furthermore, the university cooperates closely with the University Medicine of the University of Groningen.

The Medical Physics Group at the Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics, University of Oldenburg, Germany, seeks a motivated

Post-doctoral researcher (m/f/d)
(Salary According to TV-L E13, 100 % for 3 years)
in the field of model-based hearing aid fitting
The position is suited for part-time job.

The project “Individualized, model-based hearing aid fitting” operates at the intersection of signal processing in hearing aids, auditory modelling and hearing science, and aims to develop supporting tool for individualized hearing aid fitting based on auditory models.

This is an EFRE-funded, joint project between the CvO University of Oldenburg (A. Warzybok), Hörzentrum Oldenburg gGmbH (K. Wagener) and Jade Hochschule (I. Holube), which aims at model-based fitting of hearing aids for better communication in everyday conditions.

The Medical Physics group is part of the Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics and offers an international scientific environment as well as access to world-class research facilities. For more information about the group and the department see https://www.uol.de/medi/ and https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/en/mediphysics-acoustics/.

Required qualifications:

• doctoral degree in hearing technology & audiology, physics, engineering, or a related discipline.
• Furthermore, applicants must have a solid background in at least two of the following fields: auditory modelling, hearing aid acoustics, speech and audio processing, machine learning.
• Profound knowledge of programming languages (e.g., Python / MATLAB) is required.
• The applicant should have a strong interest in interdisciplinary application-oriented work, good communication skills and good spoken and written English language skills.

We offer:

• Interdisciplinary research group with excellent facilities
• Payment in accordance with collective bargaining law (special annual payment, public service pension scheme, asset-related benefits) incl. 30 days annual leave
• Support and guidance during your onboarding phase
• A family-friendly environment with flexible working hours (flexitime) and the possibility of pro-rata mobile work
• Benefits from the university's health promotion programme
• An extensive free further education programme

The University of Oldenburg is dedicated to increase the percentage of female employees in the field of science. Therefore, female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. In accordance to § 21 Section 3 NHG, female candidates with equal qualifications will be preferentially considered. Applicants with disabilities are given preference in the event of equal suitability.

Applications including a CV, a motivation letter, copies of the most important certificates and the name and contact details of at least one person who is willing to give a reference should be sent as a single pdf-file (preferred) to or to

Dr. Anna Warzybok-Oetjen
Faculty VI
Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics
Universität Oldenburg
D - 26111 Oldenburg
Tel. (+49) 441 798 5499

The application deadline is 30.08.2024.

For further information please contact Dr. Anna Warzybok-Oetjen ().