Researcher (f/m) for SAP Research Karlsruhe

As one of the world’s leading providers of business software, SAP delivers products and services that help accelerate business innovation. Today, customers in more than 120 countries and 25 industries run SAP applications – from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations. (*) SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource planning and related applications

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
SAP Research is the global technology research unit of SAP, with a network of research centers worldwide. The group significantly contributes to SAP's product portfolio and extends its leading position in the market by identifying and shaping emerging IT trends and generating breakthrough innovations through applied research.

The business model of SAP Research includes co-innovation through collaborative research. In collaboration with leading universities, partners, customers, and SAP product groups, SAP Research drives the development of promising ideas and prototypes into market-ready offerings for maximum customer value.

We provide a highly motivated project environment with multiple international partners in industry and academia for applied research.

The Internet of Services (IoS) research group is looking into future service e-trading and delivery mechanisms.

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
Your main responsibilities will be: * Apply scientific principles and concepts to evaluate and assess potential new products
* Collaborative research on topics related to the Internet of Services
* Understanding business process requirements to map them onto IT driven use cases
* Software Engineering and architectural design of business applications
* Prototypical implementation of business applications
* Active engagement in know-how transfers to SAP product development units (e.g. Business By Design)
* Understand things like market requirements, target environments, performance criteria, and competitive issues of disruptive business software innovations

WORK EXPERIENCE
* Proven track record of IT related research
* Sound experiences in object-oriented programming, Service Oriented Architecture design and web technologies
* Preferably you have technical SAP product portfolio know how, in particular on Business By Design

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
* We assume that you have completed a Masters in Computer Sciences or a closely related field with very good to good results and that you have gained at least 1 year of professional experience
* You are supposed to be able to perform scientific and project managerial tasks on work package level and to collaborate with globally distributed SAP teams to appreciate stakeholder needs and to ensure the successful transfer of project results.
* We additionally expect proven sound experiences in object-oriented programming, Service Oriented Architecture and web technologies, very strong capabilities in self organization, the ability to work in an international team of researchers and the willingness to supervise and assist interns and bachelor/master students.
* Very good communication skills: oral, written, and in presentations; the ability to fluently understand and communicate verbally and in writing in German and English

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