SAP PhD Candidate f/m/d - Generative AI Assistants Project Cooperation KIT 

Germany, Baden-Württemberg 

627332032

What you'll do

As PhD student within the strategic Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistants project of the SAP Sustainability Innovation team, you will identify research opportunities and gaps in making businesses more sustainable by leveraging designing GenAI assistants for SAP enterprise software.
Following the design science research methodology, you will first systematically explore the problem space of digital sustainability transformation of organizations.

Subsequently, you will come up with prototypical GenAI assistants and rigorously evaluate them in a real-world context in cooperation with SAP customers and/or partners. Furthermore, you will deliver design knowledge for sustainability GenAI assistants in enterprise systems. You will contribute with scientific contributions at top conferences and/or journals and drive adoption of the most relevant research outcomes into innovative sustainability solutions, delivered by the Growth Unit Sustainability of the Office of SAP’s CEO.

The PhD project will be performed in close cooperation with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and its human-centered systems lab (h-lab).

What you bring

• PhD Student / doctoral candidate (f/m/d) of a university or a university of applied sciences, preferred fields of study information systems/business informatics, industrial engineering or computer science with scientific interest in the topic sustainability and/or AI, in which the dissertation will be written
• Computer skills: Python, AI, ML, GenAI, LLM’s
• Language skills: fluent in English
• Soft skills: team player, creative, geek in AI, programming and as a plus, sustainability.
• Others: record of successful project experience in software engineering, positive grades in latest exams or master degree (at least 1.9)

Your set of application documents MUST contain a cover letter and a resume in table form and should include school leaving certificates, certificate of enrollment, current university transcript of records, copies of any academic degrees already earned, and if available, references from former employers (including internships). Please also describe your experience and skills in foreign languages and computer programs / programming languages.