Scientific staff positions at Max Planck Society

Scientific staff positions cover a broad range of research and research-support roles — research associates, senior researchers, project scientists and lab managers. These roles often sit between postdoc and professor, offering longer-term contracts and a mix of independent research, project coordination and student supervision. They're common in large collaborative projects and core facilities.

• •Includes research associates, senior scientists and lab managers
• •Often on multi-year or permanent contracts
• •May involve project management alongside research
• •Salary typically between postdoc and professor level