SAP Research offers various opportunities for experienced researchers, entrants, and students to work in an international, application-oriented, and collaborative research environment.

Join SAP Research as a Researcher

Full-time Employment

Motivated graduates and junior and senior professionals (Post-Docs) with excellent research profiles can find various temporary and long-term employment opportunities at SAP Research. Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to send completed applications and all necessary documents to careers@sap.com and to the director of the respective research center.

Sabbatical

Professors who take a break from university are eligible to join SAP Research to work on a challenging project for up to six months on one of SAP's research programs.

Obtain Your Ph.D. at SAP Research

Ph.D. Programs

Candidates interested in writing a dissertation in an industrial, "real-life" research setting find ideal conditions at SAP Research in Europe. The breadth of international projects and topics offers a wide range of opportunities for a doctoral thesis. This is why SAP Research established a dedicated Ph.D. framework in close collaboration with several European universities. The envisaged timeframe to complete the dissertation is three years. During this period, candidates are assigned to a challenging project within one of SAP's research programs. SAP Research Americas offers a graduate internship program for Ph.D. students who wish to gain industry experience during your time as Ph.D. candidates.

Graduate Internship Program at SAP Research Americas

Graduate internship program students have the opportunity to learn about conducting applied research in the enterprise computing space by maintaining an extended relationship with the SAP Research team during your course of study. Students engage in new and ongoing research projects with the SAP Research team in Palo Alto, California, during a series of six-month internships for each Ph.D. year.

Recent topics include RFID and sensor technologies, distributed data management, networking, advanced Web technologies, and service-oriented architecture. To find the best fit between students and the research team, we encourage students to provide a brief description of topics that are relevant to your own research.

For more information about our specific areas of research, please contact our HR recruiting consultant Ruth Embaie.

Join SAP Research as a Student

Internships

SAP Research provides various opportunities for student internships for up to six months, within almost all research programs or centers. Applicants should be highly motivated and interested in applied research. Supported by the research team, students are introduced to complex research topics, and should be able to quickly take on responsibility. By the end of the internship, students gain a wealth of new experiences that can be seen as valuable assets for your future careers.

Student Jobs

SAP Research offers student jobs on a full-time basis during the university lecture-free period. Throughout the lecture-period at the university, working students can work on a 20-hour-per-week basis.

Diploma/Master Thesis

How about choosing a practical subject as a master or diploma thesis topic? Every year, SAP Research offers masters and diploma thesis projects, supported and guided by a mentor. SAP Research is also open to research proposals and ideas proposed by the students.

Learn More

For more information about opportunities at SAP Research, e-mail SAP Research or contact a SAP Research center.