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 visit the SAP Career Portal and send completed applications and all necessary documents to careers@sap.com.

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 in one of SAP's research topics.

Obtain Your Ph.D. at SAP Research

The SAP Research Ph.D. program provides doctoral candidates interested in writing a dissertation in industrial, "real-life" research with the ideal setting. 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 topics and work under the guidance of their academic supervisor and SAP Research manager.

Recent program participants have focused on topics such as e-business integration, next-generation applications, security and trust, smart items and future manufacturing, and end-user development. In addition to these technical topics, SAP Research Ph.D. students are undertaking projects in areas such as innovation management and research communications.

Join SAP Research as a Student

Internships

SAP Research provides various opportunities for student internships for up to six months, within almost all research topics or locations. 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 and to submit your application for employment, visit the SAP Career Portal.