Apply for Heidelberg Medical AI Jobs 2026: Postdocs, Engineers and Researchers Wanted in Germany
Overview
The newly established Institute for Medical AI (IMAI) at Heidelberg University Hospital and the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University is preparing to recruit postdoctoral researchers, engineers and researchers for on-site positions in Heidelberg, Germany. IMAI officially launches on 1 October 2026 and combines research, clinical deployment and education in medical AI, aiming to move new AI methods into clinical practice and train future specialists. It acts as a hub for AI across the Heidelberg-Mannheim hospital system and Medical Faculty and brings together experts in medicine, computer science, physics, biology, engineering and law.
Focus areas
The upcoming recruitment centres on four areas. Biomedical AI covers multimodal foundation models, AI biomarkers and AI agents using imaging, pathology, genomics and clinical records. Robotics concentrates on laboratory automation and physical action surfaces for AI agents. AI social sciences covers multi-agent systems and agent civilizations. The fourth area is deploying AI in a large hospital system through the Innovation & Implementation Center, which evaluates prototypes, supports clinical implementation and monitors systems after deployment, including documentation, training and oversight.
Research groups
Research topics include on-premise and autonomous medical AI agents, healthcare language model safety, multimodal histopathology models, AI biomarkers and distributed learning. Groups include the Kather Lab on clinical AI and computational pathology, Distributed Learning & Multimodal AI on swarm and federated learning, and Precision Oncology AI on agentic and multimodal AI for precision oncology, clinical trials and rare cancers. IMAI stresses prospective evaluation of clinical AI for usefulness, safety, reliability and workflow effects.
Who can apply
The announcement does not yet give eligibility criteria, degree requirements, salary or deadlines for the upcoming positions. Prospective applicants in areas such as machine learning, computer science, robotics, data science, multi-agent systems, computational modelling and healthcare technology can prepare a research-focused CV showing publications, projects, datasets and models, collaborations and relevant experience, bearing in mind that the roles are on site in Heidelberg.
How to apply
No application route is stated yet, since formal vacancies are still to be published.