Mass Spectrometry Core Facility Manager (m/f/d)

The Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen and the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory are institutes of the Max Planck Society and conduct fundamental research in biology. The institute and laboratory consist of six scientific departments and several research groups with approximately 350 employees and scientific guests who work together in an international community and are supported by administrative, technical and scientific staff.

Position

Mass Spectrometry Core Facility Manager (m/f/d)

Key responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be in charge of managing our interdisciplinary mass spectrometry core facility at the Max Planck campus in Tübingen.
• The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring the mass spectrometry core facility is set up so as to complement the research of our institute which addresses fundamental questions of modern biology at the molecular, cellular, and organismic level.
• Our mass spectrometry core facility is equipped with an Ultimate 3000 coupled with an ultra‑high resolution QTOF MS (impact II, Bruker), a Vanquish Flex coupled with a Triple Quadrupole MS (Altis Plus, Thermo Scientific) and a Vanquish Neo coupled with timsTOF‑HT (Bruker).
• Key applications include versatile omics research in proteomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics.
• The successful candidate will be involved in numerous interdisciplinary research projects and will be given the opportunity to pursue their own research interests in part‑time (25%).
• One of the main tasks will be collaborating with our research groups and providing guidance to scientists and graduate students on campus, and beyond.
• The successful applicant will be in full charge of establishing, organizing, and conducting sample workflows, as well as operating and maintaining the facility, including overseeing maintenance and quality control of all instruments.
• Responsibility for analyzing and interpreting the generated data will also be an important part.

Required qualifications

• PhD in life sciences or a related discipline.
• Strong background in mass spectrometry and related techniques and analyses.
• Experience with mass spectrometry‑based OMICs is highly appreciated.
• Understanding and expert ability to utilize software packages such as Compass DataAnalysis, Compass MetaboScape, open‑source tools for MS based OMICs is essential.
• Good understanding of statistical methods and their application to large datasets.

What we offer

• Remuneration in accordance with the TVöD Bund pay scale up to EG14, including employer‑financed company pension scheme.
• Job ticket allowance.
• Wide range of training and further education opportunities.
• Company health management, including yoga courses and health days.

Contract and working time

Candidates from outside of the Max Planck Society will be offered an initial contract of two years with the possibility of a permanent position. The opportunity to pursue their own research interests in part‑time (25%).

Equal opportunity

The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer and committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

Application deadline

The deadline for applications is September15th,2026.

Contact

For inquiries, please contact Heike Budde (office_ley@tuebingen.mpg.de).

For more information about our department and research interests please visit our website: https://bio.mpg.de.