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Scientist in Physics
Lund University
Would you like to work at one of the brightest lightsources in the world?
MAX IV is looking for a Beamline Scientist at the state-of-the-art ARPES beamline BLOCH to further develop the ARPES and spin-ARPES programs, including advancing the instrumentation, growing user communities, and pursuing their own scientific research.
Your main work tasks will be
- Ensure the robust, optimal day-to-day operation of the beamline, including all instruments, software, and adjacent facilities, and prepare it for the planned user experiments.
- Provide support to the users during the setup and execution of beamline experiments.
- Organize the constant availability of technical infrastructure and work towards improvements for a user-friendly beamline.
- Contribute to the continuous development and implementation of methods and beamline instrumentation.
- Pursue own or a collaborative research program and acquire external funding.
- Play an active role in the development of the research portfolio of the beamline.
- Carry out procurements for developing and maintaining the technical infrastructure.
- Together with the beamline lead, perform proposal feasibility checks.
- Communicate with the beamline team members and other relevant staff at MAX IV and external partners.
- Communicate to the existing and potential new users the current capabilities and the upgrade plans of the beamline.
- Create and maintain beamline documentations.
- Have a solid knowledge of the general and organizational safety rules and requirements, and instruct users and team members.
- Supervise temporary staff (PostDocs, PhD, and Master students).
To be successful in this role you need to have the following qualifications
- Ph.D. in Physics, Materials Science, or similar.
- Documented professional research experience (after PhD) in the field of synchrotron-based ARPES.
- Documented professional research experience (after PhD) performing and interpreting micro-ARPES experiments and data.
- Extensive experience in using and maintaining ultrahigh vacuum instrumentation.
- Experience in programming in e.g. Python.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently.
- Excellent command of the English language, good communication, and teamwork skills.
- Experience in user support at synchrotrons or labs.
Below are seen as merits
- Documented experience with spin-ARPES.
- Documented experience with operando (e.g., under bias, stress, strain) experiments.
- Documented experience with other synchrotron-based techniques.
What we offer
When you join our MAX IV team, you enter a world of front edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientists from all over the world, generating scientific results for the benefit of society. We offer you a multicultural work environment with great opportunities for personal development with respect to a healthy work-life balance.
Would you like to work in a challenging and supporting environment? Then join us and take the opportunity to make a real difference!
For further information, please visit:
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-lund-university/work-lund-university
https://www.maxiv.lu.se/about-us/careers/compensation-benefits/
On-call duty is required for this position. Probationary period may apply.
MAX IV is a Swedish national large-scale research infrastructure hosted by Lund University. It provides scientists from Sweden and abroad with intense X-rays and state-of-the-art instrumentation for research in areas such as engineering, physics, structural biology, chemistry, and nanotechnology. Its 16 beamlines receive up to 2,000 scientists annually, conducting ground-breaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the brilliant X-rays.
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