Beamline engineer - temporary position (6 months)

Lund University, MAX IV , Controls & IT

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.

We are looking for a person with experience of working with experimental instrumentation. The work will consist of technically evaluating beamline components under public procurement particularly regarding motion. Also, commissioning systems that integrate timing, motion, detection, and positioning, is a part of the every day tasks. The hardware team work in an agile way in close collaboration with all other IT teams, beamline staff and scientists, also with other groups in an open and friendly environment.

Tasks

Evaluate technical documents during procurement phase, especially with focus on motion.
Installing and commissioning electronics hardware equipment for the MAX IV facility.

Required Qualifications

Master degree in electronics, system engineering or equivalent.
Experience from data acquisition systems integrating motion and timing, particularly IcePAP.
Experience in motion on beamlines.

Additional Desirable qualifications

Experience of MAX IVs formal and informal processes.
Experience of working in a research oriented large facility.
Experience from any of the topics: stepper motors, piezo motors, nanometer precision encoders, measurements with synchrotron beamline equipment, python programming.
Experience of any of the following: IcePAP, Alba Electrometer, PandABox, Sardana, Tango or other community developed systems.

On call services may apply.

MAX IV is a Swedish national large-scale research laboratory hosted by Lund University. It provides scientists from Sweden as well as internationally, with state-of-the-art instrumentation for research in areas such as engineering, physics, structural biology, chemistry and nanotechnology. It will receive up to 2 000 scientists annually, conducting ground-breaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the brilliant X-ray light.

The ICT teams at MAX IV are placed under the Technical Division and deliver solutions to the whole MAX IV organisation in the areas of electronics, software, infrastructure and scientific data. This is a dynamic and highly challenging environment and requires close collaboration with the beamline staff in order to understand the needs and be effective in forming solutions. We are around 50 people in total who work in 4 domains in a well-organised and agile way. We hold values of lean management, knowledge spread, user autonomy, continuous improvement and flexibility as guiding principles for our work.

Type of employment	Special fixed-term employment
Contract type	Full time
First day of employment	As per agreement
Salary	Monthly salary
Number of positions	1
Full-time equivalent	100
City	Lund
County	Skåne län
Country	Sweden
Reference number	PA2021/410
Contact	Peter Sjöblom, +46702999397
Union representative	OFR/S:Fackförbundet ST:s kansli, 046-222 93 62, st@st.lu.se SACO:Saco-s-rådet vid Lunds , 046-222 93 64, kansli@saco-s.lu.se
Published	12.Feb.2021
Last application date	22.Feb.2021 11:59 PM CET

Beamline engineer - temporary position (6 months) - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Lund University, MAX IV , Controls & IT