Vacuum Engineer - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Your team
The vacuum team is responsible for providing support in vacuum technology to MAX IV accelerators and beamlines. The duties of the vacuum team include: design and simulations of high and ultra-high vacuum systems, procurement, installation, commissioning, maintenance, troubleshooting and follow up of vacuum systems of the accelerators and beamlines. The team is consisting of engineers and technicians who have experience in vacuum systems for particle accelerators.

As a member of the vacuum team, your main task is to provide all the needed support related to vacuum technology for the accelerator complex and the beamlines during all the stages of the projects: design, installation, operation and development.

Would you like to work at the brightest lightsource in the world?

Your main work tasks will be

• Design of vacuum systems for the accelerators and the beamlines.
• Support projects for the machine and the beamlines during design review meetings with suppliers and provide support during the factory and site acceptance tests of vacuum equipment.
• Simulations for vacuum systems and raytracing.
• Provide support for the installation of the vacuum systems (hands on), coordinate the work with your own team and the other teams within the MAX IV facility.
• Provide support during the commissioning and operation of the vacuum systems, assuring the requested performance is achieved.
• Procurement of vacuum parts/systems and follow up with the suppliers.
• Review and contribution to the documentation related to: machine protection system logic and test protocols.
• Short and long term monitoring of the vacuum performance of the accelerators and the beamlines.
• Provide the vacuum services for the accelerators and the beamlines, including: cleaning, pumping down, leak test, bakeout etc.
• Provide support during the corrective and preventive maintenance of vacuum pumps and equipment.
• Training of personnel in UHV technology.

To be successful in this role you need to have the following qualifications

• Education: university degree in mechanical engineering/material science/physics or equivalent.
• Working experience: 3 years’ experience in vacuum and ultra-high vacuum systems.
• Good command in English.
• Good communications skills.

Below are seen as merits

• Experience in ultra-high vacuum systems for particle accelerators, preferably synchrotron facilities.
• Experience in simulations for vacuum systems, preferably using Molflow+ and Synrad.

As a person you are  taking initiative, flexible, performance oriented, ability to cooperate, service minded, structured and quality conscious.

What we offer
When you join our MAX IV family, you step into a world of front edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientist 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 for 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
www.sweden.se
https://www.maxiv.lu.se/about-us/careerjobs/comp_and_benefits/

Probationary period may apply.