Technician to CoSAXS and ForMAX

MAX IV are looking for a technician to support the CoSAXS and ForMAX teams in the operation and maintenance of the beamlines.

On the 3 GeV ring at MAX IV, we have CoSAXS for SAXS/WAXS and ForMAX for SAXS/WAXS and tomography. Both beamlines are in full user operation.

Your main work tasks will be

• Provide technical support for the routine operation and maintenance of both CoSAXS and ForMAX
• Keep the mechanical design data base of ForMAX and CoSAXS up to date, including adding sample environment drawings where available into the database
• Help keep documentation about the beamlines’ operation up to date
• Support the beamline staff in the set-up of experiments by preparing and calibration of sample environments and equipment
• Help provide solutions for streamlining installation and operation of the experimental setup
• Help provide solutions for the installation and operation of user-owned equipment, including providing users with information about dimensions and drawings of the endstations as needed.

The above tasks are a shared responsibility for operation, maintenance and documentation of the beamline in close collaboration with the team of scientists and engineers at CoSAXS, ForMAX and MAX IV staff.

The successful candidate is a technician/engineer with experience of previously operating and maintaining equipment within a scientific/engineering laboratory, and could even have worked at a synchrotron or large scale facility.

• The candidate must have experience of handling new complex equipment, including thorough practical experience in handling, for example, delicate X-ray optics, vacuum components, electronics, cameras/detectors and motorised components
• The candidate must demonstrate how they have contributed new ideas/engineering solutions within their work
• The candidate may be able to produce manufacturing drawings and 3D CAD models and should be able to show designs that they have done
• The candidate must be able to work independently and to handle a large number of on-going parallel tasks
• The candidate must have effective communication skills with all the different functions at the laboratory and demonstrate collaborative team working skills
• The candidate must be able to quickly read and understand complex manuals (in English)
• A degree in engineering, physics, chemistry or materials science is required.

Below are seen as merits

• The candidate may have qualifications in operation of workshop tools, e.g. machining, lathes.
• The candidate may be familiar with producing components using 3D printers
• The candidate may be familiar with beamline operation software, e.g. Spock/Spec.
• The candidate may be familiar with programming in python.

As a person you are a team player, valuing supporting others in their work. You should have an interest in the science being carried out at CoSAXS and ForMAX.

What we offer
When you join our MAX IV team, you step into 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 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/careers/compensation-benefits/

Probationary period may apply.