Summer worker Beamline Office – Sample environment - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Your team
The Beamline Office is a group within the Science Division at MAX IV, comprising different teams that supports beamlines and users. The summer work will take place in the Support Labs team that provides lab-wide support for biology and chemistry labs, detectors and sample environments. In this work, we are targeting the Sample Preparation lab that contains a number of lab instruments for MAX IV staff and users.

Your main work tasks will be:

• The work is focused on tests and characterization of equipment for thin-film deposition
• The results should be documented in our lab booking system (ILab)
• Further tasks may be test and characterization of equipment in the Sample Preparation Lab, photon-sensing devices in the Detector Lab, as well as 3D-printing support

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

• Second year Physics or Engineering with an interest in engineering or X-ray science/technology
• High school-level computer knowledge and technical interest.

Experience and knowledge below are seen as merits:

• Experience with electronic hardware and understanding safety-compliance rules
• Knowledge in additive manufacturing
• Knowledge of thin-film deposition.

As a person:

• You are organized, take initiative, and enjoy being 'hands-on'
• You must be minimum 18 years and fluent in English to apply to this position.

This is a temporary position, full-time for 8 weeks in June-August 2026.

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 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/careers/compensation-benefits/