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Postdoc (f/m) as an instrument officer for the neutron powder diffractometer
| Employer: | Forschungzentrum Juelich (Others) | | Location: | Oak Ridge, TN 37831 | | Category: | Postdoc/Graduate Assistant position of:
Materials Science & Engineering
Physics
Others (Science & Engineering) | |
| Posted: | Jan. 17, 2012 |
| | Job Type: | Full-time | | Degree: | PhD | | Deadline: | Open until filled |
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Description & Requirement
With a staff of 4700, Forschungszentrum Jülich – a member of the Helmholtz Association – is one of the largest interdisciplinary research centres in Europe and stands for the next generation of key technologies. Work with us on the grand challenges in the fields of health, energy & environment, and information technology, as well as on the many and varied tasks of research management.
The Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) provides scientists at universities and research institutions in Germany and throughout the world with access to neutron instruments of the highest performance class.
JCNS currently has a vacancy at the American Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) in Oak Ridge, USA, for a
Postdoc (f/m)
as an instrument officer for the neutron powder diffractometer
Job Description:
- Involvement in the operation of the neutron powder diffractometer and the optimization of the operating parameters of all components, for example, as part of Forschungszentrum Jülich‘s commitment to the instrumentation of the planned European high-performance spallation source ESS
- Creation and administration of your own research programme at the high-performance source of SNS
- User support with a wide range of different measuring tasks
- Implementation of your own experiments
- Participation in the JCNS research programme with a focus on „structural analysis“.
Your Profile:
- A university degree in physics, physical chemistry, crystallography or mineralogy with an above-average PhD
- Willingness to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration with groups of Forschungszentrum Jülich and external users from research and industry
- Interest in studying challenging scientific and technical issues
- Willingness to undertake official travel (e.g. in the context of conducting experiments at other research neutron sources)
- Excellent command of written and spoken English
- Well-structured and systematic working method.
Our Offer:
- Challenging and varied work in an interdisciplinary and international team
- Employment initially for a fixed term of three years but with possible long-term prospects
- Opportunity to job share
- Salary and social benefits in conformity with the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD).
Place of employment: Oak Ridge, USA.
Forschungszentrum Jülich aims to employ more women in this area and therefore particularly welcomes applications from women.
We also welcome applications from disabled persons.
contact:
Barbara Küppers
phone: +49 2461 61-5358
www.fz-juelich.de
Application Please send your application following the specific requirements, quoting the reference code 295/2011NA to:
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Geschäftsbereich Personal
- Personalentwicklung -
52425 Jülich
Germany Internal Job Code: 295/2011TE (When applying, please mention this ad in TedJob.com)
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