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Location

Berlin | Germany

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Job description

Beamline Scientist (m/f/d) for Soft-x-Ray Photo­emission, Absorption, and Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Reference No.: QM 2024/2

The Department for Spin and Topology in Quantum Materials investigates foundations and concepts in materials science for future information processing. The depart­ment operates several experimental stations for spectro­scopy and diffraction with synchrotron radiation.

You are a beamline scientist for soft-x-ray photo­emission, absorption, and fluore­scence spectro­scopy with experience in user support and a relevant research record with a broad spectrum of user application cases. Experience with inexperienced users is of advantage, as well as experience in shaping a new user community. The candidate should be interested in opening synchrotron radiation applications to new users, in particular users from quantum techno­logy.

Your Tasks

• You support researchers in the field of quantum techno­logy in accessing synchrotron radiation.
• You are responsible for the user support at the GELEM instrument and further develop­ment of instru­men­tation.
• You conduct independent research in the field of quantum and energy materials.

Your Profile

• Doctoral degree in phyics or similar
• Extensive expertise in the electronic structure of solids and the investi­gation methods of synchro­tron radiation
• Very good experimental skills and experience with soft X-ray methods
• Scientific writing and presentation proficiency
• Experience in organizing work­shops and con­ferences in the specific field
• Experience and personal research with soft X-ray absorption, photo­emission, and fluore­scence in a wide range of application areas
• Experience in building a new user community
• Excellent communication skills

Your Benefits at HZB

• Work in one of Berlin's renowned non-university research institutions
• Research for a climate-friendly future in collabo­ration with notable partners from a wide range of sectors in industry and academia
• Attractive fringe benefits, including a company pension scheme (Versorgungs­anstalt des Bundes und der Länder, VBL)
• A wide range of training programmes
• 39 hours/week
• 30 days holiday
• Work-life balance through flexible working hours, mobile working and an internal counselling centre for work-life balance issues
• Extensive counselling services on family and career
• Health management and company sports programmes
• Numerous health management and company sports programmes
• Subsidy for public transport (Deutschlandticket Job)
• And a team that looks forward to meeting you!

Fixed term contract for 12 months. The salary is based on the Collective Agreement for the German Public Service (TVöD-Bund).

How to apply

We look forward to receiving your application via our application management system by 14.03.2024 . For reasons of data protection regulations, we are unfortunately unable to consider applications that reach us by other means (such as email or mail) in the application process.

We very much want our workplace to be diverse, and welcome applications from people with different backgrounds. It is our mission to promote equal opportunities and to improve women’s representation in the workforce. We are therefore very interested in receiving applications from women. Where the qualifications are met, we will give preference to people with disabilities.

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH
Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin

Climate change poses serious challenges to the whole world.
At Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, we are researching materials for a climate-neutral future. 1200 employees from all over the world are working together at HZB towards this goal. Join us, and help us achieve it!
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CONTACT

Oliver Rader
+49 30 8062 12950
[email protected]

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