Work group:

FS-PETRA-D/P02.1

Area of research:

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Starting date:

02.05.2025

Job description:

DESY

With the storage ring PETRA III and the Free-Electron-Laser FLASH, DESY offers a unique combination of photon sources to the scientific community. PETRA III, one of the most brilliant hard X-ray facilities world wide, currently provides 23 undulator beamlines for experiments utilizing the extreme source brilliance. The new beamline P25 will be built for innovative industrially relevant applications and will also serve as a testbed for new technical developments towards PETRA IV. We are looking for a highly motivated experienced scientist to plan and develop a fully automated Instrument for high-throughput powder diffraction at P25 including commissioning and user support in synergy with the powder diffraction team at beamline P02.1. This beamline is specialized for high energy X-ray powder diffraction and PDF methods and works on, in-situ crystallization and variable temperature studies; operando studies of battery materials and catalysts; through to stress-strain measurements and simple high-throughput rapid access data collections under ambient conditions. The candidate should also contribute to our in-house research program by own research projects.

About your role:

• Development and commissioning of the new fully automised powder diffraction endstation at P25 in collaboration with scientists of the powder diffraction team at PETRA and engineers
• User support at P25 and P02.1
• Work as part of a team of scientists and engineers to provide operational support for powder diffraction and PDF experiments, in close collaboration with the international user community and industry
• Develop and pursue an own in-house research program in the field of powder diffraction or total scattering

About you:

• Completed academic higher education (master or diploma) in physics, materials science, or a related field, or equivalent expertise, skills and experience
• PhD in chemistry, physics, material science or equivalent field or qualification
• Profound knowledge in beamline instrumentation and data collection at 3rd generation synchrotron beamlines
• Experience in analysing data from either powder diffraction or total scattering experiments
• Knowledge in the field of pharmacy, in-situ catalytic or gas sorption studies and/or battery materials
• Experience in user operation and design & construction of automated experiments
• Basic knowledge of programming languages, preferably Python
• Excellent team worker
• Excellent communication skills in English

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time, job-sharing models and participation in mobile work (up to 50%). You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities. Remuneration is according to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) at both locations.

We look forward to receiving your application via our application portal:

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DESY promotes the professional development of women and therefore strongly encourages women to apply for the position to be filled. In addition, severely handicapped persons with equal aptitude are given preferential consideration. The advertised positions are basically suitable for part-time employment.

You can find further information here: www.desy.de/career/

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
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Phone: +49 40 8998-3392

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.