Experiments:CERN-LHC-ATLAS
Deadline: 2015-09-30
Region: Europe
Job description:
The University of Siegen is an innovative and interdisciplinary oriented university with about 18,500 students, 1,900 employees, including about 1,200 scientists. It offers a wide range of academic subjects from the humanities, social sciences and economics to natural sciences and engineering and therefore an excellent teaching and research environment with numerous inter- and transdisciplinary research projects. The University of Siegen offers many arrangements to reconcile family with job commitments. Since 2006 the University of Siegen is certified as a family-friendly university and offers a Dual Career Service.
In the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology there is an opening for a position starting November 1st, 2015 as
a postdoctoral research associate
(salary group 13 TV-L)
for a period of 1 year with the possibility to prolong the employment. The duration of employment conforms to the law on fixed-term contracts for scientific employees
(Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz).
Your responsibilities:
• Design, development, production, test and maintenance of digital readout and trigger electronics for the ATLAS pixel detector upgrade,
• Supervision and maintenance of the group’s electronics labs (e.g. logic analyzers, BGA repair station, wire bonder, etc.),
• Supervision of students during their laboratory work (e.g. during their thesis work), You possess:
• Final degree (Master of science or diploma in physics) in the field of experimental physics, preferably with the emphasis on experimental particle physics,
• Very good graduation preferably in experimental particle physics,
• Willingness to learn PCB design and FPGA programming tools,
• Experience with digital readout or trigger electronics (FPGA-based) and skills in the area of optical data transmission, ASIC design and/or administration of a Linux cluster are advantageous.
The University of Siegen wishes to increase the proportion of female faculty members, and, for this reason, especially welcomes applications by women. Applications from handicapped persons with the same qualifications are encouraged.
Further information can be obtained from Prof. Dr. Peter Buchholz, tel.: +49 271 740 3718, E-Mail: Buchholz@hep.physik.uni-siegen.de,
Homepage: http://www.hep.physik.uni-siegen.de.
Qualified persons are invited to submit their application (curriculum vitae, certificates etc.) with the advertisement code 2015/Fak IV/Physik/WM/148 until September 30th, 2015 to Prof. Dr. Peter Buchholz, Faculty for Natural Sciences and Technology, Department of Physics, University of Siegen, D-57068 Siegen, Germany, Buchholz@hep.physik.uni-siegen.de.
Information about the University of Siegen can be found on our homepage http://www.uni-siegen.de.
More Information:http://www.hep.physik.uni-siegen.de
