Research Engineer - ATTRACT EU project

Context of the project
The ATTRACT Phase-1B project aims to consolidate a European innovation ecosystem focused on breakthrough detection & imaging technologies.
Research infrastructures, as providers of advanced services and as procurers of cutting-edge technologies, have a potential for innovation that has not always been sufficiently exploited. Opportunities arising from the development of components, instruments, services and knowledge for the implementation and upgrade of research infrastructures could be better exploited to push the limits of existing technologies. There is clear potential for innovation associated with procurement from industry during the construction and upgrade of research infrastructures.
The aim is to encourage research infrastructures to act as early adopters or developers of cutting-edge technology, to promote R&D partnerships with industry, to facilitate industrial use of research infrastructures and to stimulate the creation of innovation clusters.
This activity shall also support training and/or exchanges of staff managing and operating research infrastructures.
A co-innovation approach to continuously generate, scale and deploy breakthrough technologies with market and social value needs to be adopted by research infrastructures.

Your tasks:
You will take an active role in the following:
- Take a leading role as the ILL point of contact, strengthening the collaboration with other project partners and industries
- Contribute to developing a co-innovation platform to transparently promote the use of research infrastructure technologies for industrial applications across Europe
- Increase the capacity to generate, absorb and use new technologies
- Enhance the innovation capability of the research infrastructures- Raise awareness in industry of opportunities offered by research infrastructures to improve their products, e.g. as experimental test facilities, innovation hubs, knowledge-based centres
- Support the integration of research infrastructures into local, regional and global innovation systems.

Your profile:
- PhD in physics, engineering or equivalent qualification
- Previous experience in R&D in a research facility is strongly encouraged.
- You have a good level of spoken English in your area of expertise.
- Experience of working at an international research organisation would be appreciated.
- Previous experience with European projects is a plus.

What we offer:
Quality of life - A hub for research and technology, the city of Grenoble is ideally located in the heart of the French Alps (just 3 hours from Paris/Provence by train, 1 hour from Lyon international airport and 1 ½ hours from Geneva). It is important for us that our staff achieve a healthy work-life balance. We therefore offer home working (under certain conditions), generous annual paid leave entitlement and a host of other benefits that you will discover when you arrive!

Prospects - We guarantee you a stable 22-month fixed-term position in a multicultural scientific environment.

Benefits - We offer generous social benefits (expatriation allowance, excellent health cover), moving and relocation assistance (under certain conditions) and an annual productivity bonus. We also offer language courses for you and your partner and subsidies for the use of public transport and the staff canteen, as well as for holidays and a variety of cultural and sports activities.

Sounds interesting?
Then why not take your next career step with us by applying online - preferably in English - via our career portal by 06.04.2023, quoting reference number 23/13. Please note that all applicants are subject to administrative screening. For this post, medical fitness for work under ionising radiation is required and that medical fitness is required.
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and therefore welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

The Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) is based in Grenoble (France) and operates Europe's leading
research facility for basic research with neutrons. United by our passion for progress and
technology, we drive science and research forward every day. Together, we can pave the way
for discoveries that will help to make our world a better place.

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