Summer worker at Beamline Office

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has around 44 000 students and more than 8 000 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.


Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.




MAX IV is a Swedish national large-scale research laboratory hosted by Lund University.

It provides scientists from Sweden as well as internationally, with state-of-the-art instrumentation for research in areas such as engineering, physics, structural biology, chemistry and nanotechnology. Fully developed it will receive more than 2 000 scientists annually, conducting ground-breaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the brilliant X-ray light.

Are you interested to work in an exciting scientific environment? Perhaps a summer work at MAX IV would be something for you?

Your team
The Beamline Office is a group within the Science Division at MAX IV that consists of three teams that address different tasks and responsibilities. This summer work will mainly be in the X-ray optics team that define, build and maintain the X-ray mirrors, gratings, crystals, apertures and lenses used to shape and deliver the X-ray light to the experiment. The team also maintain a X-ray optics lab where we assemble and measure state of the art optical systems for MAX IV.


Your main work tasks will be

- Work in the x-ray optics lab to build and test a ‘carbon cracking’ UV cleaning system for soft x-ray mirrors.
- Build up the x-ray optics display.
- Basic improvements and maintenance in the lab organization, cleanliness and inventory



To be successful in this role you need to have the following qualifications

- Second year Physics or Engineering with interest in optics or x-ray science/technology.
- High school level, computer knowledge, technical interest.



As a person you are organized, take initiative and enjoy being ‘hands on’.

 

You must be minimum 18 years and fluent in English to apply to this position.





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