Summer worker Beamline Office

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 45 000 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.




Your team
The Beamline Office is a group within the Science Division at MAX IV, comprising three teams that address different tasks and responsibilities.

We are looking for two summer workers who will take place in the teams that provide lab-wide support for sample environments and the team for x-ray optics used at the beamlines. The work focuses on assembling and testing two devices: A sintering furnace for 3D-printed material and a plasma source for cleaning optical surfaces.

Your main tasks will be

- Assembly and testing of a high-temperature sintering furnace.
- Assembly and testing of an RF-plasma source for optics cleaning.

To be successful in either of these roles, you need to have the following qualifications

- At least second-year Physics or Engineering
- An interest in engineering or x-ray science/technology.
- High school level, computer, and technical interest.

Experience and knowledge below are seen as merits

- Experience with electronic hardware and understanding safety-compliance rules.
- Knowledge in additive manufacturing.
- Knowledge of radio-frequency (RF) plasma generation.
- Experience with high vacuum systems

As a person you are organized, take the initiative, and enjoy being 'hands-on.' You must be a minimum of 18 years old and fluent in English to apply to this position.

What we offer
When you join our MAX IV team, you step into a world of front edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientist from all over the world, generating scientific results for the benefit of society. We offer you a multicultural work environment with great opportunities for personal development with respect for a healthy work-life balance.

Would you like to work in a challenging and supporting environment? Then join us and take the opportunity to make a real difference!





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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. It will receive up to 2 000 scientists annually, conducting ground-breaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the brilliant X-ray light.

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