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August 2020
CERN (Geneva, Switzerland) has opened applications for the 2020 ATLAS PhD Grant. This special grant is designed for candidates preparing a doctoral thesis in particle physics (including computing for physics) to spend 18 months at CERN. Candidates may already have a thesis subject defined with their home university OR they may be looking for a thesis subject.
Find more information at https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CERN/743999716855606-atlas-phd-grant-2020
June 2020
VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) has a number of research projects in elementary particle physics for postdoctoral researchers interested in developing a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (MSCA-IF) proposal.
VUB has dedicated support for MSCA-IF applications.
Research topics include:
FCC physics studies
Dark Matter at the LHC
Turning precise measurements at particle colliders into searches for new physics
Find more information at https://www.vub.be/en/research/msca-if-research-area-sciences-bioengineering-sciences#elementary-particle-physics
Contact: Prof. Dr. Freya Blekman
May 2020
Diamond Light Source (Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, UK) is seeking a skilled and experienced physicist to take up the key role of Head of the Accelerator Physics Group, responsible for the accelerator physics aspects of the operation, near-term and long-term development of the Diamond accelerators and, in particular, leading the accelerator physics studies for a major upgrade of the Diamond lattice (Diamond-II).
Find more information at https://vacancies.diamond.ac.uk/vacancy/head-of-accelerator-physics-group-418338.html
Closing date for applications : 14 June 2020
April 2020
A number of job openings and positions in US research facilities are posted and regularly updated by the US Particle Accelerator School.
Find more information at https://uspas.fnal.gov/opportunities/jobs/index.shtml
March 2020
The Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany) is offering PhD positions in the field of Energy Recovery Linacs.
Possible research topics cover electron sources, injectors, SRF materials, controls, diagnostics, beam dynamics, or beam target interaction.
For more information see https://www.ikp.tu-darmstadt.de/accelence_main/ankuendigungen/ankuendingungen_accelence.en.jsp
CERN’s Beams Department is offering two PhD Doctoral student projects.
1. Impedance Mitigation Measures in the LHC Injection Chain http://cds.cern.ch/record/2710593/files/PhDProjectImpedanceMitigation.pdf
2. Longitudinal Beam Dynamics at Highest Intensity in the SPS http://cds.cern.ch/record/2710592/files/PhDProjectLongitudinalBeamDynamics.pdf
For more information contact heiko.damerau@cern.ch or alexandre.lasheen@cern.ch
Formal application via https://careers.cern/doct-projects
Deadline 25/03/2020
February 2020
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble, France) is seeking applications for two post-doctoral positions:
in the Radio Frequency group : https://esrf.gestmax.eu/1387/1/post-doctoral-position-in-the-radio-frequency-group/en_US?backlink=search
and the Beam Dynamics Group: https://esrf.gestmax.eu/1386/1/post-doctoral-position-in-the-beam-dynamics-group/en_US?backlink=search
The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia, USA) is expanding its prestigious fellowship program in nuclear physics and accelerator science for early career physicists.
For more information: https://www.jlab.org/news/releases/jefferson-lab-establishes-new-fellowships-nuclear-physics-and-accelerator-science
The Technische Universität Dortmund (Germany) is seeking applications for three doctoral positions in accelerator physics at the DELTA synchrotron radiation source in Dortmund. The research topics cover storage ring beam dynamics, seeding with femtosecond laser pulses, and coherent emission of THz radiation.
For more information : http://www.delta.tu-dortmund.de/cms/de/Jobs/Dissertationen/Dissertation_Khan
January 2020
The GANIL Heavy ion National Laboratory (Caen, France) has an opening for a postdoctoral position in the magnetic measurements of superconducting magnets, entitled "Magnetic characterization of superconducting magnets for S3 spectrometer"
The job description can be found at : https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UPR3266-VERMAR-020/Default.aspx
The University of Manchester (UK) is seeking applications for a 3.5-year PhD studentship starting in October 2020, under the supervision of Dr Rob Appleby (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester and Cockcroft Institute) and Dr Yannis Papaphillppou (CERN), to develop beam-beam simulations including machine non-linearities and noise for HL-LHC to explore proton long-term stability and machine performance.
For more information: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/beam-beam-and-crab-cavity-proton-dynamics-for-the-lhc-luminosity-upgrade/?p117980
CIVIDEC Instrumentation GmbH (Vienna, Austria) has opened a 6-month fellowship position in the framework of the H2020 AVA project (www.ava-project.eu ) in the field of radiation diagnostics for antimatter studies. Applications are welcome until March 30th from enthusiastic Master-level physicists or electrical engineers.
For more information click HERE .
Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton NY, USA) has an opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Collider-Accelerator department. The job description can be found here:
https://jobs.bnl.gov/job/upton/physics-research-assocate/3437/14633416
December 2019
The University of Hawaii at Manoa is looking to hire a junior faculty member in accelerator physics.
For more information please go to: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/15571
Mevion Medical Systems (Littleton, MA, USA) is looking to hire an up and coming physicist to help maintain and develop the core accelerator technology in its proton therapy system.
For more information please go to:
November 2019
The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia, USA) is currently accepting applications for the Hermann Grunder Postdoctoral Fellowship in Accelerator Science.
For more information please go to:
August 2019
IBA (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) has opened a position for an accelerator physicist in the Innovation and Development (ID) department.
For job description and requirements please go to:
https://www.iba-careers.com/?page=job&job_id=17876&lang=en&r=?page%3Dcareer%26lang%3Den
July 2019
The University of Melbourne is currently looking for a Research Fellow (for a fixed term position for three years), to join the Medical Accelerator Physics group:
https://careers.pageuppeople.com/422/ci/en/job/900194/research-fellow-accelerator-physics-medical-applications (deadline to apply: 16 August)
June 2019
The Computing Division of ALBA Synchrotron (Barcelona) has opened 5 engineering positions:
Electronics Engineer
CD-ES-2019-02 - https://intranet.cells.es/Jobs/JobOffers/ViewJob?job_id=336
Controls Software Engineer
CD-CS-2019-02 - https://intranet.cells.es/Jobs/JobOffers/ViewJob?job_id=335
IT System Administrator
CD-SS-2019-01 - https://intranet.cells.es/Jobs/JobOffers/ViewJob?job_id=337
CD-SS-2019-02 - https://intranet.cells.es/Jobs/JobOffers/ViewJob?job_id=338
CD-SS-2019-03 - https://intranet.cells.es/Jobs/JobOffers/ViewJob?job_id=339