Research Engineer BioMAX (temporary)

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is consistently ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47,000 students and more than 8,800 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 consider gender equality and diversity to be strengths and assets. **Your team** The macromolecular crystallography (MX) group is responsible for the two beamlines BioMAX and MicroMAX, as well as the fragment screening facility FragMAX, all of which support structural biology research aimed at understanding biology at a molecular level with applications in drug development and biotechnology. The international and interdisciplinary MX group consists of around 15 members. Would you like to work at one of the brightest light sources in the world? MAX IV is looking for a temporary (substitute) engineer who will maintain and develop the beamline instrumentation at BioMAX and MicroMAX. You will collaborate with other members of the BioMAX and MicroMAX teams to ensure the beamlines are functioning and ready to support the research conducted by our users. You will also be involved in projects to develop and improve instrumentation at the beamline. You will work in a complex technical and scientific environment, but your skills will be complemented by those of others in the group and by other groups at MAX IV. You will be part of a friendly, curious, and skilled team with diverse backgrounds. **Your main work tasks will be:** - Verify and test equipment functionality during commissioning - Resolve issues with the equipment, both independently and in collaboration with other staff or vendors - Participate in instrumentation and controls development projects - Support users during their experiments in collaboration with other beamline staff. **To be successful in this role, you need to have the following qualifications:** - Bachelor's or PhD or equivalent in Physics, Engineering, or another field relevant to the beamline - Knowledge and experience in instrumentation such as electronics or motion systems - Basic programming knowledge - Demonstrated ability to work in a team, as well as the capacity to work independently - Good communication skills, with an excellent command of English, both oral and written. **The following are considered merits:** - Knowledge of designing electronics or mechanics - Knowledge of Python scripting - Experience working with vacuum or cryogenic equipment - Experience with equipment synchronization - Experience working with lasers - Experience with synchrotrons or X-ray experiment instrumentation. As a person, you are a good team member, quality-conscious, service-minded, structured, and able to handle complex issues. **What we offer** When you join our MAX IV team, you step into a world of cutting-edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientists 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 while respecting a healthy work-life balance. Would you like to work in a challenging and supportive environment? Then join us and take the opportunity to make a real difference! For further information, please visit: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-lund-university/work-lund-university http://www.sweden.se https://www.maxiv.lu.se/about-us/careerjobs/comp_and_benefits/ MAX IV is a Swedish national large-scale research infrastructure hosted by Lund University. It provides scientists from Sweden and abroad with intense X-rays and state-of-the-art instrumentation for research in areas such as engineering, physics, structural biology, chemistry, and nanotechnology. Its 16 beamlines receive up to 2,000 scientists annually, conducting groundbreaking experiments in materials and life sciences using brilliant X-rays. We kindly decline all sales and marketing contacts.