3 Vacancies at the Ion Beam Centre

Tuesday 16 August 2011

This is an opportunity for two highly motivated and enthusiastic Research Fellows and one Experimental Officer to join The Ion Beam Centre (IBC) at the University of Surrey, a world leading facility and centre of excellence for research in ion beam modification of materials and ion beam analysis.  

The IBC’s Laboratories house “state of the art” implanters and associated processing and metrology equipment and a 2MV Tandem Accelerator used primarily for Ion Beam Analysis (IBA). These facilities are used in a wide variety of collaborative projects with universities and industries world-wide.   The IBC is looking for three enthusiastic and skilled individuals who will be involved in a range of collaborative projects in: (i) the processing and measurement of electronic materials; (ii) ion beam analysis; and (iii) supporting the activities in the IBA laboratory and the construction and commissioning of a new MeV-SIMS beamline.  

In addition to suitable qualifications in an applied mathematics, physics or a relevant engineering discipline, it is also desirable that all three successful candidates will have good practical skills and relish a challenge They will also need to have a flair for practical problem solving, fault finding and diagnosis and be able to work well as part of a team but also be capable of working independently and have the necessary communication skills to talk to people from widely different backgrounds and disciplines. They should be prepared to occasionally work flexible hours with appropriate.

For the Implantation Research Fellow Post (Ref: 8312)
Salary up to £34,745 per annum (subject to experience and qualifications)
You should have a PhD degree in a relevant subject and be capable of operating processing, metrology and implantation equipment. Experience of running a Quality Assurance programme would be an advantage.

For the Ion Beam Analysis Research Fellow Post (Ref: 8311)
Salary up to £31,798 per annum (subject to experience and qualifications)
You should have a PhD degree in a relevant subject and have experience of MeV Ion Beam Analysis in particular PIXE and RBS. Experience of microbeams and other complimentary techniques would be an advantage.

For the IBA Laboratory Experimental Officer Post (Ref: 8313)
Salary up to £31,798 per annum (subject to experience and qualifications)
Experience of working with high voltage and/or vacuum equipment would be desirable. Maintaining and developing accelerator equipment would be an advantage.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Professor R P Webb r.webb@surrey.ac.uk

For an application pack and to apply on-line please go to our website https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/index.html . If you are unable to apply on-line, please contact Miss Louise Wilkinson, HR Assistant, on tel: +44 (0) 1483 686106 or by e-mail: louise.wilkinson:@surrey.ac.uk.   

Closing date for applications: Monday 12th September 2011

Applicants should be aware that the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) has currently imposed a limit on the number of migrants entering the UK.  This limit is affecting the University's ability to sponsor staff under Tier 2 of the points-based system.  Applicants should consider whether they can acquire the right to work in the UK on their own accord (e.g. EU national, Tier 1 or Tier 4 status).

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