Postdoc or Scientific Collaborator in MEMS Probes for Cryogenic Scanning Probe Microscopy, EPFL
Job Description
EPFL’s Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation is hiring a postdoc to develop MEMS probes and instrumentation for cryogenic scanning probe microscopy and quantum measurement. The call is open until filled.
At a glance
- Post: Postdoc or Scientific Collaborator in MEMS Probes for Cryogenic Scanning Probe Microscopy
- Where: Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Pay: on the EPFL scale for this grade; the advert gives no figure
- Closing date: none given. EPFL reviews applications as they arrive, so the post is open until filled. We re-check these listings about every 30 days
Read the official EPFL advertisement before you apply.
The project
The laboratory develops advanced nanoscale measurement technologies for nanoscience, materials science and the life sciences. This post is part of a recently funded project and focuses on next-generation MEMS probes and instrumentation for cryogenic scanning probe microscopy and quantum measurements.
Scanning probe microscopy at cryogenic temperatures is where a lot of quantum materials work actually happens, and the probe is usually the limiting component. Designing a MEMS probe that performs at low temperature, and the instrumentation around it, is a microfabrication problem, a mechanics problem and a measurement problem at once.
What you need
- A PhD in physics, electrical engineering, microengineering or a related field
- Experience with MEMS design and microfabrication, scanning probe microscopy, or cryogenic measurement
- Read the official advertisement for the full requirements
Pay and conditions
EPFL pays doctoral assistants and postdoctoral researchers on published Swiss federal scales, which are among the higher ones in Europe. This advertisement states no figure, so check the scale for your grade and the cost of living in Lausanne before you decide.
How to apply
Apply through the EPFL careers page for this post. The advertisement gives no closing date. EPFL reviews applications as they come in, so apply early.
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Hiring institution: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Official advertisement: careers.epfl.ch
How to prepare for this application
- Cleanroom experience is close to essential. Name the processes you have run yourself.
- Cryogenics changes everything. Any dilution refrigerator or closed-cycle cryostat work is worth stating up front.
- EPFL works in English. Research and teaching at this level run in English, so French is useful but rarely required.
- Doctoral candidates apply twice. A lab offer at EPFL is normally followed by admission to a doctoral programme, so check the programme's own requirements too.
About EPFL
The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne is one of Switzerland's two federal institutes of technology. It has more than 6,500 staff and over 18,500 people on campus, including more than 14,000 students and 4,000 researchers from over 120 countries, with sites at Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, Sion, Geneva and Villigen.
