Pdra High-z Sensors and Charge Integrating Detectors

2 weeks ago


Didcot, United Kingdom Diamond Light Source Full time

**Based onsite - Harwell campus**

**About Us**

Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron science facility. By accelerating electrons to near light-speed, Diamond generates brilliant beams of light from infra-red to X-rays which are used for academic and industry research and development across a range of scientific disciplines including structural biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, earth, and environmental sciences.

**About the Role**

Your tasks will be:

- Characterise and develop calibration routines for Jungfrau detectors.
- Perform performance verification experiments of hybrid detectors with high-Z sensors.
- Perform X-ray beamtime experiments and analyse results.
- Understand and document data acquisition system.

**About You**

You will hold anappropriate PhD degree or equivalent qualification with experience and knowledge in the following:

- Principles of the interaction of radiation with matter.
- Development and characterization of ionizing radiation detectors.
- Programming skills relevant to data-analysis and in control and operation of detector systems
- Acquisition systems and digital electronics

As well as a demonstrated background in ionizing radiation detectors.

**Benefits**

Diamond offers an exceptional benefits package to support staff in achieving a positive work/life balance. This includes 26 days annual leave plus Christmas closure, public holidays, 2 annual volunteering days and flexible working hours. We also offer an excellent defined benefit pension scheme. Staff also have access to a range of amenities on site including a nursery, cafes, a restaurant and sports and leisure facilities. A relocation allowance may also be available where applicable.

**To Apply**

Other information
- Further company benefits
- Life at Diamond
- Nuvos Pension Scheme

Where relevant, and possible for the role, we will consider flexible working arrangements, secondment and job share opportunities.

Diamond are members of Working Families (the UK’s work-life balance organisation), we have also achieved the Athena SWAN Bronze award and Disability Confident Level Two.


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