Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Tenerife, Spain
Description
The main task of this contract is to work as postdoctoral researcher within the framework of the EMIR project whose PI is Dr. Francisco Garzón. The successful candidate will be mainly devoted to organize, coordinate and perform tasks related to the instrument characterization in laboratory at system level, as well as the subsequent commissioning at telescope. Proved experience in the development and calibration of instruments is required. The successful candidate will coordinate the activities of the scientific group associated to EMIR, EAST. Moreover, the selected candidate will work within the EMIR group sited at the IAC in activities related to the technical development of the instrument and the preparation of its early scientific exploitation. These tasks include a direct implication in the preparation of scientific programmes for guaranteed observing time with EMIR; the supervision of the fulfillment of the high level specifications during the development; the participation in the AIV at subsystems level and the design and monitoring of the EMIR control systems at advanced user level. Part of these tasks related to the planning of the verification and commissioning of EMIR will have to be passed on to the initial plan of verification of MIRADAS.
Requirements
The candidate must be a doctor in astrophysics with solid background in in the research of astronomical fields of interest for EMIR. Especially valued is the experience in technical tasks which can be applied to the verification and commissioning of EMIR, on scientific programming, as well as on the observation, processing and calibration of NIR data. The tasks for this position are mainly related to the organization, coordination and execution of the instrument characterization in laboratory at system level, as well as the subsequent commissioning at telescope. Proven experience in the development and calibration of instruments is required.
More information and applications
Duration: Twenty four months; in any case until 31st December 2015 (finalization of the project).
Remuneration: The gross annual salary is 32.886 € per annum.
Application Deadline: 24/06/2013
Application website: http://www.iac.es/info.php?op1=26&id=432&lang=en
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