Contract - Photoemission spectroscopy and microscopy beamline

Consortium CELLS

Barcelona, Spain

Deadline: 2014/03/28

Description

ALBA is the Spanish 3-GeV synchrotron radiation facility operated by the Consortium CELLS, which is equally funded by the Spanish Government (Ministerio de Economía y Competividad) and the Catalan Government (Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Economia i Coneixement). Out of the seven operating phase I beamlines, BL24-CIRCE is a variable polarization, soft X-ray beamline dedicated to photoelectron spectroscopy and microscopy. 

The beamline has two branches equipped respectively with endstations for PhotoElectron Emission Microscopy (PEEM) and Near Ambient Pressure Photoemision spectroscopy (NAPP) . 

The Near-Ambient Pressure Photoemission (NAPP) endstation is an Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) setup equipped with a hemispherical electron energy analyzer for X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (Phoibos NAP150 from SPECS) that can operate at a sample pressure range from UHV up to 25 mbar thanks to a differential pumping system which ensures a pressure difference of 109 between detector and sample [http://rsi.aip.org/resource/1/rsinak/v73/i11/p3872_s1]. 

Therefore the usual characterization capabilities of XPS are extended to the study of gas-solid and gas-liquid interphases, with applications to in-situ characterization of heterogeneous catalysts, corrosion processes, wetting, fuel cells, photovoltaics, etc.

The beamline is open to worldwide scientific community since 2012. The scientific staff of the beamline is responsible to give support to academic and industrial users and is also in charge of the maintainance and continuous upgrade of the beamline.

The beamline scientists are encouraged to carry on a scientific programme using the capabilities of the beamline. 

In the forecoming years the in-house research program for the NAPP will include the following topics:

- Supramolecular self-assembly of organic molecules in near ambient conditions.

- Photoemission and X-ray Absorption of organic molecules in solutions, including the implementation of a microjet generator for the NAPP endstation.

- Tailoring catalytic properties of metallic nanoparticles under reaction conditions.

The successful candidate will:

* Provide Local Contact support in experiments to scientific groups using the CIRCE beamline, mostly on the NAPP endstation.

* Develop an in-house scientific program focused on the NAPP end station.

* Maintain the beamline together with the rest of the beamline team.

* Participate in projects to continuously improve and upgrade the beamline, notably regarding the NAPP end-station setup.

Contrato - Operador de aceleradores de partículas

Consortium CELLS

Barcelona, España

Fecha límite: 2014/03/14

Descripción

ALBA es un sincrotrón de 3 GeV en funcionamiento en Cerdanyola del Vallés. El consorcio CELLS es el responsable del proyecto. El complejo de aceleradores de ALBA consiste en un LINAC de 100 MeV, un booster de 3 GeV y un anillo de almacenamiento de  3 GeV en el que se aceleran los electrones. Hay siete estaciones experimentales operativas.

CELLS esta buscando personal técnico especializado para realizar la operación de los aceleradores.

Funciones:

* Participar en la operación de los aceleradores acorde con el programa establecido. El sincrotrón  funciona 24 horas al día, durante 7 días a la semana. Se trabaja en régimen de turnos rotativos.

* Llevar a cabo pequeñas intervenciones y reparaciones en los aceleradores en caso de parada inesperada del acelerador. 

* Llevar a cabo servicios de mantenimiento durante las paradas programadas.

A su debido tiempo y dependiendo del desarrollo del acelerador y de los requerimientos del proyecto, el candidato deberá llevar a cabo aquellos trabajos definidos por el Jefe de División.

Contract - Draftsman

Consortium CELLS

Barcelona, Spain

Deadline: 2014/02/12

Description

CELLS is a consortium whose aim is the management of the economical, technical and administrative collaboration of the entities being part of the consortium, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología and Generalitat de Catalunya. The object of the collaboration is the construction, equipping and exploitation of the Synchrotron Radiation Light Source Laboratory sited in the area of Vallés Occidental. The ALBA main storage ring has an energy of 3 GeV and delivers synchrotron light. The diameter of the main storage ring is about 85 m and 7 beam lines are in operation.

As a member of the technical office team the draftsman, giving support mainly to the project engineers, tasks will consist in:

• 3D models of new mechanical equipment: machinery, high precision mechanical equipment & instrumentation, etc…
• 2D mechanical production drawings of these equipment’s.
• Preparation of the list of standard components and production drawing set folder to be sent to production.
•  Modifications/improvement of the already existing 3D models and 2D drawings.
•  3D lay-out.
•  2D lay-out.
•  CAD manager backup: CAD library operation & maintenance.
•  CAD library organization.
•  Support on preparing internal continuous training.
•  Occasionally giving drafting support to the Infrastructure section.

Contract - Software engineer

Consortium CELLS

Barcelona, Spain

Deadline date: 26/01/2014

Description

The consortium for Construction, Equipment and Exploitation of the Synchrotron Light Laboratory (CELLS) is jointly funded by the Spanish State Government through its Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness) and the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Autonomous Government) through its Departament d’Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació (Department of Universities, Research and Information Society).

The accelerator was commissioned in 2011 and the Beamlines started official operations in May 2012.  The MIS (Management Information Systems) Section gives support to the company in terms of technology and data for decision making by evaluating, designing, implementing and managing systems for all divisions of CELLS, including the information management of non-scientific data for the users who perform their experiments at CELLS (User Office).

CELLS offers you a unique opportunity to participate in this adventure as part of a dynamic team with many possibilities in an great environment. Come and join us! 

The Management Information Systems section consists of 7 staff members. The section is part of the Computing and Controls division with its 44 staff member. 

Function:

* Support for all MIS (Management Information Systems) Section active services (maintenance, RFC, Helpdesk).

* Software development and management of projects for the Synchrotron.

Requirements

* Minimum 4 years in software development (Python, J2EE, Ruby, PHP…).

* Knowledge in front-end development (Javascript Frameworks, CSS,…).

* Knowledge in Web server management and configuration (Apache, JBoss, Glassfish, Plone…).

* Experience in Management Information Systems will be considered an asset.

* Knowledge in ITIL and PRINCE2 will be considered an asset.

* The working language at ALBA is English. A good level of English both written and spoken is required.

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PostDoc - Chemical reactions by synchrotron X-ray experiments

Ruhr-University

Bochum, Germany

Description

Post doctoral position for crystallographer, solid state physicist, solid state chemist, material scientist for 2 years, construction of and probing of chemical reactions in in-situ reaction cells by synchrotron X-ray experiments.

The project is part of the MATsynCELL project within the  “Röntgen-Ångström  Cluster”  framework program  (http://www.rontgen-angstrom.eu/) held jointly by Stockholm University (SU) and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences  (SLU) in Sweden,  and  Christian-Albrechts-Universität and Ruhr-Universität in Germany to build up a consortium  MATsynCELL.

The project is to construct, test and apply a new in situ reaction cell for diffraction and spectroscopic experiments using synchrotron radiation which works at variable temperature, pressure and atmospheric environments. The German part of the project within the MATsynCELL is the construction and testing of the reaction cell. The Swedish collaborators will extensively study the MOF formation and interaction with guest molecules. MOFs are a class of interesting porous materials because of their importance in catalysis,  energy storage, gas separation and storage. The main tasks are developing heterogeneous catalysts and catalytic reactions,  and understanding the catalytic performance.

Requirements

The successful candidate should have experience in experimentation with synchrotron radiation under non-ambient conditions. He or she will lead the development of the in situ cell including remote control at RU Bochum. Implementation will be realized at synchrotron laboratories in collaboration with beam line scientists of synchrotron light sources and the Swedish groups performing the in situ experiments. The candidate should have a strong collaborative and communication skills and be self-motivated.

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