Safety and Quality Assurance Engineer (all genders)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung is seeking a Safety and Quality Assurance Engineer to support the NUSTAR experimental program. The role involves ensuring safety and quality during various phases of experiments, requiring a Bachelor’s degree and fluency in German and English. This position offers a unique opportunity in a leading scientific environment.

Qualifikationen

• Several years of professional work experience in scientific environments.
• Keen interest to work within a large collaboration in a scientific environment.

Aufgaben

• Support preparation of risk assessments for NUSTAR components.
• Ensure safety and quality requirements during installation and operation phases.
• Identify and handle non-conformities.

Kenntnisse

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

Fluency in German

Fluency in English

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in safety engineering

Bachelor’s degree in quality assurance

Bachelor’s degree in physics

Jobbeschreibung

Organisation/Company GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung Research Field Physics Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Established Researcher (R3) Country Germany Application Deadline 9 Jun 2025 - 09:14 (UTC) Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Other Offer Starting Date 12 May 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Area of research:

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

12.05.2025

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt operates one of the leading particle accelerators for science. Currently, the new FAIR ( F acility for A ntiproton and I on R esearch) one of the world's largest research projects, will be built in international cooperation. GSI and FAIR offer the opportunity to work in this international environment with a team of employees committed to ensuring each day to conduct world-class science.

The international NUSTAR (NUclear STructure, Astrophysics and Reactions) collaboration comprises more than 700 engaged scientists from over 170 participating institutions wordwide. NUSTAR experiments are ongoing in the FAIR Phase-0 research program, and will be the first to be carried out at the new Superconducting-FRagment Separator (Super-FRS) facility at FAIR in the coming years.

The NUSTAR Experiment Area department is looking to hire a motivated

Safety and Quality Assurance Engineer (all genders)

Posting ID: 25.48-1012

as soon as possible to support the NUSTAR experimental program at GSI/FAIR.

The main tasks include:

• supporting the preparation of risk assessments for NUSTAR components and experimental areas
• ensuring safety and quality requirements are met during the installation, commissioning and operating phases of NUSTAR experiments at FAIR
• identification and proper handling of non-conformities
• the role of responsible safety officer (‘STV’) for the NUSTAR High-Energy Cave for the planning (and foreseeably also operation) phases
• representation of the NUSTAR sub-project within GSI/FAIR on topics relating to safety and/or quality assurance, and liasing between NUSTAR groups and GSI/FAIR safety and QUA specialists

Candidates should possess:

• at least a Bachelor’s degree in safety engineering, quality assurance, physics or related discipline
• several years of professional work experience, preferably in comparable scientific environments
• outstanding organisational and communication skills
• fluency in the German and English languages
• a keen interest to work within a large collaboration in a scientific environment

We offer a unique opportunity to work in an exciting and highly-stimulating environment within the framework of world-leading scientific topics. The duration of the position is unlimited.

GSI supports the professional development of women. Therefore, women are especially encouraged to apply for the position.

Severely handicapped persons will be preferentially considered when equally qualified.

Inquiries concerning the position can be sent to Dr. Helena May Albers (h.albers(at)gsi.de).

Applications should include:

• a letter that exhibits the record of accomplishments and expertise as well as the candidate’s motivation

If you find this position interesting and challenging and would like to work in an exceptional, international scientifically excellent environment, please send your application documents with information of your earliest possible starting date and the Posting-ID 25.48-1012 by 10th of June 2025 at the latest via the online portal on our job site:

ABTEILUNG PERSONAL

64291 DARMSTADT

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.