Scientific Groupleader at PETRA III and PETRA IV - Tenure Track

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A prominent research organization in Germany is seeking a scientific group leader for its PETRA III beamlines. This role involves overseeing teams and laboratories, managing budgets, and ensuring effective user operation in collaboration with various stakeholders. Candidates should have a Master's degree and PhD in relevant fields, excellent knowledge in synchrotron radiation techniques, and team leadership experience. The position offers a unique work environment with a strong focus on gender equality and employee well-being.

Leistungen

Flexible working hours

Variable part-time models

Participation in mobile work

Established health management

Occupational pension provision

Training and development opportunities

Financial supplement for German job ticket

Qualifikationen

• Master's degree in physics, chemistry, materials science or similar.
• PhD in related field.
• Experience as team leader or group leader.

Aufgaben

• Lead beamline teams and laboratories.
• Manage budget and staff.
• Ensure user operation of PETRA.
• Participate in the PETRA IV project.
• Develop innovative concepts for user operation.
• Engage in national and international cooperations.

Kenntnisse

Excellent knowledge in application of synchrotron radiation

Experience in supporting scientific user groups and customers

Team leadership experience

Record of scientific projects and publications

Knowledge in instrumentation of X-ray experiments

Excellent oral and written English skills

Very good German skills

Ausbildung

Master's degree in physics, chemistry, materials science, or similar

PhD in one of the mentioned topics

Jobbeschreibung

Work group

FS

Area of research

Executive posts

Starting date

17.12.2025

Job description

DESY

PETRA III at DESY is one of the most brilliant storage-ring-based X-ray sources for high-energy photons and coherence applications worldwide. It is operated at a particle energy of 6 GeV and is therefore especially suited to produce X-rays at hard and high energies up to 200 keV. Currently, at PETRA III 26 beamlines, a laboratory team and a team for sample environment are operational. The teams support international users at the experiments and conduct scientific research. PETRA III will be upgraded to the ultimate storage-ring-based X-ray source PETRA IV. PETRA IV will be the brightest X-ray light source in the world for decades allowing for unprecedented experiments in science to understand condensed matter. The PETRA beamlines and teams are structured into groups. We are seeking a scientific group leader for PETRA III beamlines, currently focusing on scattering and diffraction methods, including related imaging techniques, laboratories and sample environment.

About your role

• Disciplinary group leader of beamline teams, laboratories and sample environment
• Full responsibility for budget and staff
• Responsible for the user operation of PETRA, in cooperation with the other PETRA III related group leaders, the user office, the accelerator division and the group ITT for innovation and technology transfer
• Active participation and responsibility for the beamline and support portfolio within the PETRA IV project
• Development and implementation of innovative concepts and methods for PETRA user operation
• Continue existing and develop new cooperation with large scale scientific consortia
• Active participation in national and international cooperations, e.g. LEAPS
• Pursue a scientific project on condensed matter science
• Active work in internal and external committees

About you

• Master's degree in physics, chemistry, materials science, biology or similar skills and experience
• PhD in one of the above mentioned topics
• Excellent knowledge in application of synchrotron radiation in terms of diffraction, scattering and/or related imaging techniques (such as diffraction imaging, Bragg-CDI, tensor tomograpahy)
• Experience in supporting scientific user groups and customers from industry
• Experience as team leader or group leader
• Record of scientific projects and publication
• Participation in international cooperations
• Experience in working in a team
• Knowledge in instrumentation of X-ray experiments and/or beamlines
• Excellent oral and written English skills
• Very good German skills are beneficial
• Very good knowledge in project management

Benefits

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time, job-sharing models and participation in mobile work (up to 50%). You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities. Remuneration is according to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) at both locations.

Application

We look forward to receiving your application via our application portal.

Apply now

DESY promotes the professional development of women and therefore strongly encourages women to apply for the position to be filled. In addition, severely handicapped persons with equal aptitude are given preferential consideration. The advertised positions are basically suitable for part-time employment.

Further information

You can find further information here: www.desy.de/career/

Contact

Deutsches Elektronen‑Synchrotron DESY Personalabteilung | Notkestraße 85 | 22607 Hamburg Phone: [phone]‑3392