HAXPES Quantification for Tech Materials Intern

CEA; Grenoble; On-site; EUR 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

CEA Grenoble seeks a Master’s student for an internship on reproducible elemental quantification in technological materials using hard X-ray photoemission (HAXPES). The project focuses on achieving quantification within 5% uncertainty by combining intensity calibration and core-line analysis, in collaboration with an academic lab and a standards institute.

You will work with a dedicated spectrometer and quantification software, refining data analysis and energy loss models while contributing to

Qualifications

• Master 2 in Materials Science or equivalent.
• Experience with ultra-high-vacuum systems.
• Experience analyzing spectroscopic data.
• Ability to work in a multi-partner collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to high-precision quantification in HAXPES.
• Refine energy-loss data and calibration.
• Apply Tougaard background subtraction techniques.

Skills

Spectroscopic data analysis

Team collaboration

Ultra-high-vacuum handling

Education

Master 2 in Materials Science / Condensed Matter Physics

Tools

Hard X-ray photoemission spectrometer

Quantification software

Job description

CEA Grenoble seeks a Master’s student for an internship on reproducible elemental quantification in technological materials using hard X-ray photoemission (HAXPES). The project focuses on achieving quantification within 5% uncertainty by combining intensity calibration and core-line analysis, in collaboration with an academic lab and a standards institute.

You will work with a dedicated spectrometer and quantification software, refining data analysis and energy loss models while contributing to