Postdoc: Diffractive Electron Optics & Instrumentation

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft); Delft; Sur place; EUR 52 000 - 68 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Excellent ABP pension

Individual employment package yearly

Health-insurance discounts

Flexible working week

Résumé du poste

Delft University of Technology invites a postdoctoral researcher to lead the instrumentation development for BEAMSurf, aiming at a new diffractive atomic-scale surface imaging approach using backscattered electrons. You will design and fabricate a compact instrument, coordinate integration, and drive the demonstration of diffraction data in collaboration with two PhD candidates and the PI.

You will work across electron optics, MEMS fabrication, vacuum technology and detector integration, shaping

Qualifications

• PhD in physics, applied physics, electrical or mechanical engineering, materials science, or closely related field.
• Strong background in experimental physics, electron optics, electron microscopy, charged-particle optics, or scientific instrumentation.
• Experience designing, building or characterising experimental systems.
• Good written and spoken English.
• Availability to start in the first half of 2027.

Responsabilités

• Take ownership of instrument development from design to fabrication, integration and demonstration.
• Coordinate fabrication and integration of compact electron-optical components.
• Lead commissioning and optimization of the experimental instrument.
• Collaborate with PhD candidates on imaging and computational approaches.
• Design, simulate and characterize electron-optical components and detector integration.

Connaissances

Analytical ability

Independent work

English communication

Numerical simulation / programming

Formation

PhD in physics or closely related field

Description du poste

Delft University of Technology invites a postdoctoral researcher to lead the instrumentation development for BEAMSurf, aiming at a new diffractive atomic-scale surface imaging approach using backscattered electrons. You will design and fabricate a compact instrument, coordinate integration, and drive the demonstration of diffraction data in collaboration with two PhD candidates and the PI.

You will work across electron optics, MEMS fabrication, vacuum technology and detector integration, shaping