AMO Engineer

Lace Lithography; Bergen; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity

€50 monthly gym allowance

Weekly team lunches

Monthly social events

Annual off-site with the whole team

Relocation and immigration support

Job summary

Lace Lithography in Bergen, Norway, seeks a seasoned AMO Experimental Physicist/Engineer to advance beam conditioning systems and transition R&D concepts into robust products.

Ideal candidates hold a PhD or MSc with AMO focus and have hands-on laser cooling, vacuum and atom optics experience, plus data analysis skills (Python/MATLAB/LabVIEW). The role includes relocation support and close collaboration with our global team.

Qualifications

• PhD in Physics or related AMO field, or MSc with 5 years AMO experience.
• Strong laser cooling and atom optics expertise.
• Hands-on ability to align complex optical systems and vacuum work.
• Experience with data analysis tools (Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW).
• Experience in lithography industry.
• Experience with cooling He, Xe, or Ne.
• Familiar with Julia and Zemax.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize beam conditioning and AMO setups.
• Improve beam conditioning modules for flux, control, and stability.
• Develop diagnostics: spectroscopy, beam profilers.
• Collaborate with optomechanical and CAD engineers.
• Provide technical training and support deployments.
• Contribute to design reviews with calculations and references.

Skills

Laser cooling

Atom optics

Data analysis

Vacuum systems

Python

MATLAB

LabVIEW

Julia

Zemax

Education

PhD in Physics / AMO field

MSc in Physics with 5+ years AMO experience

Tools

Python

MATLAB

LabVIEW

Zemax

Julia

Job description

At Lace Lithography, we’re scaling up our team and looking for a passionate and sharp talent to join us.

In our company we build chip lithography technology that will enable the next 100 years of chip manufacturing. Founded in 2023, we’re based in Bergen (Norway) and Barcelona (Spain), and backed by some of the world’s most ambitious investors.

Lace Lithography is seeking a highly experienced AMO Experimental Physicist / Engineer to join our AMO team. In this high-impact role, you will be a key contributor to the development and optimization of our Beam Conditioning systems. Working alongside physicists, chemists and developers, you will play a critical role in transitioning high-level R&D concepts into robust product architectures. This role requires a combination of deep theoretical understanding and hands-on experimental skill in laser cooling and atomic physics.

This role is based in Bergen (Norway).

Key Responsibilities

This list is not exhaustive; additional duties may be assigned as we grow.

• Experimental Development: Design, build, and optimize experimental setups involving laser cooling, atomic beams, and metastable atom sources.
• System Optimization: Work on the iterative improvement of beam conditioning modules, focusing on flux enhancement, beam control, and long-term stability.
• Diagnostics: Develop and implement advanced diagnostic systems, including spectroscopy, beam profilers, etc.
• Hardware Integration: Collaborate with Optomechanical and CAD engineers to improve the atomic physics systems.
• Operational Support: Support the deployment of Lace systems and provide technical training to new AMO Squad members.
• Documentation: Contribute to technical background documents and design reviews, providing supporting evidence through detailed calculations and references.

Required Qualifications

• Education: PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, or a related engineering field with a focus on AMO physics or a Masters in Physics with 5 years of experience in AMO.
• Technical Expertise: Proven experience with laser cooling, and atom optics.
• Hands-on Skills: Proficiency in working with and aligning complex optical systems related to atomic physics experiments. Knowledge of and experience with vacuum systems.
• Analytical Skills: Strong ability to perform feasibility studies, modeling, and quick calculations to guide system development.
• Software: Experience with data acquisition and analysis tools (e.g., Python, MATLAB, or LabVIEW).
• Experience working in the lithography industry
• Experience with cooling He, Xe or Ne
• Experience coding with Julia, Optics Modeling (e.g. Zemax)

Our Team Here at Lace

… consists of amazing people who’ve joined us from all over the world, driven by intense curiosity, the urge for exploration, and a desire to push the limits of physics. We promise to offer you a place among highly motivated Lacers, present you with extremely difficult problems - and have a lot of fun solving them.

Workplace & Culture

Lace operates out of two beautiful, vibrant, and strong-willed cities. Although we are cities apart, we strive to make the team feel as one.

We don’t define values - but we have one universal expectation:

Be the best team player you can be.

Perks and Benefits

Part of the team, part of the company

Competitive salary + equity through our incentive plan.

€50 monthly gym allowance, weekly team lunches, monthly social events, and annual off-site with the whole team.

Personal Development

Quarterly development goals with your manager and your own budget to learn and grow.

No journey without traveling

We support relocation and immigration to make joining Lace as smooth as possible.