AMO Engineer (Junior to Senior)

Lace Lithography; Bergen; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Gym allowance€50 monthly

Team lunches weekly

Social events monthly

Annual off-site retreat

Relocation assistance

Professional development budget

Job summary

Lace Lithography in Bergen, Norway, seeks an AMO Experimental Physicist/Engineer (Junior to Senior) to join our AMO team and translate advanced R&D concepts into robust beam conditioning hardware for next‑gen chip lithography.

You will design, build, and optimize laser cooling and atomic‑beam experiments, work with physicists and developers, and contribute to diagnostics, software, and documentation while relocating support is available.

Qualifications

• PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, or related field focusing on AMO physics, or a Master in Physics with 5 years AMO experience.
• Proven experience with laser cooling and atom optics.
• Hands-on skills in aligning complex optical systems and vacuum hardware.
• Experience with data acquisition/analysis tools (Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW).

Responsibilities

• Experimental Development: Design, build, and optimize experimental setups involving laser cooling, atomic beams, and metastable atom sources.
• System Optimization: Improve beam conditioning modules for flux, control, and long-term stability.
• Diagnostics: Develop advanced diagnostic systems including spectroscopy and beam profilers.
• Hardware Integration: Collaborate with Optomechanical and CAD engineers to improve atomic physics systems.
• Operational Support: Deploy Lace systems and provide technical training to new AMO Squad members.
• Documentation: Contribute to technical background documents and design reviews with calculations and references.

Skills

Laser cooling

Atom optics

Vacuum systems

Data analysis

Education

PhD in Physics or Applied Physics

Masters in Physics with 5 years AMO experience

Tools

Python

MATLAB

LabVIEW

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 / Engineers (Junior to Senior) 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).

Valued But Not Required

• 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.

Feel-good perks

• €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.

At Lace, we develop breakthrough chip patterning technology, which extends Moore's Law a decade beyond current tech.