AMO Engineer (Junior to Senior)

Lace Lithography; Norway; On-site; NOK 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Equity through incentive plan

€50 gym allowance monthly

Weekly team lunches

Monthly social events

Annual off-site team events

Personal development budget

Job summary

Lace Lithography is seeking an experienced AMO Experimental Physicist / Engineer to join our Bergen-based team. You will help develop and optimize beam conditioning systems, working with physicists, chemists, and developers to translate R&D into robust product architectures.

The role requires deep theoretical insight and hands-on experimental skill in laser cooling and atomic physics, with opportunities across design, diagnostics, and system integration. Relocation support is provided.

Qualifications

• PhD in Physics or related field with AMO focus.
• Hands-on experience with laser cooling and atom optics.
• Experience aligning complex optical systems and vacuum hardware.
• Proficient with Python, MATLAB, or LabVIEW for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize experimental setups involving laser cooling and atomic beams.
• Improve beam conditioning modules for flux, control, and stability.
• Develop diagnostics such as spectroscopy and beam profiling.
• Collaborate with Optomechanical and CAD engineers to advance AMO systems.
• Support deployment and training of Lace systems; contribute to design reviews.

Skills

Laser cooling

Atom optics

Hands-on optical alignment

Analytical feasibility & modeling

Education

PhD in Physics / AMO focus

MSc 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.