AMO Engineer/physicist (Junior to Senior)

Lace Lithography AS; Bergen; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity throughour

€50 monthly gym allowance

Relocation and immigration support

Team lunches and social events

Job summary

Lace Lithography AS in Bergen, Norway, is seeking a highly experienced AMO Experimental Physicist / Engineer (Junior to Senior) to join our team and help bring ultra-precise beam conditioning systems from concept to robust products.

You will work alongside physicists, chemists and developers on laser cooling, atomic beams and diagnostics, with opportunities to lead experimental setups, optimize performance and contribute to design reviews.

Qualifications

• PhD in Physics or Applied Physics with AMO focus; Master with 5+ years AMO experience ok.
• Proven laser cooling and atom optics experience.
• Hands-on skills: align complex optical systems, work with vacuum apparatus.
• Strong analytical skills: modeling, feasibility studies, quick calculations.
• Experience with Python, MATLAB, or LabVIEW for data acquisition/analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize beam conditioning and laser cooling setups.
• Improve beam flux, control, and long-term stability of AMO modules.
• Develop diagnostics: spectroscopy, beam profilers, etc.
• Collaborate with optomechanical and CAD engineers for system integration.
• Assist with deployment, training, and documentation.
• Contribute to design reviews with calculations and references.

Skills

Laser cooling

Atom optics

Data analysis

Python

MATLAB

Education

PhD in Physics

Applied Physics

Tools

LabVIEW

Vacuum systems

Job description

At Lace Lithography, we’re scaling our team and looking for a sharp, passionate teammate to join us to build something really, really small.

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), Eindhoven (The Netherlands) 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.

Compliance clause: The scope of this role may encompass technology, software, or technical data that is, or may become, subject to export control regulations. Consequently, employment is contingent upon the candidate’s eligibility to obtain and maintain any necessary export control licenses or authorizations from relevant authorities, if and when required.