Vacuum Technician

Lunds Universitet; Lunds kommun; On-site; SEK 420,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

MAX IV laboratory in Lund invites a skilled technician to join the vacuum team. You will provide support for the accelerators and beamlines, perform installations, testing, and maintenance of vacuum systems.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting, stock management, documentation, and training colleagues. A technical education in mechanics/electronics/vacuum and English proficiency are required. The role is a full-time, on-site position with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Technical education in mechanics, electronics, vacuum or related fields.
• Experience with technical or laboratory equipment.
• Proficient English.
• Initiative, flexible, team-oriented and quality conscious.

Responsibilities

• Provide vacuum tech support for accelerators and beamlines.
• Install and test vacuum equipment.
• Perform cleaning, pumping down, leak tests and bakeout.
• Troubleshoot vacuum issues with the team.
• Maintain stock and order vacuum hardware.
• Assist with training MAX IV employees.
• Document technical reports and keep documentation up to date.

Skills

Experience with technical or lab equip

Good command in English

Initiative and teamwork

Education

Technical education in mechanics, electronics, vacuum or related fields

Tools

Software tools for vacuum monitoring

Job description

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 46 000 students and 8 500 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

Your team

The vacuum team is responsible for providing support to all MAX IV and its users, among other things includes: design and simulations for vacuum systems, procurement and installation of vacuum systems for the machine and the beamlines, commissioning and maintenance of vacuum systems and troubleshooting and follow up of vacuum performance for the machine and the beamlines. The team is consisting of engineers and technicians who have long experience in vacuum systems for particle accelerators.

Work duties and areas of responsibility

As a member of the vacuum team, your main task is to provide all the needed support related to vacuum technology for the accelerators and the beamlines of MAX IV laboratory:

• Perform vacuum equipment installations and testing for the accelerators and the beamlines according to standards and requests.
• Perform vacuum related services: cleaning of parts for use in vacuum, pumping down, leak tests, bakeout etc.
• Troubleshooting in case of issues with vacuum in the accelerators and the beamlines, together with the rest of the vacuum team.
• Periodic health check and monitoring of the accelerators and beamlines vacuum systems.
• Maintenance and repair of vacuum components.
• Keep the stock of vacuum hardware for the accelerators and beamlines in order, provide parts as needed.
• Orders of hardware for the stock and for beamlines with the help of the rest of the vacuum team.
• Actively participating in new projects and developments.
• Proactive support to the beamlines to anticipate their vacuum needs.
• Provide support in the planning and execution of the shutdown activities.
• Operation and maintenance of the vacuum cleaning facility.
• Assist with training of MAX IV employees in vacuum equipment use and maintenance.
• Prepare and keep documentation up-to-date, prepare technical reports.

Requirements

• Technical education in mechanics, electronics, vacuum or relevant fields.
• Experience with technical or laboratory equipment.
• Good command in English.
• Taking initiative, flexible, performance oriented, communicative, ability to cooperate in a team, service minded, structured and quality conscious.

Merits

• At least 2 years of working experience in vacuum technology, preferably ultra high vacuum (UHV).
• Work experience in research facilities, preferably synchrotron radiation facilities.
• Interest in use and development of software tools for monitoring vacuum equipment.

What we offer

When you join our MAX IV team, you step into a world of front edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientists from all over the world, generating scientific results for the benefit of society. We offer you a multicultural work environment with great opportunities for personal development with respect for a healthy work-life balance.

Would you like to work in a challenging and supporting environment? Then join us and take the opportunity to make a real difference!

MAX IV is a Swedish national large-scale research infrastructure hosted by Lund University. It provides scientists from Sweden and abroad, with intense x-rays and state-of-the-art instrumentation for research in areas such as engineering, physics, structural biology, chemistry and nanotechnology. Its 16 beamlines receive up to 2 000 scientists annually, conducting ground-breaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the brilliant X-rays.

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Type of employment

Type of employment Permanent position – (starting with a temporary contract)

Contract type

Contract type Full time

First day of employment

First day of employment As per agreement

Salary

Salary Monthly salary

Number of positions

Number of positions 1

Full-time equivalent

Full-time equivalent 100 %

City

City Lund

County

Country

Country Sweden

Reference number

Reference number PA2026/2454

Contact

Union representative