University of Edinburgh School of Physics
SUPA Advanced Fellowship - Technology for Experimental & Observational Physics
Applications are invited for an Advanced Fellowship funded through the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) to be held at the Institute for Astronomy (IfA). The IfA undertakes a broad research programme in cosmology, AGN, star formation, low mass stars, and wide field astronomy, and is co-located with the UK Astronomy Technology Centre at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh. See http://www.roe.ac.uk. The Fellow will work within the UK ATC, and will join a new Scottish collaboration targeted at the development of leading-edge technology for observational astronomy, gravitational wave detection, and particle physics experiment. This collaboration - TEOPS - links the UK ATC and IfA in Edinburgh with the Institute for Gravitational Research and the Particle Physics Research Group at the University of Glasgow, and is a key initiative within SUPA. We seek high-calibre candidates with experience of mechanical and/or electronic aspects of R&D for detectors and instrumentation including the appropriate state-of-the-art hardware and design and modeling tools. There is considerable scope for innovation in the development of novel devices and systems, with candidates expected to show how they can use the opportunities of this joint initiative to develop new technologies of great benefit to the science goals of the partners.
The University of Edinburgh is a member of SUPA (http://www.supa.ac.uk), a new trans-institutional alliance that creates a common strategy for physics research across Scotland.
Salary Scale AR2 £21,640 - £35,883p.a.
Please quote the reference number: 3004276
Closing date: May 31st 2005
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