Instrument Scientist for Polarised SANS

The European Spallation Source is one of the largest science and technology infrastructure projects being built today. The project includes the most powerful linear proton accelerator ever built, a five-tonne, helium-cooled tungsten target wheel, 15 state-of-the-art neutron instruments, a suite of laboratories, and a super-computing data management and software development centre. In the context of its history and future as a scientific organisation, however, it is more than the sum of its parts. It is a brand-new Big Science organisation, built from the ground up.

Come and shape the future of Science with us!

About the role:

ESS is at an exciting turning point. It is in transition from being a construction site, to being an operating facility. To help us realise our goal of being the most powerful neutron source in the world, we are now looking for an Instrument Scientist for Polarised SANS to join our Large Scale Structures Division.

SKADI is a polarised small-angle neutron scattering instrument designed specifically with the needs of the complex soft matter, materials science, and hard condensed matter communities in mind. You will be supported by the SKADI team including the lead scientist, data scientist, operations engineer, and our in-kind partners - Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) and Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (LLB). Your role will include developing the hard condensed matter programme for the instrument, performing hot commissioning activities, and preparing the polarised SANS capabilities of the instrument for user operations, including specifying data processing and data analysis requirements for polarised SANS.

The SKADI instrument team are responsible for completion of installation of the instrument, for commissioning of the instrument, both with and without neutrons, and for planning and implementation of further developments and upgrades of the instrument. The team will make delivery of state-of-the-art scientific capabilities for internal and exter