Research fellow in mixed radiation dosimetry team

An open competition to fill up a vacancy

NCBJ opens up a competition for the research fellow position in Mixed Radiation Team of NCBJ Dosimetric Surveys Lab (LPD) located in Świerk/Otwock. The team is generally involved in development of measurement methods/equipment applicable in surveying radiation fields around nuclear facilities and/or particle accelerators (research/industrial/ medical). In particular technology of manufacturing recombination ionization chambers is developed and recombination phenomena in gases are studied.

Requirements:

• BSc college degree in some engineering discipline plus at least two years of work on a similar position
  or
  MSc college degree in experimental physics, electronics, bio-cybernetics, bio-medical engineering, medical physics & dosimetry or similar
• predisposition for experimental/technical works, practical attitude, knowledge of contemporary radiation measurement methods
• ability to single-handedly organize research activities (planning, implementation, reporting)
• experience in using electronic instruments/gauges (multi-meter, electrometer, oscilloscope) and typical research equipment (thermocouples, microscopes etc.)
• communication skills
• good command of written/spoken English (writing scientific reports/publications, free verbal communication).

Additional assets:

• ability to work in an interdisciplinary research team
• experience with closed sources of ionizing radiation
• knowledge of radiation gauges (O&M)
• knowledge of principles of metrology of ionizing radiation
• knowledge of principles of operation of gaseous detectors of ionizing radiation
• familiarity with basic types of ionization chambers (construction, physical phenomena)
• familiarity with computer-assisted methods of data acquisition (LabView, Matlab, Python, Visual Studio etc.)

Responsibilities

• to actively participate in R&D works conducted in the Lab and in developing the Lab's technical base
• to track scientific progress in the field
• to attend selected scientific symposia/conferences on topics related to Lab’s profile
• to document the conducted research works
• to manage purchase order-related paperwork and to contact Customers/suppliers
• to execute other tasks entrusted by Lab’s Head.

We offer:

• permanent employment contract
• possibility to work part-time
• opportunity to present obtained results at international scientific conferences
• free-of-charge bus transport to/from Świerk
• health service clinic in Świerk
• sports club, recreation/social benefits programmes.

Send your application/motivation letter and CV (in Polish) before end of September 2016 to:

Dr. Michał A. Gryziński
Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych
ul. Andrzeja Sołtana 7
05-400 Otwock, Świerk 
Poland

or e-mail it to:

aneta.leszko@ncbj.gov.pl

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