Deadline: 25 September 2025
Ref: DB/25/27 **_Background_** **_Job description_**
- Coordinate with the optics group in finalizing the design of the optical layout of the new beamline.
- Assemble and test the new UHV end-station for HAXPES experiments.
- Contribute to procuring the necessary items for assembling APE-TX, defining the timeline of the construction of the beamline, installing and testing the beamline.
- Ensure the benchmarking of the new APE-TX beamline with all other beamlines of similar characteristics and scope worldwide. **_Qualifications_** **The following qualifications are expected**: - PhD in Physics, Materials Science, Engineering or related disciplines
- Proven knowledge of complex instrumentation for surface science methods in UHV environment and synchrotron radiation beamline operation.
- Good oral and written communication skills in English and in Italian. **The following qualifications will be considered as useful assets (when proven by a suitable publication record)**: - At least 3 years of experience in nanoscience/nanotechnology after the PhD, with research conducted in international research centers.
- Good knowledge of research infrastructures hosting multidisciplinary laboratories and electron accelerator sources.
- Experience in operating at research infrastructures including fulfilling the role of local contact for users’ experiments.
- Documented experience in X-ray spectroscopies with synchrotron radiation, and in particular with electron spectroscopies based on synchrotron radiation as XMCD, XAS, XPS in the soft and hard X-ray energy range.




- Experience in the growth of thin films with physical methods, e.g., PVD, MBE or PLD.
- Experience in materials characterization with laboratory techniques e.g., LEED, RHEED, XRD, SEM, etc.
- Experience with magnetic characterization of solids with MOKE, SQUID and XMCD.
- Experience in the study of itinerant ferromagnets, ferroelectrics, functional oxides. Knowledge of interface-related phenomena. Good time management skills and ability to prioritize are expected, together with the ability to interact with international project partners and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
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- Applications should include full curriculum vitae, and contact information (including electronic mail) of at least two references._
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- The interviews could be performed through video conferencing._
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- Employees or former employees of Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. or temporary and staff leasing employees or former employees with working experience at the company will be excluded from the present selection procedure. Employees or former employees of any Italian Public Entity who have exercised authority over Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. or have negotiated with Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. within the last three years, will also be excluded from the present selection procedure, in accordance with the provisions of article 21 of the Italian legislative decree no. 39/2013 and in conjunction with article 53 (subsection16ter) of Italian legislative decree no. 165/2001._
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- We thank all applicants in advance._

📌 Scientist (Basovizza)
🏢 Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste
📍 Basovizza