Open Position as Laser Engineer with a Strong Background in Ultrafast Lasers at KIT

The Institute for Beam Physics and Technology at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has an opening for a laser engineer with a strong background in ultrafast lasers. The candidate will mainly operate KIT’s brand-new 75 TW laser system. This includes maintenance, implementation of additional diagnostics and further improvements of the laser system stability. Further tasks are the construction, development and operation of complex optical experiments using ultra-fast lasers and participation in scientific experiments and troubleshooting.

The candidate requires a completed scientific, technical or engineering training or degree with a strong connection to lasers and optical technologies, photonics, physics or similar. Experience with the adjustment and maintenance of ultrafast pulsed lasers and development, design, setup and characterization of optical setups is required. Interest in physics experiments and their technical aspects, IT experience and programming, good communication skills and team work is beneficial. Funding for this position is available immediately but there is some flexibility about the starting date. For further information, please contact Matthias Fuchs (matthias.fuchs∂kit.edu). To apply for this position, please send your CV and names and contacts of three references.

Open Postdoc Position in Laser-Plasma Acceleration at KIT

The laser-plasma accelerator group at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has an opening for a postdoctoral researcher in the fields of laser-plasma acceleration (LPA) and laser-plasma interactions (LPI). The group’s current interests are focused on the development of laser-plasma accelerators, laser-driven light sources and laser-plasma interactions. This includes the development of LPAs that reproducibly can generate high-quality electron beams with the goal of optimizing the beam parameters, including energy spread and spectral charge density. One goal is to develop an LPA that will be used as injector for the cSTART electron storage ring at KIT. It also includes the development of laser-driven X-ray sources with the goal of improving the X-ray beam properties and efficiency. We also perform fundamental studies investigating relativistic laser-plasma interactions. 

KIT is currently in the process of commissioning a brand-new 75 TW laser system and setting up a laser-plasma accelerator chamber. For more details on LPAs see here.

Experience in the fields of accelerators, laser-plasma acceleration, laser-plasma interaction, short pulse lasers and X-ray generation is desirable, although we seek the best overall experimentalists. Funding for this position is available immediately but there is some flexibility about the starting date. For further information, please contact Matthias Fuchs (matthias.fuchs∂kit.edu). To apply for this position, please send your CV and names and contacts of three references.