The lab
The High Energy Physics Laboratory of EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, invites applications for a postdoc position to work on tracking detectors based on the scintillating fibre technology for future experiments at CERN: FCC-ee and SHiP experiments.
The group
The lab is carrying out diverse research activities with strong involvement in physics analyses of LHCb data and a prominent role in the past construction and current operation of the Scintillating Fibre (SciFi) Tracker for the LHCb detector upgrade and of the new PLUME luminosity monitor for LHCb. The group also plays a leading role in the R&D of the SciFi detector technology for further upgrades of the LHCb tracker, as well as its usage in the SHiP experiment, future FCC-ee detectors, the HERD experiment for astroparticle physics, and medical applications.
The job
The new colleague will take an essential role in the R&D to develop a concept of the SciFi tracker for an FCC-ee experiment, taking into account its specific demands, and to improve further the existing SciFi technology by investigating the usage of analogue and digital SiPMs and taking part in the development of the corresponding readout electronics. The work will be carried out in a larger context of the SciFi R&D activities actively ongoing in the lab for the LHCb Upgrade II and other applications, like FCC-ee, in a team with a cryo-engineer, a mechanical engineer and other physicists.
In case of interest, there is a possibility of carrying out feasibility studies for flavour physics or FIP searches with the FCC-ee experiments to arrive at an optimal detector layout for these physics goals or propose dedicated additional subdetectors.
The candidate
We expect the candidate to have a solid background in experimental particle physics, as well as experience in detector R&D, DAQ programming and electronics.
The position, which also comprises teaching duties at Bachelor or Master level and the supervision of PhD students contributing to the same project, will be filled at the earliest convenient date, but preferably not later than September 1, 2025. The employment at EPFL will be initially for one year, renewable up to a maximum of four years, pending funding availability.
Application procedure
Applicants must hold a PhD degree or expect to graduate before the start of employment. They should send their application in a single pdf file, including the following documents in this order:
motivation letter;
CV;
list of publications;
contact addresses of three people willing to write a reference letter.
The file should reach our secretariat (Mrs. Corinne Craman, recruiting.lphe@epfl.ch ) by February 15, 2025. In addition, applicants should ask the references to send their letters to the same address by the same deadline. More information can be obtained from Prof. Lesya Shchutska ( Lesya.Shchutska@epfl.ch ) and Dr Guido Haefeli ( Guido.Haefeli@epfl.ch ).
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