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HARMONI Spectrograph Lead Scientist/Engineer

Employer
University of Oxford, Department of Oncology
Location
Oxford, UK
Salary
Grade 8: £42,149 – £50,296 per annum
Posting live until
20 Dec 2021

Job Details

Applications are invited for an experienced instrumentation specialist to fulfil the role of HARMONI Spectrograph Lead Scientist/Engineer

The post is available initially for a fixed-term duration of 4 years, subject to project completion timescales.

The European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (ESO ELT) will be the world’s largest visible/infrared telescope (https://elt.eso.org/). With a primary mirror diameter of 39 m, it will have nearly as much light collecting area as all the world’s telescopes built to date, combined. HARMONI (https://elt.eso.org/instrument/HARMONI) is the first light spectrograph for the ELT, providing visible and near-infrared integral field spectroscopy, assisted by laser star and natural star adaptive optics.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, co-ordination, and guidance to the spectrograph technical team. You will be responsible for ensuring technical compliance with the sub-system requirements throughout the Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration and Test (MAIT) phase, culminating in delivery of the fully tested spectrograph assemblies to UKATC, Edinburgh for installation in the integral field spectrograph (IFS) cryostat. The ideal candidate will be capable of combining formal project reporting/monitoring duties with hands-on expertise in the laboratory, and be able to ensure all aspects of the spectrograph function together as a coherent unit.

Applicants should possess a professional degree at Masters or Doctoral level in Physics / Engineering and significant post-qualification experience actively engaged with designing, building and commissioning cryogenic instruments, preferably for astronomical applications. (the appointment level will be tailored to the experience and qualification level).

Further details of the responsibilities, essential and desirable criteria can be found in the Job Description.

The appointment is at Grade 8, but consideration will be given to underfill the post at Grade 7 with the appropriate adjustment in duties, based on amount of experience and degree qualification level.

Previous experience as an instrumentation specialist engaged in the design, build and commissioning of cryogenic instruments, preferably for astronomical applications.

Candidates are expected to demonstrate experience in working with cryogenic instruments. We also expect the candidate to possess expertise in specialist instrumentation at visible or near-infrared wavelengths.

The post-holder will have the opportunity to teach (subject to University guidelines of degree qualifications).

Please direct enquiries about the role to Professor Niranjan Thatte (niranjan.thatte@physics.ox.ac.uk )

Only applications received before midday 20 December 2021 can be considered. You will be required to upload a letter of application/supporting statement, CV and details of three referees as part of your online application.

It is the applicants responsibility to ask their referees to send letters of reference directly to vanessa.ferraro-wood@physics.ox.ac.uk by the closing date of this advert, 20 December 2021. Reference letters will be acknowledged. Shortlisting will begin from January 6th 2022.

Contact Person: Vanessa Ferraro-Wood
Vacancy ID: 154479
Closing Date & Time: 20-Dec-2021 12:00
Contact Email: vanessa.ferraro-wood@physics.ox.ac.uk

Company

The Department of Oncology within the Medical Sciences Division was created in October 2010 with a mission to improve cancer care through research and teaching. To do this, the Department delivers research in an array of linked themes. There is a strong emphasis on translation, with established infrastructure to develop scientific insights towards clinical application. The aims of the Department include the development of truly multidisciplinary and collaborative oncology research in Oxford, and working closely with colleagues in the NHS Cancer and Haematology Centre, research can be rapidly and efficiently translated into cutting-edge clinical treatment for cancer patients.


Fundamental to our approach is to train students in translational, as well as basic, science so that they acquire key transferable skills during their time with us. Programmes are usually multidisciplinary and, as described below, attract high quality committed candidates who stay the course. Our translational focus makes us an attractive destination for Industry and we are growing the financial contribution to studentships from this source.


The Department incorporates the MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, as well as a number of other internationally recognised research groups working in oncology and related fields. Currently the Department has activities on four sites in Oxford; these are the Old Road Campus Research Building, the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, the Radiobiology Research Institute, and in the Cancer and Haematology Centre.


The Department of Oncology has over 400 staff and more than 120 postgraduate students - both clinical and non-clinical - and is one of the largest departments within the University of Oxford’s Medical Sciences Division. The Department of Oncology has also been awarded a departmental Athena SWAN Silver award in recognition of its commitment to introduce organisational and cultural practices that promote gender equality, and of its efforts to improve the working environment for both men and women.

 

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