Open positions within the context of accelerator R&D at DESY

Do you want to join any of the exciting activities shown above? Do you want to get your hands on an accelerating structure, like German chancellor Angela Merkel during her visit to DESY in September 2012? Then apply for a job as staff, post-doc, doctoral (PhD) student or master student. DESY, one of the worl-leading accelerator labs, in combination with the University Hamburg offers unique opportunities for starting or pursuing a career in accelerator science!

Accelerator Fellowship and Doctoral Student Program at DESY

The accelerator division of DESY offers a program for Post-Doctoral and Doctoral Positions in Accelerator R&D

DESY (www.desy.de) is pursuing a world-wide competitive program in accelerator research with the goal to develop and optimize some of the world’s leading particle accelerators. Opportunities include:

  1. Improvements of existing accelerator flagship facilities, e.g. upgrades to DESY’s synchrotron radiation facilities, seeding of free-electron lasers, atto- and femto-second electron and photon beams.
  2. Super-conducting RF technology for future accelerators and its implementation in FLASH, the European XFEL and other modern high power accelerators.
  3. Compact accelerator technology with high accelerating fields, e.g. plasma accelerators, dielectric structures, beam or laser drivers for accelerators, cost-efficient technologies.
  4. New accelerator facilities for R&D, photon science and particle physics, e.g. future free-electron lasers (XFEL upgrades, PETRA IV), the SINBAD facility at DESY, PITZ, future colliders (e.g. FCC at CERN).

The program is open to all interested candidates regardless of nationality, gender or race. Post-Doc positions require a PhD in physics or engineering. Doctoral students in the fields of physics or engineering may stay enrolled in their home university or enroll at the University of Hamburg or the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (acceptance criteria must be met).

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You need more information? You are uncertain about fitting the jobs? Take the initiative and contact us via e-mail (Dr. R. AssmannDr. H. Weise) or follow any of the e-mail links in the summary of research topics!

We welcome applications from world-wide candidates. Hamburg is Germany's second largest city and as home of Europe's second largest harbor it has a long tradition of warm hospitality. DESY's international office will take care of any formalities that might be required.

Job offers in the DESY accelerator division (DESY-M):

The DESY accelerator division has about 600 staff. There are frequently job opportunities available. They are published on the web site that lists all open jobs at DESY.