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All vacancies within Department of Physics
There are currently 6 vacancies within Department of Physics:
| Title | Closes | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Project Manager for HARMONI – the ELT’s integral field spectrograph | April 30, 2025, noon | Grade 08S: £48,235 to £57,255 per annum |
| Electrician – Building Services Technician | May 2, 2025, noon | Grade 6: £34,982 to £40,855 per annum |
| Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Ultrafast Terahertz Science and Technology | May 5, 2025, noon | Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum |
| Building Services Technician - Chilled Water and Compressed Air Systems | May 7, 2025, noon | Grade 6 - £34,982 - £40,855 |
| Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Inertial Confinement Fusion Research | May 14, 2025, noon | Grade 7: £38,674 -£46,913 per annum |
| Senior Scientific Researcher in Single-Molecule Biophysics | May 31, 2025, noon | Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228 per annum |
Senior Project Manager for HARMONI – the ELT’s integral field spectrograph
Closes: April 30, 2025, noon; salary: Grade 08S: £48,235 to £57,255 per annum
<div> <p></p><div>Applications are invited for a Senior Project Manager to manage the spectrograph work package for HARMONI - the ELT’s integral field spectrograph.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>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. Oxford has a leadership role in building the HARMONI instrument, including responsibility for the design and development (incl. cryogenics testing) of four spectrograph units that form the core of the HARMONI integral field spectrograph (IFS).</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>We are seeking a Senior Project Manager who will be the “Institute Project Manager” for the spectrograph work package, with responsibility for the delivery of the four spectrograph units to the IFS integration site in Edinburgh. This is an exciting opportunity to join an international collaboration that will provide the first-light spectrograph for the world’s largest telescope in its early years.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>You will be responsible for, and provide day-to-day line management for a team of optics specialists, systems engineers, mechanical engineers, workshop technicians, and cryogenics specialists who will be engaged with the detailed design, component procurement, assembly, integration and testing of the spectrograph units. You will be assisted by the Oxford HARMONI Project Administrator, and by specialist services in the Oxford Physics department (e.g. Personnel, Finance) and the University administration (e.g. tendering, contracts, VAT / duties).</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>In addition, you will provide frequent reports to the HARMONI project office on technical progress, and quarterly formal reports to the European Southern Observatory. You will be responsible for managing the schedule, and the hardware procurements, including budgets. Quarterly financial reporting of spend (both effort and cash) is also required for both ESO and the UK Funding Agency.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Applicants should possess a good Masters degree (min 2:1 qualification) in Physics, Astronomy or Engineering or equivalent qualification and experience in technical project management.</div><br> <div>Candidates should have significant experience in carrying out a project management role (preferably for an astronomy instrumentation project or at least in an engineering environment), including working with international partners. We are looking for proven expertise in all areas of project management, including project planning, financial reporting, technical reporting, procurement management and liaison with external vendors. The successful candidate should demonstrate leadership qualities, excellent communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills, and have knowledge of, and exposure to, systems engineering process in an instrument / product development context</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Please direct enquiries about the role to  Dr Matthias Tecza: matthias.tecza@physics.ox.ac.uk</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div> This is a full-time post on fixed term basis for 3 years.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon (UK Local) on Wednesday, 30 April 2025</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Interviews will be held on Thursday, 15 May and Friday, 16 May 2025.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The University of Oxford is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals regardless of their background.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>You will be required to upload a CV, supporting statement and details of two referees as part of your online application.</div> </div>Electrician – Building Services Technician
Closes: May 2, 2025, noon; salary: Grade 6: £34,982 to £40,855 per annum
<div> <p></p><div>The University of Oxford is a stimulating work environment, which enjoys an international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence. Our research plays a key role in tackling many global challenges, from reducing our carbon emissions to working on virus detection during a pandemic.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Oxford Physics is one of the largest and most eminent departments in Europe – pursuing forefront research alongside training the next generation of leaders in Physics.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The department of Physics are looking to recruit an Electritian - Building Services Technician.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The Building Services Technician role works within the Physics Building Services Team, which is based in the central function of the department supporting all six sub-departments within the Physics department.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div> The Electrician role works within the Physics Building Services Team, which is based in the central function of the department supporting all six sub-departments within the Physics department.</div><br> <div>The building services team is a multi-disciplined team of 12 covering with a range specialties. We do maintenance, logistics, compliance monitoring and testing, and office/lab renovations.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The postholder must have significant experience in electrical wiring, preferably within a facilities-oriented role in a scientific, laboratory or technical research environment. Awareness of relevant health and safety policies and procedures and safe methods of working, and how to apply in a varied estate is essential. You also have excellent interpersonal skills to deliver customer service excellence. A flexible approach to work and IT experience on Microsoft packages are also essential</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>This is a full-time, permament post.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday, 2  May 2025.</div><br> <div> <br> <br> </div><br> <div>You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.</div> </div>Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Ultrafast Terahertz Science and Technology
Closes: May 5, 2025, noon; salary: Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum
<div> <p></p><div>Applications are invited for a Research and Innovation Associate (Postdoctoral Research Associate) position in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford to work on a project involving integrated THz technologies for THz time-domain spectroscopy and imaging<strong>.</strong> The project will unite novel nanowire THz technology from Oxford with unique custom-designed integrated circuits from project partners in Germany, to create powerful THz receivers. This outcome will not only create a step change in signal-to-noise performance but will allow scaling of the sensors to create multielement arrays.  The advances made will contribute to our active existing research programme in which utilises THz technologies for optical-pump-terahertz-probe experiments to extract mobility values of semiconductors.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The role promises to be exciting and challenging, and we will rely on the successful applicant significantly advancing THz technologies and applying them to key scientific problems.  </div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The successful candidates will possess or be close to obtaining a PhD in physics, electrical engineering, materials science, chemistry or similar discipline and have excellent problem-solving skills.  They will have specific expertise in laser-based terahertz devices, spectroscopy and/or imaging. In addition, they will have excellent verbal and written skills in English and a track record of high-quality publications.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The post-holder will have the opportunity to teach.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The post is available initially for a fixed-term duration of 36 months.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Please direct informal enquiries about the role to Prof Michael Johnston (michael.johnston@physics.ox.ac.uk)</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Only applications received before 5 May 2025 can be considered.  You will be required to upload a brief statement of research interests, CV and details of two referees as part of your online application.</div> </div>Building Services Technician - Chilled Water and Compressed Air Systems
Closes: May 7, 2025, noon; salary: Grade 6 - £34,982 - £40,855
<div> <p></p><div><strong><em>This post is a re-advertisement previous applicants need not apply</em></strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The University of Oxford is a stimulating work environment, which enjoys an international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence. Our research plays a key role in tackling many global challenges, from reducing our carbon emissions to working on virus detection during a pandemic.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Oxford Physics is one of the largest and most eminent departments in Europe – pursuing forefront research alongside training the next generation of leaders in Physics.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The department of Physics are looking to recruit a Building Services Technician in a full time permanent position.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The Building Services Technician Chilled water and Compressed Air systems role works within the Physics Building Services Team, which is based in the central function of the department supporting all six sub-departments within the Physics department.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The building services team is a multi-disciplined team of 12 covering a range specialties. We do maintenance, logistics, compliance monitoring & testing, and office/lab renovations.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>This role reports to the Deputy Facilities manager - Senior Electrician for allocation of works, the prioritisation, planning and carrying out of tasks and works closely with the rest of the team. You will have an amount of independence of action and should be self-sufficient and able to prioritise your own workload to ensure that safety and operationally critical work is carried out to meet deadlines.</div><br> <div>The Physics department operates a helpdesk system for the reactive and planned maintenance with the planned maintenance managed through a database. This post makes assessment of and provides the maintenance on Air Compressors and Process chilled water systems.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The postholder must have Significant experience in Water Chillers and related pipe work systems and/or Air Compressors and sysems delivering compressed air to Laboratories. Ideally be able to modify and install new pipework. You also have excellent interpersonal skills to deliver customer service excellence. An awareness of relevant health and safety policies. A flexible approach to work and IT experience on Microsoft packages are also essential.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>This is a full-time, permanent post.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Wednesday, 7 May 2025.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.</div> </div>Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Inertial Confinement Fusion Research
Closes: May 14, 2025, noon; salary: Grade 7: £38,674 -£46,913 per annum
<div> <p></p><div>Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Inertial Confinement Fusion Research</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The post is available initially for a fixed-term duration until 31 March 2026, with the possibility of extension subject to funding.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The UK Programme of Laser Inertial Fusion Technology for Energy (UPLiFT) is a 4 year £10M research programme funded by the UK government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. UPLiFT’s goal is to develop key science and technologies which will be required to realise power generation via laser inertial fusion; Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE). The successful candidate will be a member of a large multi-disciplinary team working on UPLiFT’s Physics work package (others include the development of IFE lasers and implosion targets).</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>At plasma conditions such as those found in Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) implosions transport of charged particles is a challenging problem that is difficult to simulate as well as diagnose in experiments. For example, particle velocities can reach relativistic values in the tail of the momentum distribution. Understanding how these relativistic electrons are transported through the plasma is a complex multi-scale problem that requires accurate sub-grid models (e.g., Particle-in-Cell or Vlasov codes) coupled to a hydrodynamic simulation. In general, charged-particle transport is a non-trivial task, not only because of the large computational resources that are needed, but also because it is prone to undetermined error propagation and validation and because it is intertwined with multi-scale, turbulent dynamics. Reliable experiments that can validate those models are missing. This projects will address all, or some, of these challenges.  </div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>We are looking for a postdoc to drive the development of an in-depth understanding of transport in plasmas, including via methods based upon Molecular Dynamics and Particle-in-Cell techniques as well as experiments. We also envision that the ideal candidates will provide support to experimentalists and/or directly drive those investigations with simulations and data analysis, as well as providing interpretation of the data. Depending on the specific attitudes and interests of the candidate the job may focus more on the preparation and design of those experiments or, alternatively, to perform large-scale simulations for experiments planned at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Omega laser facility at the University of Rochester.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The post-holder will have the opportunity to teach. This may include lecturing, small group teaching, and tutoring of undergraduates and graduate students.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Applicants should hold a PhD, or be close to obtaining of one, in physics or a related field and have a background in computational plasma physics or experimental plasma physics.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Previous experience (experimental or theoretical) in plasma physics.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Candidates are expected to be able to work in a multidisciplinary environment. We would like the posts to start as soon as possible.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Please direct enquiries about the role to Prof Gianluca Gregori (Gianluca.gregori@physics.ox.ac.uk)</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Only applications received before midday (UK time) 14 May 2025 can be considered. You will be required to upload a statement of research interests, CV and details of two referees as part of your online application.</div><br> <div> </div> </div>Senior Scientific Researcher in Single-Molecule Biophysics
Closes: May 31, 2025, noon; salary: Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228 per annum
<div> <p></p><div>We are looking to hire an outstanding senior scientific staff member to support our group’s research, which focuses on studying DNA and chromatin replication at the single-molecule level. You will form part of the research team core and support the wider group by leading outstanding research and development in single-molecule biophysics.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About the project</strong></div><br> <div>In this project, you will design and implement novel forms of biophysical instrumentation (e.g. advanced optical tweezers and magnetic tweezers, single-molecule fluorescence, novel single-molecule approaches to DNA sequencing, integration with cryo-EM) with the goal of maximizing their contributions to the understanding of DNA replication and/or chromatin organization. You will propose and/or implement technical advances on single-molecule instruments and use them together with graduate students and postdocs to acquire data on DNA replication and/or chromatin organization. An aptitude in instrumentation development and quantitative biophysics, a willingness to acquire relevant knowledge into the photophysics of fluorescent labels, and an interest in guiding, coaching, and training graduate students and postdocs in their scientific and technical development, are essential. The overall goal is to provide novel and sound single-molecule biophysical insights into DNA replication and/or chromatin organization to advance these exciting fields.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Requirements</strong></div><br> <div>For this innovative, interdisciplinary project, we are looking a (bio)physicist, with:</div><br> <div>•       A successfully completed Ph.D. degree in biophysics or optical physics.</div><br> <div>•       Practical experience and scientific maturity in the above areas.</div><br> <div>•       Strong aptitude and interest in biophysical instrumentation and microscopy, and willingness to acquire related knowledge e.g. photophysics.</div><br> <div>•       Professional experience with force spectroscopy (e.g. optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers, or atomic force microscopy) or single-molecule fluorescence methodologies.</div><br> <div>•       Strong skills in hardware-software interfacing and demonstrable ability to interface and collaborate with experts in programming.</div><br> <div>•       An independent, well-organized, and reliable work style.</div><br> <div>•       Track record of obtaining scientific funding.</div><br> <div>•       Leadership ability to guide, coach, and train graduate students and postdocs in the context of an interdisciplinary team.</div><br> <div>•       Excellent interpersonal communication skills and a strong interest in the broader field of biophysics that will contribute to the interactive lab culture.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>We look for friendly and driven colleagues to enrich our team. UK visa costs and NHS surcharge fees will be covered. <strong>We would like to welcome our new colleague by the summer or fall of 2025. </strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Who are we?</strong></div><br> <div><strong>The Nynke Dekker Lab</strong> ( <a rel="nofollow" href="https://nynkedekkerlab.web.ox.ac.uk">https://nynkedekkerlab.web.ox.ac.uk</a>) is a highly successful single-molecule biophysics research lab based in the Department of Physics and the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Discovery at the University of Oxford. The lab focuses its studies on understanding DNA replication and chromatin organization from a quantitative perspective both <em>in vitro</em> and <em>in vivo</em>. The lab employs state-of-the-art biophysical techniques (e.g. advanced single-molecule fluorescence microscopy, optical and magnetic tweezers) together with in-house molecular biology and biochemistry, all housed in a brand-new building with high quality laboratory spaces. Studying the dynamics of DNA replication and chromatin organization at the single-molecule level requires broad and integrated expertise; as such, we employ outstanding international scientists trained in biophysics, biochemistry, and cell biology who work together enthusiastically as a multidisciplinary team. You will be part of this group and will interact actively with current members.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Information and application</strong></div><br> <div>If you're excited about contributing to innovative biophysical research and collaborating with a talented team, we’d love to hear from you!</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>For more information about these positions, or to apply, please contact Prof. Nynke Dekker, e-mail: nynke.dekker@physics.ox.ac.uk</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Applications should include a motivated cover letter of application, a detailed CV, and the names and contact information of three references, with the final deadline for applications being 12 noon on <strong>31 May</strong><strong>, 2025</strong>.</div> </div>