Laboratory Technician Part-time NEW

Laboratory Technician

Fixed term part-time position (0.8FTE) for 12 months.

The team are responsible for building and testing silicon modules for the next generation of particle tracking detector in the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The role will play a leading part in Adelaide's commitment to Australia delivering our pledge of silicon strip modules to the inner tracker (ITk) group of ATLAS. Specifically learning to operate the hardware required to thermal cycle, test and characterise the silicon strip modules of ATLAS ITk. The position will require working with a team of staff and students and liaising with international collaborators to ensure the high-quality modules are produced.

To be successful you will need:

• Experience with laboratory needs in experimental particle physics, electronics, applied physics, or related disciplines
• Experience in supporting the laboratory needs of physicists and maintaining equipment and computers to help researcher students and staff
• Experience working with university-based academics
• Knowledge and experience working with computing solutions to interface and control hardware across various platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to promote the organisational values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery, and a commitment to positively comply with the associated behaviour expectations.

Enjoy an outstanding career environment

We offer a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs – including significant industry, government and community collaboration – offers you vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature – not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour – provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.

Click on the 'Apply Now' button to be taken through to the online application form. Please ensure you submit a cover letter, resume, and upload a document that includes your responses to all of the selection criteria for the position as contained in the position description or selection criteria document.

Applications close 11:55pm, 17 September 2025.

To be eligible to apply for this position, you must be an Adelaide University, University of Adelaide or UniSA current employee at the time the position is advertised.

The University reserves the right to close this advertisement before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.

For further information contact:

Paul Jackson Professor of Physics, School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences E: p.jackson@adelaide.edu.au

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Female applicants, people with a disability and/or and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.