RF Engineer, MAX IV Full-time NEW

RF Engineer, MAX IV

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world's top universities. The University has around 47,000 students and more than 8,800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg, and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain, and improve our world and the human condition.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.

The RF Group is responsible for R&D and operations for a number of high power radio-frequency (RF) systems operating in S-Band (pulsed 37MW) and VHF/UHF (CW 120kW) which are all crucial to the MAX IV accelerators. Other responsibilities include various diagnostics, instrumentation, and feedback systems.

Would you like to work at one of the brightest light sources in the world?

MAX IV is looking for a RF Engineer who will take an active role in MAX IV RF systems operational, maintenance tasks, and R&D for these systems. Even though already functional, these RF systems still need to be expanded and improved upon to cope with growing needs of synchrotron radiation users as well as the need to deliver high reliability operation.

Your main work tasks will be:

• RF system performance and reliability
• RF feedback systems
• Maintenance of RF systems
• RF systems R&D
• Take part in further developments and improvements of RF feedback systems and diagnostics

To be successful in this role you need to have the following qualifications:

• A Master's degree or equivalent experience in RF engineering or related technical area
• Good theoretical knowledge and practical skills
• Good command of both written and spoken English with good communication skills
• Teamwork skills

Experience in the fields below are seen as merits:

• RF Feedback systems
• RF diagnostics
• High-power RF systems
• Pulsed High-power RF
• RF instrumentation

As a person you are eager to learn, systematic, thorough, open to new ideas, and determined to get an idea of improvement to work in practice.

What we offer: When you join our MAX IV team, you step into a world of front edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientists from all over the world, generating scientific results for the benefit of society. We offer you a multicultural work environment with great opportunities for personal development with respect for a healthy work-life balance.

Probationary period may apply. On call duty applies for this position.

MAX IV is a Swedish national large-scale research infrastructure hosted by Lund University. It provides scientists from Sweden and abroad, with intense x-rays and state-of-the-art instrumentation for research in areas such as engineering, physics, structural biology, chemistry, and nanotechnology. Its 16 beamlines receive up to 2,000 scientists annually, conducting ground-breaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the brilliant X-rays.

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Reference number: PA2026/268