Seeking a few Senior Scientists, Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers (25-3204) Part-time

Senior Scientist, Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher

In general, those who earned a doctoral degree more than 5 years ago and have excellent achievements and abilities will be appointed as Senior Scientist, those who earned a doctoral degree more than 5 years ago will be appointed as Research Scientist, or those who earned a doctoral degree within the past 5 years will be appointed as Postdoctoral Researcher.

Assists the team director, provides guidance to the team members and others, and implements the team's research agenda.

Conducts the team's research projects.

Under the training and guidance of senior staff, conducts the team's research project, etc.

Experimental study of nonequilibrium dynamics and frustrated quantum magnetism using ultracold atoms in optical lattices. Experimental study of measurement feedback for quantum many-body systems with cold atoms.

The job description may be changed during the contract period or upon contract renewal to the extent described above.

The candidate should possess a doctoral degree, or the candidate will be able to obtain a doctoral degree before the work start date.

RIKEN Wako Campus (2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198). RIKEN may order the employee to change work locations, if necessary.

A one-year fixed-term employment contract, renewable based on evaluation, Senior Scientist or Research Scientist may be reappointed for a period of up to seven years from the date of hire and Postdoctoral Researcher maybe reappointed for a period of up to five years from the date of hire. RIKEN may adjust the above maximum period of renewability based on a) the employee's abilities, work load at the time of contract completion, performance and work attitude and b) the continuation of the employee's center, laboratory or project and RIKEN's management situation and budget at the time. In principle, employment contracts will not be renewed for individuals older than 70 years. When the Employee's research is scheduled to be reviewed in employee's 4 year at RIKEN, and when it is concluded that there is reason* to believe it will be difficult for the research (or technology development) to be continued, the employment contract will not be renewed for 6 year. (*The reason may relate to the Employee's abilities, performance and/or work attitude.)

In principle, the first two months of employment are considered a trial period. Salary will be an annual salary based on experience, ability, and performance, and will consist of a base salary and a variable salary. The variable salary will be determined each fiscal year based on experience, ability, and performance. Discretionary work, commuting and housing allowances will be provided. Social insurance will be applied. The approximate amount of salary at the time of employment: The total amount of monthly discretionary work allowance and monthly salary at the time of hiring will be 700,000 JPY or more for Senior Scientist, 550,000 JPY or more for Research Scientist, 450,000 JPY or more for Postdoctoral Researcher. RIKEN has a telecommuting system, but this position requires attendance at the work location. Therefore, the telecommuting system is not available for this position, in principle. This position falls under the specialized duties discretionary work system; one working day will be calculated as 7 hours and 30 minutes. Days off include public holidays, New Year's holidays (Dec. 29 – Jan 3), and RIKEN Foundation Day. Paid leave includes annual paid leave (up to 20 days depending on the month of employment), special paid leave (caring for a sick child, family nursing care, etc.), and work life balance holidays (up to 7 days depending on the month of employment). There are also additional leave systems such as maternity leave, childcare leave, and family nursing care leave. Smoking is entirely prohibited on site. These and other provisions are in accordance with RIKEN regulations. Mandatory membership in the RIKEN Mutual Benefit Society (RIKEN Kyosaikai). Eligible to apply for the MEXT Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi).

RIKEN is actively undertaking initiatives to promote gender equality and diversity, and moving forward with the establishment of a diverse and vibrant research environment. If multiple candidates are found to have the same aptitude following a fair assessment, active efforts will be made to recruit female candidates. The Wako Campus has an on-site daycare, RIKEN Kids Wako. For details, please send an email to kids@riken.jp.

Required Documents

• Complete CV or CV
• List of research achievement and publications (including ResearcherID or Google Scholar ID, if available)
• Major papers (not more than 3 for Postdoctoral Researcher, 5 for Senior Scientist or Research Scientist)
• Summary of past research and future research plans (not more than 3 pages for Postdoctoral Researcher, 5 pages for Senior Scientist or Research Scientist)
• A letter of recommendation from the current supervisor (If unavailable, a letter from a substitute reference will be acceptable.)
• Consent form for handling personal information based on GDPR/UK GDPR If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, you are required to sign and submit the document, “Consent form for handling personal information based on Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) and the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation.”

How to Apply

The above documents except the recommendation, should be combined into a single ZIP file should be uploaded to the following link: For Senior Research Scientist, Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher position, Quantum Many-Body Dynamics Research Team.

The file name of the ZIP should contain your contact email address. After you upload the ZIP file, please let us (takeshi.fukuhara@riken.jp) know the file name of the uploaded file.

Letters of recommendation must be directly submitted from the referees to the following link with the file name “RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Quantum Many-Body Dynamics Research Team research scientist [applicant's name] (Letter of recommendation)”. Please specify the applicant's name, and referee's name and contact information in the letter of recommendation.

After the referees upload the letter of recommendation, please let us (takeshi.fukuhara@riken.jp) know the file name of the uploaded file. If a confirmation email is not received within 7 days after submission, please contact: takeshi.fukuhara@riken.jp.

Note: All the submitted documents will not be returned.

Selection Process

Application screening, interview and oral presentation by selected applicants.

Notification of Hiring Decision

The notification of hiring decision (conditional offer of employment) regarding this selection shall be carried out through the presentation of an Employment Contract or a Conditional Offer of Employment issued by RIKEN.

Start of Employment

As early as possible.

Contact Information

RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Quantum Many-Body Dynamics Research Team Email: takeshi.fukuhara@riken.jp For inquiries, please send an email.