The Bloch beamline is dedicated to high-resolution ARPES and spin-ARPES for studying the electronic structure of surfaces and 2D materials. The beamline provides variable-polarization VUV and soft X-ray light to two endstations – ARPES and spin-ARPES, with a beam size down to 10 μm × 10 μm. The team consists of six members, including scientists, engineers, postdocs, and technicians, who are actively driving multiple research and development projects.

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

MAX IV is looking for a beamline scientist at the state-of-the-art ARPES beamline BLOCH to further develop the ARPES and spin-ARPES programs, including advancing the instrumentation, growing user communities, and pursuing their own scientific research.

Your main work tasks will be

• Ensure the robust, optimal day-to-day operation of the beamline, including all instruments, software, and adjacent facilities, and prepare it for the planned user experiments.
• Provide support to the users during the setup and execution of beamline experiments.
• Organize the constant availability of technical infrastructure and work towards improvements for a user-friendly beamline.
• Contribute to the continuous development and implementation of methods and beamline instrumentation.
• Pursue own or a collaborative research program and acquire external funding.
• Play an active role in the development of the research portfolio of the beamline.
• Carry out procurements for developing and maintaining the technical infrastructure.
• Together with the beamline lead, perform proposal feasibility checks.
• Communicate with the beamline team members and other relevant staff at MAX IV and external partners.
• Communicate to the existing and potential new users the current capabilities and the upgrade plans of the beamline.
• Create and maintain beamline documentations.
• Have a solid knowledge of the general and organizational safety rules and requirements, and instruct users and team members.
• Supervise temporary staff (PostDocs, PhD, and Master students).