Your team

The vacuum team is responsible for providing support to all MAX IV and its users, among other things includes: design and simulations for vacuum systems, procurement and installation of vacuum systems for the machine and the beamlines, commissioning and maintenance of vacuum systems and troubleshooting and follow up of vacuum performance for the machine and the beamlines. The team is consisting of engineers and technicians who have long experience in vacuum systems for particle accelerators.

Work duties and areas of responsibility

As a member of the vacuum team, your main task is to provide all the needed support related to vacuum technology for the accelerators and the beamlines of MAX IV laboratory:

• Perform vacuum equipment installations and testing for the accelerators and the beamlines according to standards and requests.
• Perform vacuum related services: cleaning of parts for use in vacuum, pumping down, leak tests, bakeout etc.
• Troubleshooting in case of issues with vacuum in the accelerators and the beamlines, together with the rest of the vacuum team.
• Periodic health check and monitoring of the accelerators and beamlines vacuum systems.
• Maintenance and repair of vacuum components.
• Keep the stock of vacuum hardware for the accelerators and beamlines in order, provide parts as needed.
• Orders of hardware for the stock and for beamlines with the help of the rest of the vacuum team.
• Actively participating in new projects and developments.
• Proactive support to the beamlines to anticipate their vacuum needs.
• Provide support in the planning and execution of the shutdown activities.
• Operation and maintenance of the vacuum cleaning facility.
• Assist with training of MAX IV employees in vacuum equipment use and maintenance.
• Prepare and keep documentation up-to-date, prepare technical reports.