Job opening in High-Temparature Superconductors

Polishing technician

If a potentially good or excellent match, we will contact you within 3 weeks from applying.

We are looking for a dynamic, rigorous and handy polishing technician. As a member of the superconductor team, your role is to assist the polishing engineer in his daily tasks by operating the polishing machines and carrying out tests and measurements in order to provide a perfectly polished substrate ready for thin-film deposition.

Responsibilities

  • Polish of metals by using polishing methods

  • Maintain Equipment 

  • Perform frequent checks of parts to ensure dimensional requirements are met, inspect parts at different level (macro/microscopic)

  • Maintain a safe and clean work environment 

  • Participate in the development of the polishing technique 

Qualifications -essential:

    • 15+ years of experience (at least 5 as a doer and 10 as a manager) -in international labs or in the industry- in design, modeling, manufacturing, and testing in at least 3 of the following areas:

      • Magnet technology

      • Vacuum technology

      • Structural engineering

      • Cryogenics

      • Heat transfer

Qualifications -desirable:

  • PhD degree in electrical, industrial, mechanical or nuclear engineering, or closely related field.

  • Experience in designing, purchasing, testing or using:

    • HTS and/or Low Temperature Superconductivity (LTS).

    • Permanent magnets

    • Copper coils

    • Vacuum pumps and other vacuum equipment

    • Working fluids for heat extraction (water, supercritical CO2, liquid metals, etc.) and refrigeration (liquid N2, He gas, liquid He, etc.)

  • Experience or familiarity with one or more of the following industries: energy, electricity, big science, particle accelerators, medical, metallurgy, innovative materials.

  • French (B2).

  • Detailed knowledge of material parameters at cryogenic temperatures and in high magnetic fields.

  • Detailed knowledge of nuclear civil engineering, remote handling and waste management.

Qualified and interested?

Send your cv and motivational e-mail to jobs@renfusion.eu.