Job opening in High Temperature Superconductors

Mechanical workshop technician

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

We are looking for a resourceful and hands-on technicians to support the growth of our team and associated experimental activities.

Responsibilities

As a member of the HTS team, your role is to assist the engineers in their experimental activities. Depending on your profile, skills and interests, you will work on one or more of the following activities :

*As a technical support to the polishing team, operate polishing machines and carry out tests and measurements to provide a perfectly polished substrate ready for thin-film deposition:

  • 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)

  • Participate in the development of the polishing technique 

*As a technical support to the CVD & PVD engineering teams, contribute to the assembly of the structural parts of physical vapor deposition (PVD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) machines:

  • Assemble the reactor parts: ion sources, magnetron cathodes, vapor delivery system, vacuum pumps...

  • Commission the reactors

  • Upgrade and maintain the reactors when needed

  • Construct structural parts of the deposition systems

*As a technical support to the characterization team,

  • Prepare samples

  • Conduct analyses using existing analysis equipments

  • Participate in writing operating procedures

  • Maintain Equipment 

Qualifications -essential:

  • Bachelor’s degree or High school’s + equivalent experience in mechanical engineering, machining or related field

  • Experience as an equipment technician, assembly technician or related field

  • Computer skills (Windows and Office package) 

  • Knowledge of polishing and machining methods

  • Knowledge of methods for characterising materials (AFM, microscope…)

  • Knowledge of quality standards

  •   Fluent in English (B2/C1)

Qualifications -desirable:

  • Ability to learn

  • Reliable and autonomous

  • Safety conscious

  • Rigorous, concerned with quality 

  • Resourceful

  • Skilful with her/his hands

Qualified and interested?

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