Job:
Job/Fellowship Reference: Physical Engineering Technician for the project GLOSS (Gamma-ray Laue Optics and Solid State detectors) financed by the PRODEX programme of the European Space Agency.

Main research field: Physics

Sub research field: Applied physics


Job summary:

The Coimbra branch of LIP (Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas) offers a Technicien contract within the project GLOSS (Gamma-ray Laue Optics and Solid State detectors) financed by the PRODEX programme of the European Space Agency. GLOSS? main objective is to study LEO environment effects on future gamma-ray telescopes? sensors.

1. The Coimbra branch of LIP (Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas) offers a Technicien contract within the project GLOSS (Gamma-ray Laue Optics and Solid State detectors) financed by the PRODEX programme of the European Space Agency. GLOSS? main objective is to study LEO environment effects on future gamma-ray telescopes? sensors. Herein, we intend to investigate radiation damage and ageing effects on the performances of different instrument materials in real in-orbit conditions, allowing to estimate the effective lifetime of instrument components developed for high-energy astrophysics? scientific future space missions. The proposed materials to be study in the GLOSS proposal are Ge and Si Laue lens crystals, and CdZnTe (CZT) sensor elements, since these materials compose the main subsystems of the Laue lens and of the focal plane, respectively, of ASTENA mission concept and AMEGO calorimeter is composed by CZT detectors. The project?s objectives are:

• Uncover new data on material?s ageing for the Si/Ge based Laue lens systems in LEOs for future gamma-ray space missions;

• Improve the quality and the accuracy of the data of material?s ageing for the CZT based detectors in LEOs for future gamma-ray space missions.

2. Application requirements:

The applicant should have a master?s degree in physics engineering. Candidates should have experience operating with X- or gamma-ray detectors and detector design. It is considered an advantage the experience with simulation tools such as GEANT4 or MEGALIB.

3. Work plan:

GLOSS? main objective is to study LEO environment effects on future gamma-ray telescopes? sensors. The successful applicant will perform scientific testing of on the crystal samples and will contribute to the simulation work providing input from testing data.

4. Applicable Legislation

Labour Code approved by Law no. 7/2009 of 12th February, under its current reading

5. The candidate will be hired under a non-fixed term work contract (period foreseen of 18 months, beginning on 1st July 2021), pursuant to the dispositions of article 2º g) of the Law no. 7/2009 of 12th February

6. Workplace shall be at the LIP node in Coimbra (Departamento de Física da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra), Portugal under Scientific supervision of Rui Miguel Curado da Silva, (University of Coimbra and LIP), and Jorge Manuel Maia (Universidade da Beira Interior and LIP)

7. Monthly remuneration to be paid is the one corresponding to level 12 of the Single Salary Table, i.e. 1.050,14 Euros.

8. Any national, foreign or stateless candidates who hold a master degree in Physics engineering can submit their applications.

In the event the master degree was awarded by a foreign higher education institution, the degree must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 341/2007 of 12th October.

9. Evaluation criteria are the following:

Curriculum vitae (50%) and profile adequacy including previous research experience (50%). Preference will be given to candidates with experience in simulation tools such as GEANT4 or MEGALIB, whose profile compliance with the project requirements and experience in the specific scientific area of the project is considered suitable, along with motivation and autonomy.

10. The selection panel shall be formed by Doctor Rui Curado Silva (LIP), Professor Filomena Santos (LIP), Professor Jorge Maia (LIP) and Professor Isabel Lopes.

11. After selection criteria application, the panel shall prepare an ordered list of the approved candidates with corresponding classifications and it will be send by email to the candidates. The panel?s final decision shall be validated by the head of the institution, who is also responsible for the hiring.

12. Application formalization shall be made by sending:

a) Motivation letter

b) Detailed Curriculum Vitae

c) Letter of reference

d) Certificate or diploma copy. Recognition of foreign diploma should also be delivered, if applicable;

e) Other documentation relevant for the evaluation of qualifications in a related scientific area.

Candidates shall submit their application files and supporting documentation, in a digital form, in PDF format, via email to [email protected].

The call is open from 4th to 18th june 2021, 17:00 (Lisbon Time).

13. All candidates who formalize their applications in an improper way or fail to prove the requirements imposed by this tender are excluded from admission. In case of doubt, the panel is entitled to request any candidate to present further documentation supporting his/her statements.

14. False statements provided by the candidates shall be punished by law.

15. Both admitted and excluded candidate list and final classification list shall be sent by email to all candidates with delivery receipt.

16. Preliminary Hearing and Final Decision Deadline: Pursuant to article 121 of the Administrative Procedure Code, after notified, all candidates have 10 working days to respond. Panel?s final decisions are pronounced within a period of 90 days, from application deadline.

17. This tender is exclusively destined to fill the vacancy and can be terminated at any time until approval of final candidate list, expiring with the respective occupation of said vacancy.

18. Non-discrimination and equal access policy: LIP actively promotes a nondiscrimination and equal access policy, wherefore no candidate can be privileged, benefited, impaired or deprived of any rights whatsoever, or be exempt of any duties based on their ancestry, age, sex, sexual preference, marital status, family and economic conditions, instruction, origin or social conditions, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, origin territory, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and union membership.

19. Pursuant to article 3 (3) of Decree-Law no. 29/2001 of 3 February, disabled candidates shall be preferred in a situation of equal classification, and said preference supersedes any legal preferences. Candidates must declare, on their honour, their respective disability degree, type of disability and communication/expression means to be used during selection period on their application form, under the regulations above.

Organization/institute: Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP - Delegação de Coimbra

Address:
Universidade de Coimbra

Coimbra - 3004-516 Coimbra

Portugal

Email: [email protected]