Vacuum Technician

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the worlds top universities. The University has around 46 000 students and 8 500 staff based in Lund Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand explain and improve our world and the human condition.

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.

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.

• Technical education in mechanics electronics vacuum or relevant fields.
• Experience with technical or laboratory equipment.
• Good command in English.
• Taking initiative flexible performance oriented communicative ability to cooperate in a team service minded structured and quality conscious.

• At least 2 years of working experience in vacuum technology preferably ultra high vacuum (UHV).
• Work experience in research facilities preferably synchrotron radiation facilities.
• Interest in use and development of software tools for monitoring vacuum equipment.

When you join our MAX IV team you step into a world of front edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientists from all over the world generating scientific results for the benefit of society. We offer you a multicultural work environment with great opportunities for personal development with respect for a healthy work-life balance.

Would you like to work in a challenging and supporting environment Then join us and take the opportunity to make a real difference!

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Compensation & benefits

Probationary period may apply.

MAX IV is a Swedish national large-scale research infrastructure hosted by Lund University. It provides scientists from Sweden and abroad with intense x-rays and state-of-the-art instrumentation for research in areas such as engineering physics structural biology chemistry and nanotechnology. Its 16 beamlines receive up to 2 000 scientists annually conducting ground-breaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the brilliant X-rays.

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