Remuneration Group 13 | Limited: 2 years | Starting date: earliest possible | ID: MPO005/2024 | Deadline: 09.12.2024 | Full-time/Part-time | Remote work possible

DESY, with more than 2900 employees at its two locations in Hamburg and Zeuthen, is one of the world's leading research centres. Its research focuses on decoding the structure and function of matter, from the smallest particles of the universe to the building blocks of life. In this way, DESY contributes to solving the major questions and urgent challenges facing science, society and industry. With its ultramodern research infrastructure, its interdisciplinary research platforms and its international networks, DESY offers a highly attractive working environment in the fields of science, technology and administration as well as for the education of highly qualified young scientists.

Plasma accelerators are poised to trigger a revolution in accelerator science. DESY is committed to exploiting the full potential of this cutting-edge technology developing state-of-the-art plasma accelerators for a range of demanding research applications: from compact FEL drivers to energy-efficient synchrotron injectors; from linac energy boosters to plasma-based colliders. DESY is also committed to developing advanced plasma accelerator technology for a wide range of medical and industrial applications. Experimental facilities include the vanguard laser driver KALDERA, the advanced beam-driven facility FLASHForward, and a host of ancillary research and development laboratories. The theory and simulation team of the plasma acceleration group at DESY develops and harnesses simulation tools to help understand experiments, propose novel concepts and investigate new mechanisms, key ingredients for plasma-based acceleration research. The tools developed range from open-source Python libraries running on a laptop (Wake-T) to open-source, GPU-capable simulation codes running on world-leading supercomputers (HiPACE++). They are used in combination with other popular methods in the community to propose solutions on various aspects of plasma-based acceleration research towards collider and photon sources.

About your role:

• Contribute to the development of open-source codes for plasma acceleration, in particular HiPACE++. This will include improvement of numerical methods, addition of new features and implementation of additional physics effects
• Run numerical simulations on world-class supercomputers to numerically and theoretically investigate different aspects of plasma acceleration towards high-quality, high-efficiency, high-repetition-rate acceleration and applications
• Exchange with experimental teams to help with design and planning, support understanding of measurements and improve operations
• Record, analyse and document results for communication through publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at conferences and workshops
• Contribute to the supervision of students and work closely with other members of the plasma accelerator community at DESY and with external collaborators

Good reasons to join:

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time, job-sharing models and participation in mobile work (up to 50%). You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities. Remuneration is according to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) at both locations.

About you:

• Phd in physics or equivalent qualification
• Background in the field of numerical simulations and plasma physics
• Interest of applicable modern programming techniques (C++, git, Python, bash, GPU computing, Jupyter) as well as usage of supercomputers
• Experience in collaborating with experimental programs to support understanding and planning
• Self-motivated with strong desire to drive central aspects of your work independently
• Outstanding teamwork and interpersonal communication skills
• Technology-transfer focused mindset

For further information please contact Maxence Thévenet at +49 40 8998-4783 (maxence.thevenet@desy.de).

Please submit your complete application documents (letter of motivation, CV and relevant certificates).

We look forward to receiving your application via our application portal:

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DESY promotes equal opportunities and diversity. The professional development of women is very important to us and therefore we strongly encourage women to apply for the vacant position. Applications from severely disabled persons will be given preference if they are equally qualified (sbv.desy.de).

You can find further information here:
https://www.desy.de/career/

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