Technician for the National Thin Film Cluster Facility for Advanced Functional Materials

The department of Physics are looking to recruit a Cluster Facility Technician in a fixed term post for 2 years

The National Thin-Film Cluster Facility for Advanced Functional Materials is a multi-million-pound EPSRC funded project with contributions of the Oxford University John Fell Fund and the Physics Department of the University of Oxford. It is a collaboration between the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Loughborough and Imperial College London and was opened in November 2022. It serves a large and further growing community of researcher from Oxford and beyond. At the core of this facility is a bespoke large vacuum deposition system consisting of several interconnected, but independent deposition chambers (thermal, sputter, ALD) for the fabrication of multilayer structures of organic semiconductors, inorganic and hybrid perovskites, metals, transparent conducting oxides etc. The facility engineer is Dr Jin Yao and the co-directors of the facility are Profs Henry Snaith and Moritz Riede (all Oxford Physics).

The role will provide primarily technical, but also some administrative support to facility engineer for the day-to-day operation of this national facility.

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs

About You

The successful applicant must have a completed level 3 engineering apprenticeship, a level 3 mechatronics maintenance technician apprenticeship, a Bachelor of Science/Engineering (honours) or relevant other relevant training. Experience in working in a labartory environment and working with complex equipment and hazardous chemicals. Ability to troubleshoot problems with experiments and arrive at an appropriate solution as well as the ability to organise own work load and take initiative as appropriate. Good IT Skills are also essential.

Application Process

You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.

The closing date for applications is midday 16 September 2024

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