Materials Scientist

Your responsibilities

• Initiate and develop an R&D stream focused on fuel and fusible materials integration into experimental targets for in-house use.
• Translate experimental requirements into reproducible fabrication processes, including scale-up of deposition and micro-fabrication techniques for target component integration.
• Characterization and metrology of fabricated components, to verify specifications are met.
• Coordinating multi-partner consortia and associated reporting: build and maintain collaborations with academic and industrial partners.
• Drafting of public funding applications.
• Mentor junior scientists and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Documentation and reporting: write and oversee technical and safety documentation, protocols development, and contribute to internal, external, and funding-body reports.

What you bring

• 8+ years of experience in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering or a related field, with demonstrated seniority in an R&D environment.
• Hands-on experience with several of the following fabrication techniques, and working knowledge of the rest: Deposition techniques and material synthesis (e.g. CVD, MLD, ALD, PLD, sputter-coating, e-beam and thermal evaporation, spray-coating, spin-coating, electrodeposition).
• Laser cutting or machining using picosecond and/or femtosecond laser systems.
• Additive manufacturing techniques.
• Molding, hot pressing.
• Hands-on experience with several of the following characterization and metrology techniques, and working knowledge of the rest, applied to fabricated components to verify specifications are met: atomic force microscopy (AFM), profilometry, ellipsometry, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman spectroscopy, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).
• Practical experience working with processes under inert atmosphere for sensitive or reactive materials.
• Experience working in ISO-classified cleanroom environments.
• A track record leading or contributing to multi-partner research or industrial collaborations.
• Experience leading or contributing to public funding applications, with a track record of awarded proposals.
• Providing technical leadership and mentoring junior scientists and engineers in an experimental environment with evolving priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, including technical writing for proposals and reports.

What sets you apart

• Familiarity with lab automation and the development of novel fabrication processes.
• Experience with novel or exotic materials relevant to fusion targets (e.g., aerogels, foams, deuterated polymers).
• Experience in fusion, plasma physics, inertial confinement fusion (ICF), or energy systems.

What we offer

• Public Transport Subsidy
• Employee Incentive Program
• Phone Bill Reimbursement
• Wellpass or Complimentary Private Health Insurance
• Professional Learning & Development Budget
• Relocation Support
• Company Pension Plan
• 30 Days of Vacation plus additional half day on 24. & 31.Dec.
• Modern Office in the center of Munich
• Healthy office snacks
• Regular Team Events

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