Job Description
Work Activities
As a research technician, you will perform technical work in support of physical experiments. You will help design and build measurement set-ups, take care of their maintenance and carry out repair and assembly work. The work includes maintenance of lasers, making (precision-) mechanical adjustments, designing and testing vacuum systems, and testing and commissioning electronic equipment. You will be part of a research group and work closely with fellow technicians from other research groups and with general technical support departments of AMOLF.
Qualifications
You have an MBO-level degree in a relevant field (see above). It is an advantage if you have experience with one or more of the activities mentioned above and have an affinity with working in a physics laboratory. However, we also warmly encourage enthusiastic beginners to apply—especially those eager to learn on the job. You are flexible, can set priorities and work independently, perform tasks for multiple researchers simultaneously and communicate effectively with them and other colleagues, both in Dutch and English.
Work environment
Within the NWO Institute AMOLF in Amsterdam, multiple experimental research groups collaborate closely on fundamental research of physical, chemical, and biological processes. You will be part of a team of technicians who support the research program, working for multiple scientific groups. The work atmosphere at the institute is largely determined by young, enthusiastic, mostly foreign employees. The communication style is informal.
AMOLF is one of the institutes of the Foundation NWO-I and initiates and performs leading fundamental research on the physics of complex forms of matter, aimed at the creation of new functional materials, in partnership with academia and industry. The institute is located at Amsterdam Science Park and currently employs about 140 researchers and 80 support employees. www.amolf.nl
Working conditions
- The working atmosphere at the institute is largely determined by young, enthusiastic, mostly foreign employees. Communication is informal and runs through short lines of communication.
- The position is for 40 hours per week and an employment contract for two years, with the intention of subsequently offering permanent employment.
- Salary is in 6, 7, with a maximum of €3.905,00 gross per month (depending on your education and experience), plus a holiday allowance of 8% and end-of-year bonus of 8.33%.
- Our excellent fringe benefits can be consulted here. On-the-job training and study facilities are self-evident.
More information?
For further information about the position, please contact H. Schoenmaker (Group Technician) via h.schoenmaker@amolf.nl or by phone: 020-7547100.
Application
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Diversity code
AMOLF is highly committed to an inclusive and diverse work environment: we want to develop talent and creativity by bringing together people from different backgrounds and cultures. We recruit and select on the basis of competencies and talents. We strongly encourage anyone with the right qualifications to apply for the vacancy, regardless of age, gender, origin, sexual orientation or physical ability.
AMOLF has won the NNV Diversity Award 2022, which is awarded every two years by the Netherlands Physical Society for demonstrating the most successful implementation of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
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