At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a team to build cutting-edge silicon detectors for groundbreaking physics experiments.
- Company: University of Liverpool's Department of Physics, a leader in scientific research.
- Benefits: Full-time role with fixed-term contract, hands-on experience, and collaboration with experts.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace, with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Be part of a revolutionary project at CERN and contribute to the future of particle physics.
- Qualifications: Experience in cleanroom environments and wire-bonding is a plus; strong communication skills required.
The Department of Physics at the University of Liverpool is one of the worldwide construction sites for the upgrade of the Inner Tracker (ITk) for the high-luminosity upgrade of the ATLAS experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. The ITk upgrade is a new detector for measuring the momentum and origin of charged particles emanating from the proton-proton collisions in the centre of the experiment.
You will be based in the Liverpool Semi-conductor Detector Centre cleanroom complex within the Department of Physics at Liverpool. You will join a team of 15 physicists and engineers working together on the manufacture and quality-control testing of silicon detectors for the endcap pixel tracker and the barrel strip tracker.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Participating in the gluing of components to form modules and following written instructions reliably.
- Entering data into the construction database.
- Making electrical connections between the readout chips and detectors using ultrasonic-wedge wire-bonding on state-of-the-art machines.
- Checking the quality of wire-bonding through optical inspection and wire-pull tests using industry-standard equipment.
- Monitoring and reporting yields, machine problems, and the usage of consumables.
- Attending technical meetings at Liverpool and occasionally off-site as the project proceeds.
This role requires the highest standard of cleanroom working disciplines to be applied. You will be required to work from formal engineering drawings and specifications. Good sensory and physical co-ordination is essential given the small scale and delicate nature of the detectors. Past experience of working in a clean room environment and on wire-bonding are highly-desirable. You will have good communication skills and the ability to instruct others (e.g. students) in the production procedures.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: We are committed to enhancing a workforce as diverse as our community and particularly encourage applicants who are of minoritised genders and ethnic backgrounds, living with a disability, and/or are members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
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