Place : Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Villetaneuse
Reserved for CNRS agents (civil servants and permanent contract employees) and civil servants and permanent contract employees under public law.
Responsibilities
The research engineer recruited will be assigned to support the development of new experiments in the Optics and Atomic Interferometry, Atomic Spectroscopy at Interfaces, Biomolecules and Spectroscopy, and Metrology, Molecules and Fundamental Tests teams. These teams share a common culture both from a scientific point of view (atoms and molecules, matter-radiation interaction) and from a technical point of view (lasers, optics, electronic and computer control of experiments, vacuum techniques, cryogenics).
Within these teams, and with a privileged link to the LPL’s mechanical, electronic, and optical services, he/she will be responsible for the design, implementation, and development of complex and specialized experimental devices in the field of laser-atom or laser-molecule interactions.
Activities
- Discuss scientific objectives and methodologies with the research team, as well as scientific and technological developments in experimental devices.
- Study experimental requirements (continuous or pulsed lasers, laser chains combining opto-mechanical and opto-electronic systems, ultra-high vacuum chambers, cryogenic techniques, ion optics, electronic and computer control of experiments).
- Propose appropriate measurement, characterization, and observation techniques and methods.
- Analyze metrological constraints and design or upgrade the experimental device and measurement chain.
- Establish technical specifications and monitor project progress, interacting with the laboratory’s mechanical, electronic, and optical departments for custom projects. Test the results.
- Organize project monitoring, validate and qualify the device or method at its various stages.
- Oversee the performance of measurements, interpret and validate them.
- Provide training and information on the principles and implementation of experimental devices and ensure operational safety.
- Design and implement new experimental systems. Develop experimental devices and ensure their maintenance.
- Manage all human, technical, and financial resources allocated to experimental developments.
- Structure a technology watch.
- Present, disseminate, and promote achievements
- Provide advice in your area of expertise
Knowledge
- Engineering techniques and sciences (optics, automation, microcomputing, mechanics) (in-depth knowledge)
- Metrology (in-depth knowledge)
- Lasers and optics, vacuum devices (in-depth knowledge)
- General physics: electromagnetism, mechanics, thermodynamics, etc. (general knowledge)
- Environment and professional networks (general knowledge)
- English language: B1 to B2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
- Written and oral presentation techniques
Skills
- Combining a set of elements from different technological fields
- Managing a project
- Using domain-specific software
- Leading a team
- Leading a meeting
- Conducting negotiations
- Applying health and safety rules
- Managing a budget
- Applying public procurement regulations
- Monitoring developments
Soft skills
- Intellectual curiosity
- Adaptability
- Listening skills
- Critical thinking
- Analytical reasoning
- Conceptualization
- Initiative
- Creativity/Innovation
- Independence/Self-confidence
- Rigorousness/Reliability
- Organizational skills
- Forward thinking
Join the LPL
The Laser Physics Laboratory (LPL) is an experimental physics research laboratory. It is supervised by the CNRS (CNRS Physics) and Paris XIII University, known as Sorbonne Paris Nord University (USPN). Its premises are located on the Villetaneuse campus in the buildings of the Galileo Institute. The LPL has around 90 staff, including 55 permanent employees and 35 doctoral students, post-doctoral researchers, and other fixed-term contract employees. Its research topics include quantum gases, interactions between light and atoms or molecules, photonic devices, and optics for biomedical applications.
Experimental developments play a central role in the LPL’s work, and the engineer will participate in various projects involving instrumentation, optics, lasers, or vacuum chambers, depending on the needs of the laboratory teams.