Software Developer with Physics Background

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has around 44 000 students and more than 8 000 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.

KITS Software Team 
Are you our new software developer that will boost research for the scientists? Apply your software development skills to help explore the full capabilities of Sweden's new flagship laboratory.

You will have the chance to face new challenges of the synchrotron domain in a very diverse and interesting environment.  

MAX IV is looking for a Research Engineer who will…  
be involved in the software developments of the data acquisition and the experiment control framework from a variety of detectors and their integration into the experimental stations. As an experienced professional you will bridge science and state of the art software development. You can thus understand the scientific background of our software developments and support the rest of the team with that knowledge. You also know or can learn about the science of the experiments running in MAX IV.  If you have a background in scientific facilities, it would be a plus, either as working in one or as a regular former user. The more we understand the usage of our developments, the more successful our users will be. 

You will be expected to participate in different international collaborations about control and data acquisition, as well as to contribute to international conferences. 
 
You will also be able to learn and to increase your skills, competence, and experience.  

Your main work tasks will be  
- Developing software projects for scientific experimentation at MAX IV.  
- Supporting the MAX IV staff in using the data acquisition and the experiment control framework 
- Bridging the science case and the software requirements 
- Improving the “User eXperience” for troubleshooting and finding simple user-friendly solutions to complex problems.  
- Participating to the team planning and resource estimation as well as improving the group infrastructure. 

To be successful in this role you need to have the following qualifications  
- A university degree in Physics. 
- A professional experience with Python 3 and C++ programming. 
- An experience of Software development for scientific environment. 
- A Scientific domain knowledge about a related discipline (e.g. spectroscopy, microscopy, particle accelerators...). 
- An understanding of common Software Architecture: Functional, OOP, Reactive … 
- The ability to work in a Linux operating system environment. 
- An open source spirit. 

Below are seen as merits 
- PhD in a scientific domain relevant in an X-ray synchrotron facility 
- Scientific publications (journals and/or conferences)  
- Experience in Data Collection and Control System development. 
- Experience in Tango and/or Sardana development. 
- Experience with Agile team environment and familiar with peer programming, review, unit tests, continuous integration, and continuous delivery. 
- An understanding of Performance and Distribution of systems: TCP/IP, ZMQ, … 
- Other Software programming languages: JavaScript, C, C++, Go, Rust …  
- Working in an international research-oriented environment or being a former user of such facilities.

As a person you are … 
In addition to the above it is regarded as highly important to supply evidence that you are a team player and can demonstrate your communication and collaborative skills. You should also be committed to quality work and able to understand requirements for scientific related developments. Also, due to the nature of our daily work, you should be able to successfully balance between the planned work and the unexpected needs at short notice. 

What we offer 
When you join MAX IV, you step into a world of front edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientist from all over the world, generating scientific results for the benefit of society. We offer you a multicultural work environment with great opportunities for personal development with respect for a healthy work-life balance. 

Would you like to work in a challenging and supporting environment? Then join us and take the opportunity to make a real difference! 

For further information, please visit:  

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-lund-university/work-lund-university 

http://www.sweden.se 

https://www.maxiv.lu.se/about-us/careerjobs/comp_and_benefits/  

Probationary period may apply. 

On call services may apply in the future.

MAX IV is a Swedish national large-scale research laboratory hosted by Lund University. It provides scientists from Sweden as well as internationally, with state-of-the-art instrumentation for research in areas such as engineering, physics, structural biology, chemistry and nanotechnology. Fully developed it will receive more than 2 000 scientists annually, conducting ground-breaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the brilliant X-ray light.

The MAX IV Controls and IT team (KITS) deliver solutions to the whole MAX IV organisation in the areas of control system hardware, controls software applications, infrastructure and networking, information management and scientific software. This is a dynamic and highly challenging environment and requires close collaboration with the staff in order to understand the needs and be effective in forming solutions. We are around 50 people in total who work in 5 domains in a well organised and agile way. We hold values of lean management, knowledge spread, user autonomy, continuous improvement and flexibility as guiding principles for our work.

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