Beamline Scientist I15 Extreme Conditions

at  Diamond Light Source

ABOUT US

Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron source and a leading scientific facility of its type in the world. Located on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in South Oxfordshire, we enable cutting edge research across a broad range of scientific disciplines and industrial applications. Diamond-II is a project that will deliver a new machine and new beamlines with a comprehensive series of upgrades to optics, detectors, sample environments, sample delivery capabilities and computing.

We now have an opportunity for a Beamline Scientist to join the I15 beamline team, to collaborate with the Principal Beamline Scientist in the preparation and optimisation of the beamline for Diamond-II.
I15 is based on a wiggler insertion device. A double crystal monochromator delivers X-rays in the energy range from 20 to 80 keV. KB mirror systems are used for focussing the X-ray beam. I15 operates two endstations. One endstation is designed around a 6-circle diffractometer and builds a very versatile platform for many experiments. The other endstation is dedicated to micro-focus and high-pressure laser-heating experiments. The beamline is dedicated to high-energy X-ray scattering experiments, in particular powder and single-crystal diffraction experiments. Research topics include fundamental Physics and Chemistry, Earth and Planetary Science as well as Materials Science and Engineering.
The successful candidate will play a key role in the development and implementation of the I15 endstation upgrade and contribute to the design and commissioning of a new monochromator for I15 in preparation for Diamond-II.

Responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating on beamline upgrades and development projects, including taking specific responsibility for certain components of the beamline such as the design, manufacture, installation, testing and commissioning phases.
• Managing the day-to-day coordination of support groups at Diamond to implement beamline upgrade projects, to improve the quality of the beamline, develop solutions for emerging problems, and ensure its smooth operation.
• Providing operational support for the beamline, including responsibility for the day-to-day safe operation of the beamline, interact closely with the users of the facility.
• Acting as a single point of contact (Local Contact) for a proportion of user experiments providing specialist technical/scientific advice.
• Developing own research in an area relevant to the beamline and disseminate the results.