Electronics Engineer: LHCb Upgrade II project

at  University of Glasgow

JOB PURPOSE

To provide expert support to the Particle Physics Experiment (PPE) Group of the University of Glasgow to supply readout electronics and high-voltage systems for the Mighty Tracker and Vertex Locator projects and to integrate these systems within the mechanical constraints, with other electronics systems and with the LHCb Upgrade II data acquisition system.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To take a leading role in developing and adapting the readout electronic printed circuit boards for the LHCb Upgrade 2 Mighty Tracker and VELO detectors, including the use of dedicated ASICs and FPGAs.
2. To design, fabricate and test prototype electro-optical (E/O) readout for the Mighty Tracker, including the development of a fast and efficient system to validate the readout boards, testing the full set of links and confirming the functionality.
3. To design and/or test the high-speed data transmission (in GHz range) for the VELO.
4. To provide expert support for design and characterisation of electronics boards and to perform tests and quality control of printed circuit boards.
5. To define work and perform tasks autonomously and report weekly at group meetings and be able to self-organize and independently prioritise and define tasks based on the outline provided by reading technical papers, attending collaboration meetings/workshops.
6. To supervise and/or manage junior team members/students by creating plans and schedules, assigning tasks, monitoring and tracking to closure.
7. To be able to collaborate with teams from other universities and laboratories in Europe.
8. To perform electronics design/testing and related activities at national and international laboratories.
9. To represent the university at national and international collaboration meetings providing reports on work.
10. Work in a team of physicists, engineers and technicians to set-up measurements systems to characterise printed circuit boards and associated electronics.