The GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt operates one of the leading particle accelerators for science. Currently, the new FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) one of the world’s largest research projects, is under construction through international cooperation. GSI and FAIR offer the opportunity to work in this international environment with a team of employees committed to world-class science.
The scientific management of GSI and FAIR invites applications for the position

POSTING ID: 25.87-5112

The Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment belongs to the core scientific projects of FAIR. Its goal is to explore the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter at high net baryon densities with unprecedented precision. The experiment is currently entering the final construction phase with preparation of the installation and commissioning underway. A large international collaboration with 400 scientists and engineers is contributing to a complex suite of detectors.

The CBM department at GSI acts as the host of the collaboration and presently comprises about 20 scientists, engineers and technicians. Its involvement in the CBM experiment comprises the following activities with development life cycle responsibility:

• Silicon Tracking System (STS), a key detector of the CBM experiment
• Software for experiment control, event reconstruction and detector simulation
• Front-end electronics for the Time-Of-Flight (TOF) detector
• Data acquisition system
• Cave and detector infrastructure

GSI is seeking an internationally renowned scientist in the field of relativistic heavy-ion and hadron physics with leadership skills, experience of project management in large instrumentation or software projects and expertise in experiment data analysis. The successful candidate will be responsible for shaping and advancing the technological and scientific program of the CBM department in close collaboration with the international CBM collaboration including universities and research institutes in Germany and worldwide.

• Provide scientific and strategic leadership for the CBM department
• Coordinate the host lab activities directed towards CBM in close collaboration with the management of the CBM collaboration
• Coordinate cooperation between CBM and technical research departments and other groups in the context of realising and running CBM
• Represent the CBM department in internal committees, scientific reviews and funding discussions
• Manage and develop the department team, including scientists (all genders), engineers (all genders) and technicians (all genders) and ensure compliance with safety, legal and administrative regulations.