Lead Engineer at the Center for Biomedical Quantum Sensing, Niels Bohr Institute

at  Kbenhavns Universitet

Niels Bohr Institute at Faculty of Science, the University of Copenhagen is looking for a lead engineer with effect from 1 August 2024 or as soon as possible after that date.

ABOUT US

The position is with the quantum optics Center QUANTOP at the Niels Bohr Institute. QUANTOP is a vibrant research laboratory developing novel principles and devices for quantum sensing, quantum communication and quantum technologies. We are a group of about twenty researchers and graduate students working with entangled and squeezed light sources, non-classical states of atoms and solid state oscillators.
The announced position is funded by the recently inaugurated Center for Biomedical Quantum Sensing – CBQS funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation for the period 2024 – 2030 and employment is for six years. The new Center is a collaborative effort between the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Texas in Austin and Danish Technical University. The primary goal of the Center will be to develop and use novel quantum sensing principles and techniques for biomedical diagnostics that can operate near and beyond standard quantum limits of sensitivity, providing ultra-sensitive platforms for early detection of disease and facilitating profound investigations into molecular systems at an unprecedented scale and precision. Towards this goal we will have to break interdisciplinary boundaries and work across disciplines developing collaborations between medical experts and quantum physicists.

The successful candidate will provide broadly defined technical and scientific support to the Center team, primarily to the Niels Bohr Institute effort, although collaboration with the other institutions of the Center will be encouraged. In particular, collaborative effort with medical institutions in the Copenhagen area and beyond is envisioned.

Your task will include:

• Engineering support in the development of physical principles and techniques for sensing beyond standard quantum limits and quantum-enhanced sensing
• Development and implementation of forefront optical and electronic components for the Center activities
• Development of computer control for the experimental setups
• Providing general expert advice to the students and researchers of the Center within the above-mentioned fields of activity