Technical Assistant (m/f/d)

at  MaxPlanckInstitut fr die Physik des Lichts

Technical Assistant (m/f/d) full-time (39h / week)
Job description
Join Our Dynamic Team at TDSU LOC!

Are you ready to be part of an innovative team embarking on an exciting journey? We are currently seeking a motivated Technical Assistant to join us in our mission to establish a state-of-the-art cleanroom facility at a new Max Planck Zentrum für Physik un Medizin in Erlangen. As we prepare to transition to our new location, equipped with cutting-edge microfabrication and microfluidic technologies, we need a skilled technician to help us build and operate this facility.

• Collaborate with our team in setting up and operating a new cleanroom facility
• Utilize your expertise in working within a cleanroom environment
• Employ various microfabrication techniques, including photolithography, soft lithography, FDM, SLA, and DLP
• Fabricate microfluidic chips using elastomeric, thermoplastic, and glass materials
• Conduct microstructure morphological characterization using 3D optical profiler and interferometer

Requirements

• Knowledge of microfabrication techniques
• Knowledge of FDM, SLA and DLP, 3D printing technologies
• 2D and 3D design skills using Klayout, Autocad, Solid Edge or similar softwares
• Familiarity with microfluidic chip fabrication
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Strong attention to detail and problem solving skills
• Ability to communicate in English
• deally experience of working in a cleanroom environment
• Ideally experience in micropatterning techniques

If you are passionate about advancing research through cutting-edge technology and eager to be part of a dynamic team, we want to hear from you! Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to establish a world-class facility at the forefront of scientific innovation.
our offer
We offer you an interesting and varied job in an international environment as well as a good working atmosphere in a friendly team. You will have the opportunity for regular further training. This is a temporary position. Depending on qualifications and experience, remuneration will be based on the pay scale of the public service collective agreement (TVöD Bund). You can expect further social benefits such as an additional pension plan through the Versorgungsanstalt des Bundes und der Länder (VBL) and regular company health management measures. Comprehensive induction training from experienced and qualified colleagues. The compatibility of work and family is an important concern for us, so we will be happy to support you in finding suitable childcare facilities.
Interested in joining our team?
The Max Planck Society strives to ensure a workplace that embraces diversity and provides equal opportunities irrespective of gender, nationality or disabilities of the applicants. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals.
Interested in joining our team?
Please submit your resume and cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you are interested in joining our team via our online application tool by 23 May 2024. We look forward to welcoming you to TDSU LOC!
about us
At our institute, fundamental research takes place in the following areas: biophysics, nonlinear optics, quantum optics, nanophotonics, photonic crystal fibers, optomechanics, quantum technologies and research at the interface of physics and medicine. To do this, we recruit the best scientists in the world to work on the really big scientific questions and we give them everything they need - creating the knowledge of tomorrow.
contact
Salvatore Girardo
Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts
Staudtstraße 2
91058 Erlangen
Deutschlan

Please refer the Job description for details