Postdoc in Fast Timing Tracking Systems: Netherlands

Fully funded and Full-time Post-Doctoral Position is available in the field of Fast Timing Tracking System at Nikhef organization in Netherlands. Nikhef is the national institute for subatomic physics in the Netherlands. Together they perform theoretical and experimental research in the fields of particle and astroparticle physics.

Nikhef is a partnership between six major Dutch universities and the NWO-I Foundation, the Institutes Organization of the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
Nikhef is involved in numerous research collaborations, including CERN’s ALICE, ATLAS, and LHCb experiments, the KM3NeT neutrino telescope, Virgo gravitational waves interferometer, Xenon-nT dark matter experiment, Pierre Auger cosmic ray observatory, and eEDM research program. It has scientific groups, technical departments, and a LHC Tier-1 data-processing center, providing additional computing resources for end-user data analysis and simulation.

Job Summary

Job Title: Postdoc Fast Timing Tracking Systems
Employer: National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NIKHEF)
Job Location: Science Park 105 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Job Published: 2024-04-12
Application deadline: Unspecified
Job Type: Postdoc
Research Field: Applied Physics, Particle Physics, Computational Physics, Algorithms, Data Structures, Parallel Computing

Research Position

• A postdoctoral candidate is sought to study and optimize intelligent algorithms for real-time particle trajectories at HL-LHC.
• The candidate will work with a PhD student to design parallel track reconstruction algorithms for use in LHCb and ALICE. The algorithms will efficiently use timing information and target GPUs.
• The candidate will also collaborate with other FASTER PhDs and postdocs on data-preprocessing algorithms to improve throughput.
• The knowledge gained will be applied to provide high-throughput reconstruction algorithms for a test-beam setup.

The Applicant Must have:

• PhD degree in high-energy physics, applied physics, computer science or in closely related fields.
• strong interest in computing, has excellent software skills (C++, Python) and preferably has experience with parallel architectures such as GPUs and (some) experience with LHC physics.

Offer

• The candidate will be employed by the NWO-I foundation for two years and will obtain the status of postdoctoral researcher.
• The working location will be Amsterdam.
• She/he will receive a competitive salary. The conditions of employment are excellent and include extra months’ salary payment in May and December.
• The conditions of employment of the NWO-I-foundation can be found at Link

How to Apply

• apply by clicking the ‘apply now‘ button below.
• Upload a CV
• A motivation letter
• Name and complete contact information of a minimum of two referees who can send recommendation letters on your behalf.

The deadline for applications is May 15, 2024. The starting date will be set on mutual agreement. Further information can be obtained from dr. Hella Snoek (h.snoek@nikhef.nl)