Job Description:
Your responsibilities will include the maintenance and repair of all 15 electron microscopes of C-CINA and the ZMB. We do not have any factory maintenance contracts but may request additional help from the factory when needed. Responsibilities of this position are maintenance and repair of the electron microscopes including; problem diagnosis, ordering replacement parts from the factory, and repair. This includes: the Titan Krios Autoloader, cryo-stages, FEG and high voltage supplies, vacuum systems, mechanics, electronics and software backups.
In addition, upon interest, this engineer may participate in electron microscope hardware development projects, which involve hardware design, fabrication in collaboration with our mechanical workshop, construction, and development of electronic control in collaboration with an electronic workshop. Participation in research projects concerning structural biology data collection with these instruments is also possible. C-CINA is a University research group; we develop instruments and methods, and apply them to study the high-resolution 3D structure of biological specimens.
Salary and living conditions in Basel are attractive. The lab language is English.
Your profile
Experience in EM service for TEM, ideally also for SEM and FIB. Hardware repair experience.
We offer
This is a full-time position permanently funded by the Rektorat of the University of Basel, a highly sought after position in one of the most beautiful countries in Europe. We offer a welcoming working environment in an international and multidisciplinary group covering biochemistry, electron microscopy, structural biology, and data analysis. We are an equal opportunity employer.
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