Researcher TOF-SIMS - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Do you have an interest in helping our partners and customers with characterizing their materials using your expertise in advanced analysis? Would you like to use advanced technology in applied research projects to find solutions to complex problems in a multidisciplinary setting? Do you enjoy laboratory work, customer contact and project leading? There is an interesting new opening for you at RISE Medical Device Technology!  

About us 
The team at Medical Device Evaluation consists of 15 researchers and project leaders, within chemical analysis, micro- and cell biology, that participate in research projects, and support companies mainly in the medical device industry.  

RISE has a unique infrastructure for molecular surface analysis, and material characterization, including a recently acquired ToF-SIMS instrument. We are mainly involved in projects for material characterization within the Life Science sector, but also in astrobiology and geology. Our aim is to develop our analysis group with another ToF-SIMS researcher in order to expand our current offer related to our new instrument, but also towards new sectors such as corossion, new fuels and batteries.  

About the role 
As a ToF-SIMS researcher at RISE you will have a varied work description including: 

• Actively participating in and leading applied research projects both as a project leader, and as responsible for laborative assignments. 
• Being responsible for customer assignments from first contact, writing tenders, performing analyses and writing reports. 
• Participate in daily maintenance of the lab, practical laboratory work and research activities related to our ToF-SIMS instrument. 
• Participate in the strategic development of the analysis group regarding what research collaborations should be initiated and what new offers should be set up for ToF-SIMS. 
• Participate in the strategic development for how RISE infrastructure for chemical/molecular analyses is best utilized. 

Who are you? 
We are looking for a motivated researcher with ToF-SIMS competence to our team in Gothenburg/Borås. 

Further, it is desirable if you have: 

• a PhD in chemistry, physics or other natural science subject 
• experience from ToF-SIMS or similar technique 
• both theoretical and practical experience of material characterization with different analysis methods 
• experience of larger research collaborations, project, preferably as project leader 
• experience from industry or industrial collaborations 
• an eye for problem solving and analytical skill 
• a custom oriented mindset and good communicative ability 

To be successful and enjoy being a researcher at RISE, we believe you are curious, independent, and have a strong drive force in problem solving. You enjoy the multidisciplinary setting, with new challenges and enjoy a mixture of working hands on in the lab with method development as well as with customer contact. As a person you have a collaborative mindset and thrive working in a team. You are meticulous and have a sense for detail and a good ability to express yourself orally and in writing, preferably both in Swedish and in English. 

The position is placed in security class, which means that you need to be a Swedish citizen and undergo a security clearance, in accordance with the Protective Security Act in order to work with us at RISE.

Are we right for each other? 
Within RISE we are convinced that diversity contributes to an innovative environment where we together challenge boundaries and develop new knowledge and competence for the future. We won’t promise you an easy job, but we can promise you an exciting journey where we contribute together to a safe and sustainable future. 

Welcome with your application!
If you are still curious and want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Sara Bogren: sara.bogren@ri.se. Selection is ongoing and the deadline for applications is 1st of October, 2023.

Our union representatives are Bertil Svensson, Unionen, 010-516 53 56 och Lazaros Tsantaridis, SACO, 010-516 62 21.