Job description

Open to unconventional approaches in research and teaching, the University of Bremen has retained its character as a place of short distances for people and ideas since its founding in 1971. With a broad range of subjects, we combine exceptional performance and innovative potential. As an ambitious research university, we stand for research-based learning approaches and a pronounced interdisciplinary orientation. We actively pursue international scientific cooperation in a spirit of global partnership.

Today, around 23,000 people learn, teach, research and work on our international campus. In research and teaching, administration and operations, we are firmly committed to the goals of sustainability, climate justice and climate neutrality. Our Bremen spirit is expressed in the courage to dare new things, in supportive cooperation, in respect and appreciation for each other. With our study and research profile and as part of the European YUFE network, we assume social responsibility in the region, in Europe and in the world.

Our research:

In our group, we are working on the generation of ultra-cold quantum gases and the realization of matter wave interferometers in microgravity. Our goal is to study the basic physics of these systems in weightlessness, as well as to develop sensitive cold atom based quantum sensors. The latter should ultimately allow for  space-based applications in fundamental physics as well as satellite-bsaed geodesy. The drop tower Bremen provides us with a unique laboratory to carry out this kind of research.

Tasks:

In a collaborative project funded by the German Space Agency, we investigate interferometry with rubidium atoms in microgravity based on an existing drop tower apparatus. The aim is to extend the interferometer time to several seconds of free fall and to investigate the systematic error sources and limitations of matter wave interferometry in this environment. The activities are carried out in teamwork with employees of the project partners and include, among other things,

• the planning and implementation of drop campaigns on the new Gravitower Bremen facility as well as the established Bremen drop tower,
• the modification of the ultra-high vacuum system of the apparatus for operation in the catapult of the drop tower,
• the evaluation and processing of the data obtained (Matlab, Python, etc.),
• the participation in regular meetings of the joint project and the presentation of the project progress and the findings at national and international conferences.

Requirements

A degree in physics (Master's) is required, but an equivalent engineering degree may be considered as well. Applicants are expected to have a good technical understanding and the ability to work independently in a small team. Experience with practical laboratory work, preferably with optical or electronic setups, is an advantage. For qualified and interested candidates there is also the possibility of obtaining a PhD.

General Information

The university is family-friendly, diverse and sees itself as an international university. We therefore welcome all applicants regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

As the University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply.

Disabled applicants will be given priority if their professional and personal qualifications are essentially the same.

Please send your application (letter of motivation, CV, copies of diplomas and names of at least two references) quoting the reference number A265-24 as a PDF file by unencrypted electronic mail by September 23rd, 2024 to sven.herrmannprotect me ?!zarm.uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de or per regular mail to

Universität Bremen

Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie

und Mikrogravitation (ZARM)

Dr. Sven Herrmann

Am Fallturm 2

28359 Bremen

Late applications can be considered until beginning of selection procedure.

For further information or questions please contact Dr. Sven Herrmann (sven.herrmannprotect me ?!zarm.uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de).

We kindly ask you to send us only copies (no portfolios) of your application documents, as we cannot return them. They will be destroyed after the selection procedure has been completed.

Any application costs cannot be reimbursed.

The university is family-friendly, diverse and sees itself as an international university. We therefore welcome all applicants regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

As the University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply.

Disabled applicants will be given priority if their professional and personal qualifications are essentially the same.

Please send your application (letter of motivation, CV, copies of diplomas and names of at least two references) quoting the reference number A265-24 as a PDF file by unencrypted electronic mail by September 23rd, 2024 to sven.herrmannprotect me ?!zarm.uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de or per regular mail to

Universität Bremen

Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie

und Mikrogravitation (ZARM)

Dr. Sven Herrmann

Am Fallturm 2

28359 Bremen

Late applications can be considered until beginning of selection procedure.

For further information or questions please contact Dr. Sven Herrmann (sven.herrmannprotect me ?!zarm.uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de).

We kindly ask you to send us only copies (no portfolios) of your application documents, as we cannot return them. They will be destroyed after the selection procedure has been completed.

Any application costs cannot be reimbursed.