Electron Microscopy Facility Manager
Posted on 7 April 2025
Location: Germany
Closing Date: 15 May 2025
We are looking for senior candidates that can run the electron microscopy facility immediately or after a short orientation phase as well as postdoctoral researchers aiming to develop career profile as science support staff are welcome to apply.
The Core Facility Electron Microscopy is integrated within the Research Department Innovative Electron Microscopy and provides electron microscopy service to the whole institute.
Your tasks:
As a Facility Manager, you will work on a variety of the electron microscopes (SEM, ESEM, FIB, TEM, including aberration corrected (S)TEM), providing a professional microscopy service for the INM, including training, advice, guidance to staff and performing measurements within variety of research projects undertaken by INM. This includes:
• Providing expert advising on best practice, planning, supervising and applying different electron microscopy techniques to research projects undertaken by INM.
• Training users of the EM facility (including SEM, FIB, TEM).
• Providing day-to-day maintenance of the facility.
• Actively contributing to analysis and management of the EM data. Preserving and developing a Research Data Management Plan for the facility.
• Supervising work of the technical staff at the facility
• Actively engaging in the scientific exchange with the Scientific Units at INM, as well as external academic and industrial partners. As part of the Research Department Innovative Electron Microscopy, you will actively contribute to the development, validation and implementation of novel electron microscopy techniques for analysis of complex functional materials. Scientific publishing and presentation of research results in internal, national and international meetings is also expected.