Research Engineer (M/F): Instrumentation, physical measurements.

Job Description

Missions

The Liquids and Interfaces team at iLM has a pool of instruments (commercial or developed by the team) for mechanical measurements on soft systems (tensile (micro)machines, rheometers, immersion cantilever machines, etc.). The recruited research engineer's mission will be twofold: (1) To calibrate, optimize, and conduct measurement campaigns on a device developed in the laboratory. This device was designed to detect and quantify microscopic damage events in soft materials when subjected to stress, in order to predict, for example, the failure of colloidal gels (cartilage prostheses, cements, etc.). (2) To be the point of contact for a fleet of mechanical measurement instruments (training students and staff, calibration, maintenance, establishing protocols, and development) for the team's mechanical measurement devices, in particular two rheometers and two tensile machines.

Activity

- Familiarization with and calibration of a device developed in the laboratory for measuring displacements and forces (10 nN resolution) under confocal microscopy.

- Conducting measurement campaigns with various systems on this machine.

- Maintenance of a fleet of mechanical measuring instruments (2 tensile testing machines, 2 rheometers, a surface tensiometer).

- User training, documentation creation, and protocol development.

Your Profil

Skills

Engineering techniques and sciences (instrumentation, mechanical measurements) (advanced knowledge)
Physical sciences (general knowledge)
Written and oral presentation skills
English language proficiency: B1 to B2 minimum

Your Work Environment

The research engineer will join the Liquids and Interfaces team at the Lumière Matière Institute, a physics institute at Lyon 1 University in France, which has over 300 staff members, including around 100 doctoral and postdoctoral researchers. The continuum between fundamental research, addressing major societal challenges, and innovation is central to this unit's approach. All staff are committed to promoting excellence and ethical, responsible research. Its scientists explore six main thematic areas: Materials, Energy, Photonics; Soft Matter; Nanoscience; Optics and Ultrafast Dynamics; Theory and Modeling; and Life Sciences, Health, and the Environment.

The Liquids and Interfaces team (comprising over 20 permanent faculty members, researchers, and engineers, and over 20 doctoral and postdoctoral researchers) focuses on soft matter and the properties of liquids and complex systems involving interfaces. The research focuses on the dynamics of these materials at different scales, from the nanometric to the macroscopic, as well as on the coupling mechanisms between these different levels (micro-macro approach). The approach combines experimentation and theory, and we are developing both new instruments and model systems.

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

Starting from €2521 gross per month depending on experience

Annual leave and RTT

44 jours

Remote Working practice and compensation

Pratique et indemnisation du TT

Transport

Prise en charge à 75% du coût et forfait mobilité durable jusqu’à 300€

About the offer

About the CNRS

The CNRS is a major player in fundamental research on a global scale. The CNRS is the only French organization active in all scientific fields. Its unique position as a multi-specialist allows it to bring together different disciplines to address the most important challenges of the contemporary world, in connection with the actors of change.

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