Senior Engineer and Industry Contact available in Section for Solid State Physics and Quantum Tech

About the position 

Position as Senior Engineer and Industry Contact is available in Section for Solid State Physics and Quantum Technology at the Department of Physics. 

The position is funded for 3 years. Starting date as soon as possible.

The successful candidate will be responsible for industry cooperation and community engagement.

Place of work is Section for Solid State Physics and Quantum Technology and the Micro- and Nanofabrication Laboratory (MiNa-Lab) at the Department of Physics and Centre for materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN) at Blindern, Oslo.

More about the position 

As a response to the chip crisis and the emergence of quantum technology, Europe is mobilizing through the European Chips Act on areas such as security of supply, innovation and technology leadership. As part of this initiative, Europe has made significant investments in new infrastructure and capacities, such as pilot lines and a design platform. To facilitate innovation and utilization of these new capacities, a network of national chips competence centers has been established and will play a vital role in this European initiative. CC-NorChip is the Norwegian competence center for chips and sensor technologies, appointed and co-funded by EU Chips Joint Undertaking and the Research Council of Norway. 

The competence center will play a key role in strengthening the competitiveness, innovation and technology leadership of Norwegian and European companies. The goal of CC-NorChip is to bolster the Norwegian semiconductor, chip and sensor ecosystems through offering access, awareness, services, skills and network.

More information about the European Chips Act may be found here: European Chips Act - European Commission.

The University of Oslo (UiO), through the Department of Informatics and the Department of Physics, has a leading role in the project as overall responsible for skills building and supporting access to capacities, with special responsibilities in facilitating access for SMEs and academic institutions towards future integrated circuit technologies. The Department of Physics has a particular responsibility for the wide band gap pilot line and the upcoming quantum pilot lines. UiO will be involved in facilitation access to capacities on other technologies including, but not necessarily limited to, advanced fully depleted silicon on insulator technologies, piezoMEMS, advanced packaging and integration, and photonics ICs.

The successful candidate will have an important and independent role in skills development towards start-ups and SMEs, primarily related to wide band gap semiconductors and quantum technology, facilitating and supporting access to Chips JU design platform and pilot lines. 

Your main tasks will be

• To be the main contact representing UiO/Department of Physics in the CC-Norchip consortium. A close collaboration with CC-NorChip partners is expected, especially with the UiO Department of Informatics and SINTEF. 
• To be part of the NorFab (www.NorFab.no) team contributing to an open access infrastructure on semiconductor from research to manufacturing. 
• Development of training material (e.g. e-learning material) 
• Responsible for feasibility studies and initial process development supporting the industry and the NorFab community. This also includes developing industry relevant processes. 
• To contribute to the awareness raising and promotion of chip technologies and related technologies towards relevant stakeholders. Communication and outreach will therefore be important tasks.

The position will involve traveling within Europe, to cooperate with external organizations and visit pilot lines.

What skills are important in this role?

 Required qualifications: 

• A master’s degree in materials science or closely related fields.
• A strong background and experience with semiconductor physics, including clean room experience.
• Excellent knowledge of English.

All candidates and projects will have to undergo a check versus national export, sanctions and security regulations. Candidates may be excluded based on these checks. Primary checkpoints are the Export Control regulation, the Sanctions regulation, and the national security regulation.

Desired qualifications:

• Good language skills within one or more Scandinavian languages.
• Documented experience from teaching and supervision.
• Experience with wide band gap semiconductors or semiconductor-based quantum technology.
• A good knowledge of the Norwegian semiconductor industry is positively evaluated.
• Interest in multidisciplinary innovation and industry development.
• Qualifications higher than master’s degree will be positively evaluated.
• Relevant work experience will be positively evaluated.

 What are we looking for in you?

• Be eager to expand knowledge related to any technologies that may be relevant for the CC-NorChip consortium.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Drive to transition knowledge and skills into innovative services.
• Being self-motivated and result oriented.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Be flexible and able to adapt to changing conditions and tasks throughout the project.
• Positive attitude and the ability to handle hectic periods.

Employment in the position is based on a comprehensive assessment of all qualification requirements applicable to the position, including skills.

We need different perspectives in our work 

UiO is an open and internationally oriented comprehensive university that strives to be an inclusive and diverse workplace and academic environment. You can read more about UiO’s work on equality, inclusion, and diversity at uio.no.

We fulfill our mission most effectively when we draw upon our variety of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. We are looking for great colleagues—could you be the next one?

We will do our best to accommodate your needs. Relevant adjustments may include modifications to working hours, task adaptations, digital, technical, or physical adjustments, or other practical measures.

We especially encourage women to apply.

If you have an immigrant background, a disability, or CV gaps (Norwegian), we encourage you to indicate this in the job application portal. We always invite at least one qualified candidate from each group for an interview. In this context, disability is defined as an applicant who identifies as having a disability that requires workplace or employment-related accommodations. For more details about the requirements, please refer to the Employer portal (Norwegian).

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We hope you will apply for the position with us. 

We can offer you

• Exciting and meaningful tasks in an organization with an important societal mission, contributing to knowledge development, education, and enlightenment that promote sustainable, fair, and knowledge-based societal development.
• A pleasant and stimulating work environment.
• Good welfare schemes.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.
• A workplace with good development and career opportunities. 
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes.
• Salary in position as job Chief Engineer, position code 1181 in salary range NOK from 700 000 - 850 000, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

Read more about the benefits of working in the public sector at Employer Portal.

Application

Your application should include:

• Cover letter including a statement of motivation for applying for the position
• CV (complete overview of education and work experience)
• Copies of educational certificates, transcript of records and letters for recommendation
• Names and contact details of 2-3 references (names, relation to candidate and telephone number)

Application with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment system Jobbnorge, click "Apply for the position".

When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

General information

The best qualified candidates will invited for interviews.

Applicant lists can be published in accordance with Norwegian Freedom of Information Act § 25. When you apply for a position with us, your name will appear on the public applicant list. It is possible to request to be excluded from this list. You must justify why you want an exemption from publication and we will then decide whether we can grant your request. If we cannot, you will hear from us.