Job Description:

Gravitational waves are a prediction of the Theory of General Relativity recently detected by LIGO laser interferometers on the ground. LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) is an ESA mission scheduled to launch in 2034 with the aim of detecting gravitational radiation from space by placing three satellites in heliocentric orbit separated by 2.5 million km one from the other, forming a triangle.

The Gravitational Astronomy group at ICE-CSIC and IEEC is seeking a highly motivated candidate to join the Gravitational Astronomy group at IEEC, a multidisciplinary team with experts from a wide variety of fields, such as electronics, physics, and software, and with a long-term successful expertise in the field leading the Spanish contribution to the precursor mission, LISA Pathfinder.

Our group promotes a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applicants regardless of age, disability, gender, nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation. We strongly encourage women and underrepresented minorities in physical sciences to apply.

The candidate will work in the development of high precision instrumentation for LISA, including opto-mechanical sensing systems in ultra-stable environments. He/she will be responsible of the design of the acquisition instrumentation, its implementation and test.

Participation requirements and selection criteria:

Electronics engineering or equivalent.
Basic knowledge in digital electronics.
Good knowledge in analog and mixed electronics.
Good knowledge in electronics instrumentation.
Fluent English, both written and spoken.
Previous experience with other kind of transducers and analog adaptation chains will be positively considered.
Previous experience with space missions or precision measurements will be positively evaluated.

Application procedure

Candidates shall send their motivation letter and CV to jobs@ice.csic.es

Deadline: 31/10/2023.