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This role focuses on detector and camera systems for ion, electron, neutron, and X/gamma-ray measurements that must operate reliably in high-field experimental environments, where strong electromagnetic pulses and demanding operating conditions render standard analogue and passive instrumentation unreliable.\nThis role establishes a new technical capability within the company and offers the opportunity to shape it from the outset. Beyond the initial development programme, the successful candidate will continue to develop the next generation of camera and detector systems for harsh experimental environments, extend them towards higher repetition rates and reactor-relevant conditions, and support the wider team across the full diagnostics portfolio. There are clear opportunities to grow the electronics activity into a dedicated sub-team and to take a leading role in the transition of diagnostics from experimental prototypes to deployable, industry-ready systems.\nYour responsibilities\nInvestigate, evaluate, and select readout, data link, and processing architectures for detectors operating in harsh interaction environments; own the resulting system architecture and document the trade-offs behind it.\nDesign and implement readout electronics for imaging and particle detectors, including CMOS/CCD sensor interfacing, high-speed serial data links, and FPGA-based data acquisition.\nDevelop FPGA firmware (VHDL/Verilog, Vivado/Vitis or equivalent) together with host-side acquisition, control, and visualisation software.\nDevelop robust triggering and gating schemes with sub-nanosecond timing accuracy, including fibre-optic trigger and data distribution, synchronised to laser operation at repetition rates up to 10 Hz and beyond.\nEngineer EMP- and EMI-resilient electronics: grounding and isolation topologies, shielding concepts, cable and connector selection, and mitigation of coupling paths into in-chamber and near-chamber electronics.\nSpecify and qualify components and subsystems for sustained, long-lived operation in the experimental environment; define and run the associated test and validation campaigns.\nIdentify, evaluate, and manage external partners - specialist component suppliers, design houses, and research institutes - where capability is best sourced externally, and integrate their deliverables into our systems.\nEngineer diagnostics as transportable, beamtime-ready packages, and support their commissioning and field deployment at remote experimental facilities including the communication path from device to database storage\nCollaborate closely with IT, mechanical engineers, physicists to ensure networking, electronics, enclosure, cooling, and vacuum concepts are developed as one system.\nParticipate in experimental preparation and execution alongside the rest of the scientific team\nProvide electronics and readout expertise across the wider diagnostics portfolio of the team.\nWhat you bring\nM.Sc. or Ph.D. in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related discipline.\n5 years or more of hands-on experience developing scientific or industrial electronic systems.\nDemonstrated experience with FPGA firmware development in VHDL or Verilog, including vendor toolchains, IP integration, and timing closure.\nPractical experience with image sensor or detector readout, including differential high-speed inter-faces (LVDS/SLVS) and sensor configuration and control.\nBoard-level design or design specification experience covering high-speed digital signalling, signal integrity, and power delivery.\nSoftware proficiency in C/C++ and Python for instrument control, data acquisition, and analysis.\nAbility to independently scope open technical questions, conduct structured technology evaluations, and make and defend design decisions with incomplete information.\nConfident use of laboratory instrumentation for debugging high-speed and mixed-signal systems (oscilloscopes, logic analysers, JTAG tooling). \nAbility to work independently in both laboratory and remote deployment settings, with strong communication skills and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset.\nProfessional working proficiency in English.\nNice to have\nExperience with detector or DAQ electronics developed at accelerator, laser, fusion, or space research facilities.\nExperience mitigating electromagnetic pulse and interference effects in pulsed-power or high-field environments.\nExperience selecting and qualifying electronics intended for long operational lifetimes in ionising environments.\nFamiliarity with fibre-optic data and timing distribution, including link budgeting and long-term degradation effects.\nExperience with gated imaging and precise shot-synchronised acquisition timing.\nExperience with on-chip image processing, high-level synthesis, or SoC-based designs combining programmable logic with embedded processors.\nTrack record of deploying self-contained instrument packages at host facilities, for example in test-beam or external campaign settings.\nFamiliarity with spectrometer types such as Thomson parabola, time-of-flight systems, or scintillator-based detectors.\nGerman language skills.\nWhat we offer\nOur mission is motivation enoughfor many. 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