A new window on the Universe
The underground Einstein Telescope will be Europe's most advanced observatory for gravitational waves. It will allow researchers to hear black holes collide and learn about the early universe.
The Positions
We are expanding our team working on the Einstein Telescope, and invite applications for several PhD positions and several postdoc positions within the Nikhef collaboration. These positions cover a variety of topics across the spectrum of technologies required for realising ET, working on refining the ET design, and addressing ET data analysis challenges. The positions will be hosted at Amsterdam, Maastricht, and Utrecht, depending on the type of activity.
What do we require
Interest, education and passion for Gravitational Waves research and the development of the required technology. Applicants for PhD positions should have a completed Master Degree in physics (or equivalent) by the start of the appointment. Postdocs should have completed a PhD in the field of gravitational waves physics.
Offer
Selected candidate will be employed by either the NWO-I-foundation or one of the Nikhef partner universities. She/he will be based at the Nikhef institute in Amsterdam, the University of Utrecht or Maastricht University. PhD's receive a 4-year contract. Postdoc contracts are typically 2 years. The renumeration is competitive. The conditions of employment are excellent
Information and Application
For questions please contact Stefan Hild (s.hild@nikhef.nl), Andreas Freise (a.freise@nikhef.nl) and Chris van den Broeck (c.f.f.vandenbroeck@uu.nl).
Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply by starting the application procedure below. Please be prepared to upload a curriculum vitae and a motivation letter, and provide the email address of one or more referees who are willing to send a letter of recommendation on your behalf. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2025.
The Nikhef Institute
As a PhD or Postdoc in the Einstein Telescope project, you will also become ea member of the Nikhef community. Nikhef is a highly engaged participant in the development of the Einstein Telescope. We are the institute for subatomic physics in The Netherlands. At Nikhef, approximately 220 physicists and 80 technical staff members work together in an open and international scientific environment. Together, they perform theoretical and experimental research in the fields of particle and astroparticle physics. The Nikhef institute is a collaboration between six major Dutch universities and the Dutch Foundation for Scientific Research (NWO).
Apart from its active role in the development of the Einstein Telescope and the ET Pathfinder, Nikhef participates in large research collaborations, including the ATLAS, LHCb and ALICE experiments at CERN, the KM3NeT neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean, the VIRGO interferometer in Pisa, the Xenon1T dark matter experiment in Gran Sasso, the Pierre Auger cosmic ray observatory in Argentina and the eEDM research programme in Groningen. Nikhef also hosts a group in theoretical physics, and groups for Physics Data Processing and detector R&D, excellent electronic- and mechanical engineering groups, all with good connections to the experimental programs. Nikhef hosts a LHC Tier-1 data processing center and offers substantial additional computing resources for end-user data analysis and simulation.