Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon operates an outstation at DESY in Hamburg to provide access to highly brilliant synchrotron radiation within its German Engineering Materials Science Centre (GEMS). At the PETRA III synchrotron radiation source, Hereon jointly operates the High Energy Materials Science Beamline (P07/HEMS), the White Beam Engineering Materials Science Beamline (P61A/WINE), the lmaging Beamline (P05/IBL), and the Nanofocus Endstation of Micro‑ and Nanofocus X-ray Scattering Beamline (P03/MINAXS), along with supporting laboratories (https://gems.hereon.de).
The techniques offered at our diffraction beamline P61A have a strong focus on engineering materials science. The unique flux at high photon energies promotes novel applications of scanning diffraction techniques, fast in-situ measurements as well as high spatial resolution. In addition, high-speed radiography techniques are also available. The high flux enables scans with tens of thousands of points within a short time, yielding large amounts of data that need to be visualized and analysed instantaneously during a beam time. Additionally, the varied possibilities at the beamline generate datasets with varied structures, requiring different analysis approaches.
We are looking for a person who is motivated to develop efficient analysis solutions for the P61A data in Python. You can build on the existing analysis solution (P61A Viewer) and improve and extend it wherever required. You will work with the P61A team and our user community to identify the scientific analysis requirements and develop the necessary algorithms. You will also develop and document a graphical user interface which handles large processing tasks efficiently and uses multiprocessing and GPU acceleration where necessary. At the same time, the software must be lean enough to run not only on powerful computing clusters but also on the user's laptop during a beamtime.
The position is full-time (39 hours/week) and initially limited to two years.
Equal opportunity is an important part of our personnel policy. We would therefore strongly encourage qualified women to apply for the position.
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Severely disabled persons and those equaling severely disabled persons who are equally suitable for the position will be considered preferentially within the framework of legal requirements.
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