X-ray Optics engineer (F/M)

You will join a team of around 12 engineers and technicians in the X-ray Optics Group, in charge of the design, manufacture, quality control, commissioning and development of X-ray optical components for the ESRF’s experimental stations (beamlines).

As an X-ray optics specialist, your missions will be the following:

• Characterisation of the quality of the X-ray beam after optical elements such as focusing optics or monochromators, via at-wavelength wavefront measurements or other means.
• Analysis of aberrations and wavefront perturbations introduced to the beam by X-ray optical elements
• Involvement in the beamline and optical system design process including the simulation of beamline and optics performance by wavefront propagation or ray-tracing methods
• Propose wavefront tailoring optics to adapt or improve the X-ray beam quality and specify their design parameters
• Organize the fabrication of wavefront tailoring optics, follow up procurement and their implementation on beamlines (optomechanics, alignment)
• Improve in-house focusing optics fabrication technologies and participate in the development of new types of X-ray optics.

Alongside these missions, you will participate in the general operational and development tasks of the X-ray optics group.
You will publish, document and disseminate the results of your activities.