BeamLine Operation Manager (BLOM) on ID03 and ID31

The ESRF is a world-leading international research centre with the most advanced high-energy synchrotron X-ray source. It has a strong programme in Materials Science across several beamlines and covering a wide range of techniques.

ID03 operates a dark-field X-ray microscopy beamline, using hard X-rays for full-field imaging of phase, orientation and strain in crystalline volumes embedded in polycrystalline samples. It enables detailed studies of crystalline microstructures (e.g., grains or domains), and their associated defect networks across a wide range of materials, including metals, ceramics, geological materials and biominerals.

ID31 deliver high-brilliance, high-energy X-rays for materials research, with a strong focus on electrochemistry and energy materials, as well as metallurgy and additive manufacturing. The beamline specialises in operando and in-situ experiments, combining complementary elastic-scattering approaches such as WAXS, SAXS, imaging, and grazing-incidence techniques.

The successful candidate will be strongly involved in all aspects of operations on ID03 and ID31, most notably the user programme, the maintenance of the beamlines, and the instrumentation development.

User support will be a key activity which will provide many opportunities for collaborative work at the forefront of the field. The beamline operation manager will be given the opportunity to participate in the beamlines’ research programmes in close collaboration with the beamline teams.

Further information may be obtained from Jakub DRNEC (tel.: +33 (0)4 76 88 1916, email: jakub.drnec@esrf.fr or Carsten DETLEFS (tel.: +33 (0)4 76 88 25 56, email: carsten.detlefs@esrf.fr