Postdoctoral Position in Medical Physics Group (Bellaterra)

Opening Date**:December 17, 2024** Closing Date**:Until Filled** Ref: IFAE2024/59_PostDoc_MedicalPhysics

**About IFAE**: The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) is a public consortium of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB, a public university) whose main objective is to carry out research and to contribute to the development of high energy physics from a theoretical, experimental and technological point of view. IFAE has the status of a “University Institute" attached to the UAB and its premises are within the campus of the University.

**About Medical Physics Group**: The Medical Physics Group at IFAE is focused on the development of detector technologies for ionizing radiation. Advances in radiation detectors have enabled X-ray modalities, such as radiography or computed tomography (CT), and nuclear medicine modalities such a, like time-of-flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), to dramatically improve their diagnostic capabilities.

**Required skills and evaluation criteria**:

- PhD degree in physics with good experience in software, Data Acquisition, and Data analysis
- Knowledge of Linux and strong programming skills (C/C++ and/or Python).
- Previous experience in detector R&D; and/or readout system development.
- Good English communication skills
- Scientific excellence based on the CV and recommendation letters: 30 points.
- Adequation and interest for the offered position: 25 points.
- Software skills: 25 points
- Previous experience on the field: 20 points

**What will your role be?**: You will be joining the effort to development of readout systems to operate high-end chip pixel sensor for applied medical physics. You will contribute to the software development and characterization of the detector prototypes. You will work on the design of a readout software for the operation of hybrid pixel detectors, and their optimization for different experiments in medical physics.

**Offered contract**:

- Full-time contract (40 h/week)
- Duration: 2 years
- Contract: Indefinido Actividades Científico Técnicas
- The position will correspond to a postdoctoral researcher.
- Salary will be proportional to experience and qualifications within the corresponding category range.
- Work with interesting experimental science. Opportunity to gain first-hand learning experience. Personal growth, innovation and learning every day.

**Application and Selection Process**: **Funding Statement**: Postúlate en Kit Empleo: kitempleo.es/empleo/6ud7cw