A 2-year Postdoctoral position in precise spectroscopic measurements for fundamental studies available at LPL / LAC

A 2-year postdoctoral research assistant position to be shared between the Metrology, Molecules and Fundamental Tests group (Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord) and the Correlated cold matter group (Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS & Université Paris Saclay) to develop very sensitive methods to measure the electric dipole moment (EDM) of electrons in atoms or molecules embedded in a cryogenic matrix of rare gas or para-hydrogen. Title: Coherent Microwave manipulation of atoms and molecules in cryogenic environments for fundamental studies. Starting date: As soon as possible. See Job description here.

PhD position available at ONERA (Châtillon, France)

A PhD position is available at ONERA (Chatillon, France) to work on “Development of a 100 MHz quartz-MEMS resonator for space applications”. Application deadline is March 31, 2022. More information here: https://recrutement.cnes.fr/fr/annonce/1498503-112-development-of-a-100-mhz-quartz-mems-resonator-for-space-applications-92320-chatillon

FIRST-TF Call for projects 2022 is now open; deadline for applications February 15, 2022

The FIRST-TF 2022 Call for Projects is now open. The deadline for submitting applications is February 15, 2022.

This call for projects aims to support teams from the FIRST-TF network on ambitious projects (research projects, projects in partnership with companies, training projects or dissemination of knowledge to the public) and to strengthen collaborations between its members, on themes focused on Time and Frequency metrology, its interfaces and its applications.

This year, the support provided by FIRST-TF may focus on:

• staff (financing of young researcher fixed-term contracts, engineering or technician fixed-term contracts, doctoral mission, no theses funded this year);

• Research / Service / Training equipment (material, components, instrumentation, etc.) including co-financing of medium-heavy equipment;

• operation (missions, invitations to researchers, organization of workshops or conferences, etc.).

The text of the call for projects as well as the response form can be downloaded here:

=> Text of the call for projects.

=> Response form.

For any questions or requests for information relating to this call for projects, please send a message to ao@first-tf.com.

18 months Lidar Instrumentation Development Engineer position available at ONERA (Palaiseau site)

The Optics and Associated Techniques Department of ONERA, Palaiseau site, is looking for 18 months, a doctor or engineer with strong specialization in optics, laser, to be involved mainly in new projects relating to the development of Rayleigh and Raman UV lidars for aeronautical and environmental applications. The person recruited will be involved in two related activities, one related to the aeronautics sector for autonomous aircraft and the other to the energy sector for securing installations.

More information here.