"Ambient Cluster Research Laboratory Technician"

The ambient processing cluster tool is a £2.6 million interconnected glovebox system with modules for inert deposition and processing of functional materials. It is part of the Cambridge section of the Sir Henry Royce Institute and the Collaborative R&D Environment for Physics (CORDE) of the Cavendish Laboratory. It is located in the Maxwell Centre on the West Cambridge site and is configured as a custom-built tool which comprises 10 different modules, each of which is equipped with specific processing equipment, including evaporation system, different printing and solution processing equipment, pulsed laser deposition as well as testing, packaging and encapsulation tools. The facility is run as a user facility serving users from different University departments, the other Royce partner universities, other UK universities as well as industrial companies.

The role of the technician is to maintain, run and develop the ambient processing cluster tool as a small research facility. This includes ensuring that the tool performs technically to its full potential but also engaging with a wide range of academic and industrial users and supporting them in their process development to ensure that it provides maximum scientific benefit to the materials science community in the UK and that it is operated financially in a fully sustainable manner.

Candidates should be educated to degree level/level 6 vocational qualification or an equivalent level of practical experience with specific experience in functional materials deposition and processing. The position is available as soon as possible.

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If you have any questions about this vacancy please contact Professor Henning Sirringhaus (hs220@cam.ac.uk). If you have any questions about the application process, please contact hr@phy.cam.ac.uk.

Please quote reference KA47891 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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Key information

Department/location: Department of Physics

Salary: £33,951-£39,906

Reference: KA47891

Category: Assistant staff

Date published: 18 November 2025

Closing date: 9 December 2025