Postdoctoral Fellow on the ATLAS Experiment

The Department of Physics at Carleton University is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship on the ATLAS experiment. The anticipated start date will be September 1, 2026 with a duration of two years (with possible extension).

The Carleton University Particle Physics Group in Ottawa, Canada, invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow position on the ATLAS experiment at the CERN LHC. The Carleton ATLAS group currently consists of six faculty members: Alain Bellerive, Dag Gillberg, Kevin Graham, Jesse Heilman, Thomas Koffas and Manuella Vincter. The group typically has five postdoctoral fellows and approximately fourteen graduate students.

Research Project Supervisor and Principal Investigator: Prof. Alain Bellerive

Salary: The postdoctoral fellow will be offered a salary of $68,000 per annum, with the additional ability to opt into an extended health and dental benefit plan. The postdoc will be considered unionized and will be a member of PSAC Local 77000. Information on this bargaining unit can be found here: https://psac77000.ca/.

Position Duties and Responsibilities: The incumbent of this position will, under the direction of Prof. Alain Bellerive be responsible for leading the research activities of the ATLAS project. We are interested in candidates who hold a Ph.D. degree in experimental particle physics and wish to take a leading role in the operation of the ATLAS experiment in an area such as e/gamma performance, muon software and simulation, tracking and reconstruction, particle flow algorithm and jets, NSW DQ monitoring, ITk deployment, detector commissioning or in-situ performance.

Job Requirements: The successful candidate is also expected to take part in physics analyses compatible with our research program and to help with the supervision of our students. The position could be located at CERN or Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. We seek a candidate willing to work 50% on physics analyses and 50% on detector/performance activities enumerated above.

How to Apply: Candidates that would like to apply for this fellowship opportunity are invited to submit their cover letter along with a resume/CV, and arrange to send three letters of recommendation to Prof. Alain Bellerive at alainb@physics.carleton.ca by June 21, 2026.