The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) is seeking a motivated physicist/engineer to join its data science team. EGO is a French-Italian consortium founded by INFN and CNRS to foster European collaboration in gravitational wave research. EGO is located in Cascina, near Pisa – Italy, and hosts and operates the gravitational wave detector Virgo, a 3 km-long laser interferometer (ITF). Virgo and the two LIGO ITFs in the US are the most large and sensitive gravitational-wave detecting instruments in the world. The Virgo project involves the collaboration of about 25 laboratories with more than 300 scientists, engineers and technicians in France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Hungary and Spain.
The selected candidate will work with the data science team and the Informatics Technology Department, in close relationship with the Director of European Programs office, in the context of the EU funded citizen’s science program REINFORCE.
She/he will collaborate with other EGO teams, Virgo; LIGO and KAGRA collaboration members. In particular, she/he will work mainly on:
The post requires that the selected candidate sometimes work outside of normal working hours, including nights, weekends and public holidays, and may require shift work. It may happen to cope with technically difficult situations, and to work within strict deadlines.
Essential required qualifications and experience:
Desired qualifications and experience:
One or more of the following will be an asset:
General requirements
One-year (renewable for one year) contract.
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