LPA Design Engineer (m/f/d)
Core
Design the working point for a high-energy, high-charge laser-plasma accelerator to optimize plasma density profiles and maximize muon yield for an Active Muon Imaging system.
Role type
Senior IC laser-plasma accelerator design engineer
Builds
Physics-informed surrogate models (digital twins) and optimized plasma density profiles
Domain
Deeptech / High-energy physics / Laser-plasma acceleration
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Laser-plasma acceleration physics, PIC simulation (FBPIC, WarpX), Bayesian optimisation, Physics-informed machine learning, Statistical tolerance analysis, Python, HPC pipelines
Preferred skills
Experience with LUMI or H200 GPU clusters, Background in DESY, DLR, CERN, or Imperial College London
Technologies
FBPIC, WarpX, Python, LUMI, H200 GPU cluster
Responsibilities
Design density profiles to maximize high energy and minimize low energy charge; Extend simulation chains from reduced-dimensionality to full 3D; Develop efficient optimisation loops mapping Pareto fronts; Build physics-informed surrogate models; Run tolerance and jitter studies for robustness
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC