Key Details

• Location: Amiens, France
• Institute: INC – Institute of Chemistry
• Function Group: IEG3
• BAP: B – chemical sciences and material sciences
• Typical Job: engineer in materials science / characterization
• Publication Date: May 5, 2025
• Session: Spring 2025 campaign
• eligibility: Reserved for CNRS (civil servants and permanent contracts) and civil law officials and CDI agents

Missions

The primary mission is to prepare, carry out, develop experiences in situ/operando (electrochemical cycling, temperature evolution, influence of the humidity) in diffraction and imaging (X and electronics) of materials for the storage and conversion of energy.

Activities

• Implementing experimental techniques (diffraction and microscopy) to obtain knowledge on the structural properties of materials.
• Defining and developing sample preparations tailored to characterization techniques.
• Executing and developing in situ and operando characterization experiments.
• Contributing to the publication and interpretation of results.
• Assisting in the readiness, processing, and formatting of experimental data.
• Periodically controlling and adjusting equipment.
• ensuring the proper functioning and maintainance of characterization equipment.
• Managing data from IN-Situ/Operando measures.
• Ensuring the evolution of instruments to new research needs.
• Providing user training.

Skills Required

knowledge

• Knowledge of physics (radiation/matter interactions) and material sciences.
• Knowledge of data processing using various IT tools, instrumentation, and measures.
• Knowledge of professional risks.
• Knowledge of the organization and functioning of higher education and public research.
• English language proficiency: B1 to B2 level (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
• Python knowledge is a plus.

Know-How

• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary research surroundings.
• Mastery of material characterization techniques (diffraction and imaging) is a plus.

Soft Skills

• Autonomy
• Intellectual curiosity
• Sense of initiative
• Rigor/Reliability

Work Context

The position reports to the laboratory director at the LRCS (Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides). The LRCS, a joint research unit of the CNRS and the University of Picardy Jules Verne (UMR 7314), is a globally recognized institution in the field of energy storage and conversion.

The laboratory offers a stimulating research environment, characterized by international collaboration and a strong team spirit.It is also closely linked to the national RS2E and European Alistore networks, focusing on the progress of battery technologies.

Located in downtown Amiens, the LRCS provides a pleasant working environment in a modern building. The laboratory boasts state-of-the-art characterization equipment, including advanced diffractometers and TEM, and has been developing in-situ/operando characterization methods for two decades.

The engineer will have the opportunity to collaborate with researchers, doctoral students, and post-doctoral researchers on in-situ/operando characterization techniques and associated equipment, both within the laboratory and across partner networks like RS2E and Alistore.

The LRCS is located in downtown Amiens, in a modern building providing a very pleasant working environment.