Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-619)

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Extreme Photonics Research Team
RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
(Team Director: Eiji J. Takahashi)

Outline of Laboratory

Our team focuses on research into high-intensity ultrashort laser sources and promotes the development of new ultrafast quantum beams and their application research.

Job title and Job description

Job title

Postdoctoral Researcher: a few positions
Postdoctoral Researcher is defined as those with a doctoral degree for less than 5 years.

Postdoctoral Researcher: Receive training and guidance from senior staff; conduct research projects and other activities for Programs or equivalent.

Job description

The successful candidate will be engaged in one or more of the following duties:

Development of high-average-power 2-μm solid-state lasers
Experimental research in attosecond science
Development of novel light sources—such as structured light and non-classical light generation—and their application research

The job description may be changed during the contract period or upon contract renewal to the extent described above.

Qualification

The candidate should possess a doctoral degree (or should be expected to obtain a doctoral degree before the starting date) in a research field related to laser science.

Work location

RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198)

RIKEN may order the employee to change work locations, if necessary.

Salary and benefits

1.A one-year fixed-term employment contract, renewable based on evaluation, up to maximum 5 years of employment.
2.RIKEN may adjust the above maximum period of renewability based on a) the employee’s abilities, work load at the time of contract completion, performance and work attitude and b) the continuation of the employee’s center, laboratory or project and RIKEN’s management situation and budget at the time. In principle, employment contracts will not be renewed for individuals older than 70 years.

In principle, the first two months of employment are considered a trial period.

Salary will be an annual salary based on experience, ability, and performance, and will consist of a base salary and a variable salary. The variable salary will be determined each fiscal year based on experience, ability, and performance.
Discretionary work, commuting and housing allowances will be provided. Social insurance will be applied.

The approximate amount of salary at the time of employment:: The total amount of monthly discretionary work allowance and monthly salary at the time of hiring will be 382,610 JPY or more.

RIKEN has a telecommuting system, but this position requires attendance at the work location. Therefore, the telecommuting system is not available for this position, in principle. For more information, please get in touch with the hiring staff at ejtak@riken.jp

This position falls under the specialized duties discretionary work system; one working day will be calculated as 7 hours and 30 minutes.

Days off include public holidays, New Year's holidays (Dec. 29 – Jan. 3), and RIKEN Foundation Day.
Paid leave includes annual paid leave (up to 20 days depending on the month of employment), special paid leave (caring for a sick child, family nursing care, etc.), and work life balance holidays (up to 7 days depending on the month of employment).
There are also additional leave systems such as maternity leave, childcare leave, and family nursing care leave.
Smoking is entirely prohibited on site.
These and other provisions are in accordance with RIKEN regulations.
Mandatory membership in the RIKEN Mutual Benefit Society (RIKEN Kyosaikai).

*Eligible to apply for the MEXT Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi).

RIKEN is actively undertaking initiatives to promote gender equality and diversity, and moving forward with the establishment of a diverse and vibrant research environment. If multiple candidates are found to have the same aptitude following a fair assessment, active efforts will be made to recruit female candidates.

The Wako Campus has an on-site daycare, RIKEN Kids Wako. For details, please send an email to kids@riken.jp.

Application and required documents

Required documents

1.Complete CV or CV
- *Write the RIKEN job ad number “26-619”, indicated in the parentheses next to the job title, in the RIKEN job ad number section in the upper right corner of your CV.
2.List of research achievement and publications
(including ResearcherID or Google Scholar ID, if available)
3.A letter of recommendation from the current supervisor (If unavailable, a letter from a substitute reference will be acceptable.)
4.Brief description of previous research and future research plans (within two A4-size pages)
5.Copies of your major papers (within 3 sets)
6.Agreement on handling of personal information (Handling of personal information based on the Hiring Privacy Policy, the General Data Protection Regulation, and the UK General Data Protection Regulation)
Please review the following web page before submitting the consent form.:

How to apply

The above documents except the letters of recommendation combined into a single ZIP file or PDF file should be uploaded to the following link:

For Postdoctoral Researche position, Xphot, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics

The file name of the ZIP should contain your name.
When you upload the file, your contact email address is required.
After you uploaded the file, please let us (the e-mail address at contact information below) know the file name of the uploaded file.

The letters of recommendation must be directly submitted from the referees to the following link with the subject line "Xphot, Postdoctoral Researcher [applicant’s name] (Recommendation letter)". Please specify the applicant's name, referee's name and contact information in the recommendation letter.

For Postdoctoral Researche position, Xphot, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics

When the referees upload the file, the contact email address is required.
After the referees uploaded the recommendation letter, please let us (the e-mail address at contact information below) know the file name of the uploaded file.
If a confirmation email is not received within 7 days after submission, please contact he e-mail address at contact information below.

Note: All the submitted documents will not be returned.

Deadline

Open until the position is filled

Handling Personal Data

Submitted documents are strictly protected under the RIKEN Privacy Policy and will be used only for the purpose of applicant screening at RIKEN. Personal information will not be disclosed, transferred or loaned to a third party under any circumstances without just cause.

Selection process

Application screening, interview and oral presentation by selected applicants

Notification of hiring decision

The notification of hiring decision (conditional offer of employment) regarding this selection shall be carried out through the presentation of an Employment Contract or a Conditional Offer of Employment issued by RIKEN.

Start of Employment

As early as possible

Contact Information

Extreme Photonics Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
Email: ejtak@riken.jp
For inquiries, please send an email.