Nikhef, the national institute for subatomic physics in The Netherlands, is looking for a PhD student in experimental particle physics (LHCb) 

The Nikhef LHCb group is involved in the CERN research program of CP violation and rare decays of B mesons and exotic particle production as well as on future detector upgrades. Nikhef contributes in hardware to the Vertex Locator silicon detector (Velo) and the Scintillating Fiber Tracker (SciFi), and in software to the online reconstruction of events in the High Level Trigger (HLT).

We are looking for candidates to work on the physics analyses as well as to contribute to detector work or software algorithms. The physics analyses are measurements of decay-time dependent CP violation, searches for long-lived particles or tests of lepton flavor universality. The technology projects include work on the Velo, SciFi or online reconstruction algorithms for the HLT.

The successful candidate has a master in physics with knowledge of particle physics. Strong software skills are desirable.

Fixed-term contract: 1 year.

The candidate will be employed by the NWO-I-foundation and will obtain the status of junior scientist. He/she will receive a 4 year contract. During this time there is the possibility to stay at CERN for a period of about 1 year. Your gross monthly starting salary will be € 2.291,-, increasing to € 2.937,- in the fourth year. The conditions of employment of the NWO-I-foundation are excellent and can be found on www.nwo-i.nl.

Nikhef

Nikhef is the national institute for subatomic physics in The Netherlands. At Nikhef, approximately 175 physicists and 75 technical staff members work together in an open and international scientific environment. Together, they perform theoretical and experimental research in the fields of particle and astroparticle physics. The Nikhef institute is a collaboration between five major Dutch universities and the Dutch Foundation for Scientific Research (NWO).

Nikhef participates in large research collaborations, including the ATLAS, LHCb and ALICE experiments at CERN, the KM3NeT neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean, the VIRGO interferometer in Pisa, the Xenon1T dark matter experiment in Gran Sasso, the Pierre Auger cosmic ray observatory in Argentina and the eEDM research programme in Groningen. Nikhef also hosts a group in theoretical physics, and groups for Physics Data Processing and detector R&D, all with good connections to the experimental programs.