Engineers and developers for life science technologies (ARISE MSCA fellowships)

Engineers and Developers for Life Science Technologies (ARISE MSCA Fellowships)

Organization: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

Available from: August 9, 2023 to September 30, 2023

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Position Information:

Are you an innovative thinker, eager to develop novel or improve existing tools, methods, and technologies for the life sciences? Are you driven by curiosity and impact? Do you wish to become an expert in service development, provision, and research infrastructure management in academia or industry? If so, we would like to hear from you!

The life sciences are increasingly relying on advanced technologies and services provided by the core facilities, synchrotrons, data services, and other research infrastructures. This creates a greater need for trained experts who know how to develop and operate scientific services. To meet this need, the ARISE programme (Career Accelerator for Research Infrastructure Scientists) at EMBL is the first Fellowship programme of its kind in Europe that trains engineers and scientists for high-level careers in research infrastructures in academia or industry.

You are invited to apply for one of the 30+ three-year Fellowships to:

• Work at EMBL on a method, tool, or technology development of your choice which will have the potential to be provided as a service to external life science researchers.
• Get trained in the operation and management of research infrastructures and service provision.

For the ARISE programme, we encourage applications from individuals who can complement our teams – we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and personal experiences reflect the diversity of the populations that our science serves. We are particularly interested in the strengths and lived experiences of women, and all genders, different ethnic groups and cultures, and all demographics to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights at this transformational point in our people strategy.

ARISE receives funding from Horizon 2020 under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie action COFUND (grant agreement No 945405).

• Bioinformatics, computational modelling, software development, data management, data science, AI, and machine learning.
• Imaging and image analysis, optical engineering, detector development, microscopy, X-ray optics, X-ray crystallography.
• (Bio)chemical engineering, chemistry or chemical biology, omics technologies.

Your development should facilitate research in life science fields of genome, structural, developmental and planetary biology, cell and tissue biology, translational research, or drug design and have the potential to be integrated into the service catalogues of research infrastructures.

You will get trained for jobs in research infrastructures (core facilities, data services, synchrotrons, etc.) and attend over 60 courses on how to provide and plan services, manage the operation of diverse infrastructure, manage staff and finances, handle innovation and collaboration with industry, do strategic planning, and understand science policy and funding systems.

Minimum Requirements:

• At least four years of full-time equivalent research or development experience in the fields mentioned above (including first experience in technology development), after the university degree.
• University degree in natural sciences or related STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at the level which theoretically entitles you to enroll into a PhD (PhD is not mandatory).
• A high level of skills or expertise, gained either in academic or non-academic sectors, relevant to the research fields of our groups and teams that are participating in the programme.
• Strong research and innovation potential which can be evidenced through various formats, such as examples of your work on (scientific) software, unique or problematic data sets, technical documentation or similar, scientific publications, contributions to patents, examples of management of technology development projects, or detailed descriptions of any other innovative research you have performed and your achievements.
• Capacity to work independently and think creatively.
• Fluency in English (written and oral).
• Ability to work collaboratively, and communicate and work with a diverse group of individuals across the organization.
• Good time management and organizational skills.

You Might Also Have:

• Experience relevant to improvement or development of methods, techniques, or technology that can be used for service provision.

Why You Should Join Us:

EMBL is Europe’s flagship research laboratory for the life sciences – an intergovernmental organization performing scientific research in disciplines including molecular biology, physics, chemistry, and computer science. We are an international laboratory with more than 1800 employees from many nations, operating across six sites, in Heidelberg (HQ), Barcelona, Hinxton near Cambridge, Hamburg, Grenoble, and Rome. One of our missions is to provide access to advanced technologies and engage in technology transfer activities.

EMBL is a curiosity-driven, community-oriented, and international organization . As an inclusive, equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity enables us to collaborate more effectively and be innovative in our approaches. We are, therefore, committed to creating an inclusive and flexible culture – one where everyone can realize their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organization. We operate by our values of: openness, inclusion, integrity, transparency, and fairness.

At EMBL, as per our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategy, we actively encourage applications from people who are currently underrepresented in science.

We value our collegial and family-friendly working environment and offer excellent health insurance, pension contributions, flexible hybrid working arrangements, family allowances, diverse training opportunities, and other social benefits.

Salaries and allowances offered to the ARISE fellows are competitive and a full overview of salaries at different EMBL sites for ARISE fellows can be found here.

Our working language is English.

How to Apply:

You will need to select the group you wish to join and prepare a short project proposal outlining the work you would like to do in the group. We strongly encourage you to contact the groups before applying, to inform them about your interest and learn about their future plans.

For details on how to apply, please visit our ARISE website. The application with all required documents should be submitted using the online submission system.

• We accept applications from 1 July – 30 September 2023.
• Interviews of top candidates are planned for late November 2023.
• Start of the fellowship: ideally by May 2024.

Please contact the ARISE project management team ( ) if you have any questions or need any kind of advice.

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