Beam Line Engineer - x-ray absorption spectroscopy
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory • Menlo Park, CA • Posted July 08, 2026
About the Role
**Job Description**
**Position Overview:**
The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), a Directorate of SLAC, and a national research facility for scientific applications using synchrotron radiation at Stanford University is seeking a Beam Line Engineer with strong methodological, scientific and technical skills for its x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) team. The XAS facilities include a number of beam lines that enable research in areas such as chemistry, catalysis, biology, medical, environmental, and materials sciences, together covering a range from 2-35 keV.. Each beam line is tailored to specific techniques and sciences, spanning a specific x-ray energy range, probing atomic and electronic structure and function of matter over different time scales, necessitating a highly varied approach to instrumentation, sample environment, data acquisition, and data analysis. The beam line facilities are made available to a national and international scientific...
**Position Overview:**
The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), a Directorate of SLAC, and a national research facility for scientific applications using synchrotron radiation at Stanford University is seeking a Beam Line Engineer with strong methodological, scientific and technical skills for its x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) team. The XAS facilities include a number of beam lines that enable research in areas such as chemistry, catalysis, biology, medical, environmental, and materials sciences, together covering a range from 2-35 keV.. Each beam line is tailored to specific techniques and sciences, spanning a specific x-ray energy range, probing atomic and electronic structure and function of matter over different time scales, necessitating a highly varied approach to instrumentation, sample environment, data acquisition, and data analysis. The beam line facilities are made available to a national and international scientific...