Job Opportunities
Online applications are invited for following positions at Extreme Photonics Innovation Centre (EPIC), jointly established between UK’s Central Laser Facility (CLF) and India’s Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) to develop the control systems for the next-generation high powered laser accelerators.
Project Engineer - Instrumentation
Are you a graduate looking for a challenging yet highly rewarding project?
The Extreme Photonics Innovation Centre (EPIC) is a joint UK-India innovation initiative aimed at developing technology for next-generation accelerators using lasers. Funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), this £4 million centre is jointly established between UK’s Central Laser Facility (CLF) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). The CLF at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), is a world-leader in the next- generation laser technology that can drive compact accelerators yielding bright particle and x-ray beams that, in the near future, can transform imaging capabilities in industry and medicine. TIFR has been pursuing intense laser science over the past two decades and has unraveled many unique features in this field.
As part of EPIC, we are building a novel microscope for cancer detection (Part of the Bio-Imaging Project). The project is a collaboration between TIFR Hyderabad, TMC Mumbai and STFC UK. It will provide an opportunity to participate in genuine cutting-edge research. It will provide valuable research experience in the area of bioengineering, bioimaging and photonics. It will be perfect for someone planning for a career in this area (e.g., someone planning to apply for an industry position or Ph.D. degree in a leading institution).
Job Description:
Project Engineer: One Post – Temporary till March 31, 2026, and may be renewed each year depending upon performance and requirement.
Essentials:
- Has experience in instrument control and data acquisition software
- Preferably someone with LabView proficiency
- He/she should have a B.Tech. /M. Tech./M.Sc. degree (or awaiting such a degree).
- The salary should be commensurate with degree, ability and experience.
- The location will be Hyderabad.
- Good communication skills and the ability to work within a collaborative team environment.
Application Process :
Interested candidates should send their CV.
Last Date to Apply – 31 July 2025
Project Technician - Microscopy & Tissue Handling
Job Description:
The main role of the successful candidate is to test, calibrate and record data from a novel microscope, which is being built for a joint Indo-UK collaboration. The project targets to make a completely new type of non-linear optical microscope to better understand cancer pathology, and is a joint collaboration between scientists at STFC, UK and at DAE, India (which includes scientists and doctors from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and Tata Memorial Cancer Center (TMC). Some academic institutes will also possibly become partners in this venture. You will be working with cells and tissues, both fixed and live, and your duty will be to perform sample preparation, recording and analysis of images.
Project Engineer: One Post – Temporary for one year and may be renewed each year up to a total period of two years depending upon performance and requirement.
Essentials:
- Masters degree in biological or related science with a min 60% or equivalent CGPA, with
courses in tissue/cell culture. - Min 1 year of experience in working with microscopes and with cells and tissue samples.
- Familiarity with image recording and analysis.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.
Desirable:
- Knowledge about making tissue blocks and preparing slides for observation.
- Experience with fluorescence and confocal microscopy.
Project Engineer - Optics
Are you a Optical engineer looking for a challenging yet highly rewarding project?
The Extreme Photonics Innovation Centre (EPIC) is a joint UK-India innovation initiative aimed at developing technology for next-generation accelerators using lasers. Funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), this £4 million centre is jointly established between UK’s Central Laser Facility (CLF) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). The CLF at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), is a world-leader in the next- generation laser technology that can drive compact accelerators yielding bright particle and x-ray beams that, in the near future, can transform imaging capabilities in industry and medicine. TIFR has been pursuing the intense laser science over the past two decades and has unraveled many unique features in this field.
As part of EPIC, we are looking for highly skilled, motivated research engineers with a background in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Engineering Physics or Computer Science.
The successful candidates will undergo necessary training and the collaborative work will be done at TIFR, Mumbai. The post holders will also be encouraged to engage with instrumentation/experiments at the high power laser labs in TIFR.
Job Description:
The main role of the successful candidate is to design and construct a novel microscope and related optical instruments, for a joint Indo-UK collaboration. The project targets to make a completely new type of non-linear optical microscope to better understand cancer pathology, and is a joint collaboration between scientists at STFC, UK and at DAE, India (which includes scientists and doctors from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and Tata Memorial Cancer Center (TMC). Some academic institutes will also possibly become partners in this venture. You will be working in an optics lab in an academic research setting to test different optical designs. You will have to test and procure components, align and construct laser based optical and imaging instruments, calibrate instruments, and test them with different biological
samples.
You are expected to have experience in understanding optical design, in handling lasers and
optics, in optical alignment and in constructing laser based instruments.
Project Engineer: Two Posts – Temporary for one year and may be renewed each year up to a total period of three years depending upon performance and requirement.
Essentials:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Science with a min 60% or equivalent CGPA, with courses in optics and / or lasers.
- Min 1 year of post-bachelors experience in working with optical instruments.
- Understanding of basic optics theory.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.
Desirable:
- Good understanding of fluorescence microscopy.
- Master’s degree in Engineering or science.
- Courses related to optics.
Additional Requirements:
Must be able to travel to the UK occasionally.
Project Engineer – Electronics / Instrumentation
Are you a Electronics/Instrumentation engineer looking for a challenging yet highly rewarding project?
The Extreme Photonics Innovation Centre (EPIC) is a joint UK-India innovation initiative aimed at developing technology for next-generation accelerators using lasers. Funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), this £4 million centre is jointly established between UK’s Central Laser Facility (CLF) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). The CLF at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), is a world-leader in the next- generation laser technology that can drive compact accelerators yielding bright particle and x-ray beams that, in the near future, can transform imaging capabilities in industry and medicine. TIFR has been pursuing the intense laser science over the past two decades and has unraveled many unique features in this field.
As part of EPIC, we are looking for highly skilled, motivated research engineers with a background in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Engineering Physics or Computer Science.
The successful candidates will undergo necessary training and the collaborative work will be done at TIFR, Mumbai. The post holders will also be encouraged to engage with instrumentation/experiments at the high power laser labs in TIFR.
Job Description:
The main role of the successful candidate is to design and construct a novel microscope and related electronic instruments, for a joint Indo-UK collaboration. The project targets to make a completely new type of non-linear optical microscope to better understand cancer pathology, and is a joint collaboration between scientists at STFC, UK and at DAE, India (which includes scientists and doctors from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and Tata Memorial Cancer Center (TMC). Some academic institutes will also possibly become partners in this venture. You will be working in an optics and optoelectronics lab in an academic research setting to test different optical or electronic instruments, such as detectors, data acquisition cards, and computer-based control systems. You will have to test and procure components,
align and construct laser based optical and imaging instruments, interface different parts of these with computers and electronic instruments, write software for instrument control and data analysis.
You are expected to have experience in understanding electronic design, in electronic instrumentation, and in interfacing instruments with computers and microprocessors.
Project Engineer: One Post – Temporary for one year and may be renewed each year up to a total period of three years depending upon performance and requirement.
Essentials:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Science with a min 60% or equivalent CGPA, with courses in optics and / or lasers.
- Min 1 year of post-bachelors experience in working with electronic instruments.
- Understanding of basic electronics (both analog and digital).
- Ability to write instrument control programs, such as using LabView.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.
Desirable:
- Experience with FPGA programming.
- Good understanding of optical tools.
- Experience with interfacing electronic systems with Arduino or Raspberry Pi.
Additional Requirements:
Must be able to travel to the UK occasionally.
Software Engineer – Full Stack Developer
Are you a software expert looking for a challenging yet highly rewarding project?
The Extreme Photonics Innovation Centre (EPIC) is a joint UK-India innovation initiative aimed
at developing technology for next-generation accelerators using lasers. Funded by the UK
Research and Innovation (UKRI), this £4 million centre is jointly established between UK’s
Central Laser Facility (CLF) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). The CLF at the
Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), is a world-
leader in the next- generation laser technology that can drive compact accelerators yielding
bright particle and x-ray beams that, in the near future, can transform imaging capabilities in
industry and medicine. TIFR has been pursuing the intense laser science over the past two
decades and has unraveled many unique features in this field.
As part of EPIC, we are looking for highly skilled, motivated research engineers with a
background in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Engineering Physics or
Computer Science to design and develop technologies for the next-generation laser –driven
particle accelerators.
The successful candidates will undergo necessary training in the UK if required and the
collaborative work will be done at TIFR, Hyderabad.
Job Description:
The main role of the successful candidate is to design and develop a proposal submission
website for potential users of the UK-based Central Laser Facility. The website will need to
provide workflow to support initial enquiries, proposal submission details such as staffing and
access required, interface with other operational databases on site, and offer post-experiment
statistics such as the number of users and home institutes. Development of the website will
also need to accommodate operational enhancements and future support by a software
development team.
As a Full Stack Developer, you are expected to have transferable experience building software
applications and an understanding of the complete software development cycle.
Project Engineer: One Post – Temporary for one year and may be renewed each year up to a total period of three years depending upon performance and requirement.
Essentials:
We are looking for candidates with the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Technology/Engineering/Science/Computer Application with a min
60% or equivalent CGPA. - Min 3 years of commercial experience with Full Stack development.
- Good understanding of Object-Oriented principles and design patterns.
- Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and related frameworks.
- Strong experience in developing web applications using React and TypeScript.
- Knowledge of Node.js for server-side development.
- Experience in designing and implementing GraphQL APIs.
- Experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
- Experience working with RabbitMQ or other message brokers.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in an Agile environment with a remote team.
Desirable:
- Ability to design and develop secure RESTful API’s.
- Working knowledge of writing unit testing, system integration testing and automated
testing. - Good understanding of modern software development life cycles such as requirement.
gathering, planning, software design & development, testing and deployment process
and documentation. - Experience with Version Control System.
Additional Requirements:
- Must be able to travel to the UK occasionally.
Software Engineer - Scientific Python Developer
Are you a data scientist looking for a challenging yet highly rewarding project?
The Extreme Photonics Innovation Centre (EPIC) is a joint UK-India innovation initiative aimed
at developing technology for next-generation accelerators using lasers. Funded by the UK
Research and Innovation (UKRI), this £4 million centre is jointly established between UK’s
Central Laser Facility (CLF) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). The CLF at the
Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), is a world-
leader in the next- generation laser technology that can drive compact accelerators yielding
bright particle and x-ray beams that, in the near future, can transform imaging capabilities in
industry and medicine. TIFR has been pursuing the intense laser science over the past two
decades and has unraveled many unique features in this field.
As part of EPIC, we are looking for highly skilled, motivated research engineers with a
background in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Engineering Physics or
Computer Science to design and develop technologies for the next-generation laser –driven
particle accelerators.
The successful candidates will undergo necessary training in the UK if required and the
collaborative work will be done at TIFR, Hyderabad.
Job Description:
The successful candidate will join a team of software engineers who are developing systems to
acquire, manage, process, and visualize scientific data. The software you develop will be used
to support scientists and engineers working at the UK-based Central Laser Facility, as well as
end users. It must be reliable and scalable so that it can support a large scientific facility, and it
must be able to meet the changing needs of users as the facility develops.
We expect you to be a tech-savvy professional, who stays up-to-date with best practices and
emerging trends in scientific computing.
Project Engineer: Two Posts – Temporary for three years and may be renewed there on depending upon performance and requirement.
Essentials:
We are looking for candidates with the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Technology/Engineering/Science/Computer Application with a min
of 60% or equivalent CGPA. - Min 3 year of demonstrable experience in Python programming languages.
- Experience with the scientific Python ecosystem.
- Experience with a Git-based workflow (branches, issues, code review, pull requests).
Desirable:
- Experience with Rust programming language.
- Experience with tools for linting, testing, and static analysis in Python.
- Familiarity with Apache Kafka or similar streaming data platforms.
- Experience with the Dash framework for data-driven Python web apps.
Additional Requirements:
- Must be able to travel to the UK occasionally for training.
- Must be able to work overtime on a reasonable basis, and occasionally on
weekends, to meet deadlines where necessary.
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General Information:
1. Salary will not be constraint, fair and accommodating negotiations will be available for deserving candidates.
2. Applications from the candidates will be accepted ONLY ON-LINE through the link https://epic-innovation.org/job-opportunities/
3. On-line applications must be submitted by 7th December 2022
4. The candidates are required to produce following original documents with copies at the time of written test/interview:
a. Identity proof (Aadhar Card/ Election Card / Pan Card / Passport / Driving License).
b. Date of birth / Proof of age.
c. Educational Qualification (all mark sheets and certificates).
In case Universities/Board award letter grades/CGPA/OGPA, the same will have to be indicated as equivalent percentage of marks as per the norms adopted by the University / Board. In the absence of the same, the candidature will not be considered (While submitting original documents for verification, the candidates will have to produce the norms of the University / Board for conversion of grades/CGPA/OGPA to equivalent percentage of marks.
d. Experience Certificate/s.
e. Conduct certificates from two respectable persons.
5. Outstation candidates called for recruitment process will be paid single First class (not air-conditioned) / III Tier AC train fare for the journey by the shortest route from the nearest railway station of their place of residence to the place of written test/interview on the production of photocopies of onward and return journey tickets.
“If you travel by air, you are required to purchase air tickets ONLY from 1) M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLCL) 2) M/s Ashok Travels & Tours (ATT) 3) Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC). BOOKING THROUGH THE WEBSITE OF AIRLINES IS NOT ALLOWED. The air-fare for such candidates will be restricted to the eligible return train fare on production of tickets and boarding passes”.
6. The Institute reserves the right to restrict the number of candidates for written test/interview to reasonable limit on the basis of qualifications and experience higher than the minimum prescribed in the advertisement. Mere fulfilling the essential and desirable qualifications will not entitle an applicant to be called for written test/interview.
7. Before applying for the post, the candidate should ensure that they fulfill the eligibility and other criteria. Recruitment authorities would be free to reject application not fulfilling the requisite criteria, at any stage of recruitment, and if erroneously appointed, such candidates shall be liable to be terminated from service if appointed.
8. More vacancies may also be filled through this advertisement. The Institute reserves the right not to fill any/some posts herein advertised. Canvassing in any form shall disqualify the candidate.
9. The Institute reserves the right to conduct written test, interviews either online or in-person.
