Engineer (Permanent Employee)

This position is designed to provide the best research environment at each research unit or to support a wider range of research activities at NIMS. Position include:

• Analytical work using TEM, EDX, XRD, chemical analysis, and so on.
• Synthesis and processing of materials.
• Creation and maintenance of databases or datasheets of metals, polymers, and crystal structures.
• Management and maintenance of user facilities, such as the Tsukuba Magnet Laboratory.

About 50 engineer staff are working at NIMS now.

Certain positions have minimal educational requirements (such as a Ph.D. degree).

• As a general rule the position is permanent. However the applicants may be accepted as five-year or less fixed term employees if the reviewers judge that final decision should be made after watching the performance of the applicants on the job. If this is the case, they can be reviewed for transfer to permanent researchers after a certain period of time.
• Even under such fixed term employment, working conditions including annual income shall comply with the treatment of permanent employee. For instance, they are covered under the national public service personal mutual aid system. They also can apply Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research by JSPS. Further, they can be qualified to study abroad up to one year. Housing and employment insurance are available.

• Employment information is being announced worldwide through our website and advertisement on prestigious academic journals.
• The application documents should be prepared in English. The interviews should be given in English (In the Q&A section of the interview, Japanese can be used.)
• Candidates are selected through an impartial, multi-faceted examination process, which includes a review of the application documents and an interview.

No positions available now. Required documentation will be announced at the stage of recruitment.

Salary depends on experience, skills, and age. Please ask for an estimate of your starting salary, before tax and payment of social insurance premiums.

• Public employee housing
• Gymnasium facilities
• Health facilities
• Recreational facilities etc.

• 2008: 5
• 2007: 4
• 2006: 5
• 2005: 4