TRIUMF
Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics
STUDENT JOB PROGRAM
Spring 2019 job posting
Job number TR19-1-23

Position Title:

High Level Application Developer 

Name of Project:

TITAN Beam Envelope Development 

Overview:

TRIUMF is Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, a key player in the investigation of rare, unstable atomic nuclei. Methods and techniques used at the facility help solve fundamental questions ranging from supernovae to medical treatments for cancer.

Web-based High-Level Applications (HLAs) are being developed at TRIUMF, to enable efficient beam delivery to experiments. These applications enable operators, experimenters, beam physicists and members of the beam delivery group to evaluate and diagnose rare-isotope beam tunes to experimental stations.

TITAN, TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear Science, is being added to the HLA framework. This project aims to continue development of key HLAs to incorporate elements of the TITAN experiment and its beamlines.

Once completed, the student will assist in training operators and TITAN experimenters alike, to the use of the extended applications.

Duties:

Complete the XML-database description of the TITAN beamline to allow the use of all our applications.

Supervise beta-testing

Receive feedback from users and improve the app based on it

Train operators and TITAN group to use the app(s)

Skills learned during this work experience:

Acquire background in beam optics and accelerator physics.

Gain experience with web application development.

Coordinate a project between 3 groups (TITAN, beam physics, operations).

Possibilities for a conference paper or citations anticipated.

Qualifications:

This project involves both programming for app development, in addition to requiring a physics background to understand the beam physics & delivery concepts. As such, an undergraduate with at least one year's worth of experience in fields related to Physics or Engineering is preferred.

Shiftwork required:

No

Period of work:

Jan - Apr 2019 with possible 4-month extension  
Salary is commensurate with academic progress and previous relevant work experience, and ranges from $ 2080 to $ 2800 per month plus 4% vacation pay.
TRIUMF pays round-trip airfare (this does not apply to Vancouver/Victoria students); for Vancouver Island students, TRIUMF will pay ferry costs.

TRIUMF is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace, and we welcome applications from all qualified undergraduate students as defined below:

  • Canadian undergraduate students or Canadian Permanent Resident undergraduate students enrolled in an accredited post secondary institution in Canada (or outside Canada) who are studying in a vocational or professional training program that leads to a degree, diploma or certificate.
  • Foreign full-time undergraduate students currently enrolled at a designated learning institution at the post-secondary level, and who are studying in an academic, vocational or professional training program that leads to a degree, diploma or certificate that is at least six months in duration, and who have a valid Canadian study permit which allows for employment off-campus, and who have applied for a Social Insurance Number
  • Foreign undergraduate students enrolled in a recognized undergraduate program of study abroad who have accepted, or are in the process of accepting, an "Invitation to Apply" for a work permit under the International Experience Canada (IEC) program http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/apply.asp

Applications must be received at TRIUMF by 4:00pm Pacific time on 2018-09-24.

To apply for any of the job postings, you must submit one application for each and every job for which you wish to be considered. Please combine all documents into one PDF for each job. All applications can be attached to one email in PDF format. Please do not send electronic documents in formats other than PDF. Please save the PDF as lastname-job number (eg Smith-15.pdf)

    An application consists of a:
  • Covering letter
  • Resume
  • Transcript of all post secondary grades (unofficial copies are accepted)
  • in addition, an online application form must be filled out for each job
    Applications must also clearly indicate:
  • The number of academic terms completed (i.e. terms, semesters, or quarters)
  • The number of work terms completed (or the equivalent)
  • The TRIUMF Job Number must be clearly stated in the covering letter

Students within an university co-op program MUST apply for TRIUMF jobs through their university co-op education office.

Email to:

student@triumf.ca

Mail to:

TRIUMF Student Program
Job Number TR19-1-23
4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, B.C.
V6T 2A3

No phone calls please. TRIUMF wishes to thank all applicants for their interest, and regrets that only those being considered will be contacted.

TRIUMF is located on the campus of the University of British Columbia.
For more information, visit our web site
http://www.triumf.ca