Careers
Open Positions at CLASSE (CHESS, LEPP, and CESR)
MacCHESS Staff Scientist
The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) is seeking a creative, collaborative scientist to join the Flexible Macromolecular Crystallography (FlexX) and Extreme Biology (X-Bio) beamline team. This Ph.D.-level position offers a unique balance of hands-on user support and cutting-edge method development, serving a vibrant community of visiting researchers in structural biology.
At FlexX/X-Bio, scientists use state-of-the-art X-ray tools to study biological macromolecules under a range of challenging and innovative conditions. Current and emerging techniques include ambient-temperature and serial crystallography, high-pressure MX studies using diamond anvil cells, diffuse scattering to probe molecular motions, and future development of time-resolved and dynamic MX methods.
The scientist in this role will provide direct experimental support at the beamline—helping users design and execute experiments—while also contributing to the development of new technologies and workflows that expand what’s possible with MX. The position also offers opportunities to collaborate across beamlines, including with the BioSAXS/X-Bio station, and to participate in interdisciplinary research spanning biology, physics, and materials science.
If you’re curious, inventive, and excited to work in a collaborative environment that blends science, technology, and discovery, we’d love to hear from you.
Vacuum Systems Specialist
Vacuum Systems Specialists contribute to the research mission of the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences & Education (CLASSE) by monitoring, maintaining, modifying, and repairing complex vacuum systems on all accelerators and X-ray beam lines at the Wilson Laboratory facility.
As a Vacuum Systems Specialist, you will provide general operational service for high and ultra-high vacuum systems, consulting with researchers and operations staff and training users. You will fabricate precision components and assemble new vacuum components and subsystems; install new experimental assemblies; and install vacuum system controllers and diagnostic monitoring equipment. You also will perform preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on a wide variety of vacuum equipment and hardware, such as vacuum pumps (mechanical pumps, turbo-molecular pumps, ion pumps, etc.), vacuum valves, and vacuum gauges.
Research Support Specialist I (CHESS Operator)
Research Support Specialists contribute to the research mission of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) by assisting with the development and maintenance of experimental facilities and equipment and determining how to best achieve the necessary research objectives. As a Research Support Specialist I, you will share responsibility for designing, developing, assembling, and commissioning specialized equipment; tracking and analyzing research data and instrument performance; writing and/or modifying computer programs and scripts; troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining specialized laboratory equipment; and providing technical support to researchers in the facility.