Detector Scientist/Engineer Summer Placement - Detector Development Group

Science and Technology Facilities Council
Salary: £23,493 per annum
Contract Type: Fixed Term – 12 weeks
Hours: Full-time
Location: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX
Closing date: 8th March 2026
Interview: Onsite in April 2026
Start date: June/July 2026

This summer, we're excited to offer the chance for a placement student to come and join the Detector Development Group in STFC’s Technology Department!

The group consists of world leading scientists and engineers delivering groundbreaking instrumentation to some of the world’s largest science facilities. One of the groups key achievements has been the development of the High Energy X-ray Imaging Technology (HEXITEC: which is in use across the world from materials science applications at large facilities to delivering a new generation of medical imaging technology (

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