myScience
Bern
12 hours ago
Laboratory Technician or Laboratory Assistant (Physics) 50-70%
- Publication date:07 November 2025
- Workload:50 – 70%
- Place of work:Bern
About the job
Laboratory Technician or Laboratory Assistant (Physics) 50-70%
Workplace Bern - Bern region - SwitzerlandCategoryPositionPublished6 November 2025Laboratory Technician or Laboratory Assistant (Physics) 50-70%
50 - 70
Physics Institute, Climate and Environmental Physics
Start of employment: immediately or by arrangement
The position is limited until November 2028
- You will work in the radionuclide team of the Department of Climate and Environmental Physics at the University of Bern. Here, environmental samples from groundwater and atmosphere are measured and evaluated. The results are applied in hydrology and provide important insights into changes in the climate system.
- Your tasks are diverse and also include complex workflows on measuring devices specially developed at the university. One of your activities is to separate noble gases from gas samples and prepare the subsequent activity measurements in the counting laboratory. This is done in close collaboration with the scientific staff and involves several gas chromatographic as well as physical separation steps.
- You will be carefully trained step by step for these tasks. The workload can be flexibly arranged in a dynamic university environment. Furthermore, there is the possibility to complement your activity profile with field assignments for the collection of environmental samples.
Requirements
- You have completed training as a laboratory technician and are able to work independently and precisely in a small team after thorough introduction.
- You are reliable, have good knowledge of common office applications, and place great value on the highest accuracy. Good English skills complete your profile.
Overview of the position
We are looking for a motivated, committed, and eager-to-learn personality. Would you like to acquire new skills in the field of environmental analytics and work with experts from various scientific disciplines? Then we look forward to hearing from you!
Start date: immediately or by arrangement
Type of employment: limited until November 2028
Workplace: University of Bern
Questions about the position and application
Dr. Roland Purtschert,
Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern,
Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern
Email: roland.purtschert@unibe.ch
In your application, please refer to myScience.ch and referenceJobID68681.