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    Physicist, Electron Beam

    Lace Lithography

    Barcelona, ES · Full-timePosted 11 Feb 2026Tech & Engineering

    p>At Lace Lithography, we're scaling up our team and looking for a passionate and sharp talent to join us.

    In our company we build chip lithography technology that will enable the next 100 years of chip manufacturing. Founded in 2023, we're based in Bergen (Norway) and Barcelona (Spain), and backed by some of the world's most ambitious investors.

    What you'll do:

    • Solve problems that stand in the way of producing intense low energy electron beams

    • Model and analyze electro beams to build next generation solutions

    • Collaborate across teams on theoretical, simulation, and experimental projects

    • Produce and maintain high quality documentation and code, as well as review documentation and code written by colleagues

    • Mentor junior members of the team

    Who you are:

    • An engineer or physicist that thrives in a collaborative fast paced environment working on complex, interconnected, and evolving problems. You have a strong understanding of the physics of non-relativistic electromagnetism as well as are skilled at modeling such systems. You are excited to own a challenging problem and guide it from theory to implementation.

    Minimum Qualifications

    • PhD or equivalent level of experience

    • Experience modeling/designing electron beams OR similar systems

    • Competency in programming, particularly Python or Julia

    Desired Qualifications
    • Experience with low energy electron beams

    • Experience with Hall Effect thrusters

    • Experience with thermionic emission

    • Experience with low temperature low pressure plasmas

    • Experience with plasma instabilities

    • Hands on lab experience

      Our team here at Lace:

      …consists of amazing people who've joined us from all over the world, driven by intense curiosity, the urge for exploration, and a desire to push the limits of physics. We promise to offer you a place among highly motivated Lacers, present you with extremely difficult problems—and have a lot of fun solving them.

      Workplace & culture:

      Lace operates out of two beautiful, vibrant, and strong-willed cities. Although we are cities apart, we strive to make the team feel as one.

      We don't define values—but we have one universal expectation: Be the best team player you can be.

      Perks and Benefits:

      💸 Part of the team, part of the company
      Competitive salary + equity through our incentive plan.

      🏋️ Feel-good perks
      €50 monthly gym allowance, weekly team lunches, monthly social events, and annual off-site with the whole team.

      🚀 Personal Development
      Quarterly development goals with your manager and your own budget to learn and grow.

      ✈️ No journey without travelling
      We support relocation and immigration to make joining Lace as smooth as possible.

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