Job Description

Ref Number

B04-06608

Professional Expertise

Research and Research Support

Department

UCL BEAMS (B04)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

43,981-52,586

Contract Type

Fixed-term

Working Type

On site

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

16-Oct-2025

About us

------------


UCL is one of the world's top universities based in the heart of London. It is a modern, outward-looking institution. UCL's staff and former students have included 32 Nobel prize-winners. It is a truly international community: more than one-third of our student body - more than 50,000 strong - come from 150 countries and nearly one-third of staff are from outside the UK.



The UCL High Energy Physics (HEP) Group is one of the largest groups in the country (~100 members, including around 20 academics and 40 PhD students), with a programme covering a broad range of the HEP field, including the exploration of the energy frontier (ATLAS), Neutrinos, Dark Matter, flavour physics and phenomenology, as well as Accelerator R&D and applications such as Proton Beam Therapy. Our ATLAS team has key involvements in the exploration of electroweak symmetry breaking, including leadership in the search for Higgs boson pair production in the HHa4b final state, as well as in a multitude of searches for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM), and in key Standard Model measurements and their interpretation in the context of BSM theories. UCL ATLAS has been at the heart of pioneering work in developing cutting-edge Machine Learning (ML) algorithms for tracking and flavour tagging, as well as for ultrafast applications in the Global Hardware Trigger of ATLAS for HL-LHC. We also have a leading role in UCL's Centre for Data Intensive Science and Industry (and the corresponding PhD training programme), a unique interdisciplinary platform for developing and applying novel ML techniques within academia and in industry.

About the role

------------------


We are looking for an outstanding particle physicist and expert machine-learning practitioner to join UCL's ATLAS group on a short-term contract, leading the development, calibration and application of state-of-the-art ML techniques for physics object reconstruction in the ATLAS detector. The role will focus on flavour-tagging, including development of an X bb tagger and charged-particle reconstruction. The post holder will also contribute to the supervision of MSc projects in Computer Science and Scientific Data-Intensive Science on advanced ML applications in these areas, and will play a leading part in deploying these techniques within ATLAS's Higgs pair production programme.



Funding is available for up to 9 months. Please contact Prof. Nikos Konstantinidis (n.konstantinidis@ucl.ac.uk) for further details about this post.

About you

-------------


The successful candidate will have (or be about to submit) a PhD in particle physics, and a strong record of originality in research, demonstrated by a good publication record, commensurate with the applicant's career stage. They will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and will have shown evidence of future leadership potential. Given the short-term nature of this role, experience in developing and applying cutting-edge machine learning models for applications in experimental HEP and beyond is essential.

What we offer

-----------------


As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:


41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan Immigration loan Relocation scheme for certain posts On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

-------------------------------------------------------


As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.


Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our long-term commitment and 'beacon' status in advancing gender equality. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/