{
    "position": {
        "id": "ON-AR-1101",
        "slug": "principal-investigator-coherent-matter-systems",
        "title": "Principal Investigator — Coherent Matter Systems",
        "division": "advanced-research",
        "region": "emea",
        "level": "principal",
        "location": "Zürich, Switzerland",
        "site": "Secure campus",
        "clearance": "Level 4",
        "employment": "Full-time · On site",
        "travel": "Occasional — partner institutions, Europe and Japan",
        "reports_to": "Director, Advanced Research",
        "featured": false,
        "summary": "Lead a standing research group investigating coherence and decoherence in engineered matter at scales where the settled literature stops being predictive. The programme is long-horizon and instrument-heavy, and the group is judged on the quality of its measurements rather than its publication rate.",
        "responsibilities": [
            "Set the scientific direction for a group of eight to twelve researchers and the technicians who support them.",
            "Own the experimental roadmap end to end — apparatus design, measurement campaign, error budget, and the decision to abandon a line of inquiry when the data says so.",
            "Chair the group's internal review and hold the standard on what counts as a result.",
            "Translate findings into engineering language for the Aerospace, Defense, and Autonomous Systems divisions without overclaiming.",
            "Represent the programme to the Ethics & Governance office and to sponsoring institutions during disclosure review."
        ],
        "required": [
            "Doctorate in condensed matter physics, quantum optics, or a closely adjacent field, plus a record of independent research leadership.",
            "First-hand responsibility for a cryogenic or ultra-high-vacuum measurement platform, including its failure modes.",
            "Demonstrated ability to design an experiment that can falsify your own hypothesis.",
            "Publication and peer-review history sufficient to establish standing in the field.",
            "Eligibility for sponsored vetting to Level 4."
        ],
        "preferred": [
            "Experience running a programme under partial disclosure restriction.",
            "Working familiarity with materials characterisation at a national facility.",
            "German or French for campus and partner interaction."
        ],
        "team": "Advanced Research operates from Zürich, Boston, and Tsukuba. The Zürich campus houses the coherent matter, cryogenics, and metrology groups on a shared instrument floor; groups compete for beam time and cooperate on everything else.",
        "notes": "Some programme detail is disclosed only after vetting completes. The written exchange stage can proceed before then.",
        "division_label": "Advanced Research",
        "region_label": "EMEA",
        "level_label": "Principal",
        "url": "role.php?job=principal-investigator-coherent-matter-systems",
        "apply": "mailto:careers@omninova.global?subject=Application%20%E2%80%94%20Principal%20Investigator%20%E2%80%94%20Coherent%20Matter%20Systems%20%28ON-AR-1101%29"
    }
}