Tasks
The Methodology Group at ALBA develops scientific methodologies, algorithms and software needed to process and analyse large and heterogeneous datasets to support academic and industrial users to tackle complex scientific problems. By participating in pilot projects in key research areas for both academia and industry, the Methodology group combines data analysis of different provenance, including community or consortium-owned databases, and integrating theoretical and simulation-based data. A growing part of this activity consists of adapting technique-specific analysis pipelines and methodologies into robust, reusable and automated data analysis workflows that can be deployed on local, high-performance and cloud computing resources and reused across beamlines, techniques and scientific cases.
The selected person will report to the Head of the Methodology Group and will be responsible for the design, development and deployment of data analysis pipelines for multimodal experimental data, with a strong emphasis on automation, reusability and reproducibility.



The position implies working in close synergy with beamline scientists, the Joint Electron Microscopy Center at ALBA (JEMCA), other members of the Experiments Division, the Computing Division, in particular the Scientific Data Management Section, and the Industrial Office, as well as external partners.
Specifically, the responsibilities will include:
Designing and developing end-to-end data analysis pipelines — from raw data ingestion, reduction and pre-processing to analysis, visualisation and reporting — for data produced at synchrotron radiation beamlines and at electron microscopy facilities.
Developing data analysis workflows within pilot projects that serve as a testbench to build and validate these methodologies before adapting them for broad usage. For example, combining X-ray diffraction with complementary X-ray absorption spectroscopy, computed tomography and 4D-STEM datasets, including pre-proces

📌 Methodology Scientist (Cerdanyola del Vallès)
🏢 ALBA Synchrotron
📍 Cerdanyola del Vallès