Über uns

We are a family-friendly research facility with colleagues from more than 60 different countries and various professional backgrounds.

Benefits

We enjoy tackling interesting challenges together in a friendly and respectful atmosphere. Become part of an open-minded and passionate team that values trust and collaboration.

Find detailed information about compensation and benefits here.

Company
The European XFEL is a facility for basic research in natural sciences. It generates ultrashort X-ray flashes—27 000 times per second and with a brilliance that is a billion times higher than that of the best conventional X-ray radiation sources.

Since September 2017, the world's largest X-ray laser opens up completely new research opportunities for scientists and industrial users.

International partners founded an independent research organization with non-profit limited liability under German law. The company employs more than 500 people from all over the world. We cooperate closely with the research centre DESY and other organizations worldwide.

Research

At the research campus in Schenefeld, teams of scientists from all over the world carry out experiments using the X-ray flashes, such as to:
 

• map the atomic details of viruses,
• decipher the molecular composition of cells,
• take three-dimensional images of the nanoworld,
• film chemical reactions,
• and study processes such as those occurring deep inside planets.