In addition to the general employment criteria stipulated in Article 39, paragraph 7 of the Act on Higher Education and Scientific Activity, candidates must meet the following requirements:

• A doctoral degree in natural sciences, field of physics,
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team,
• Proficiency in English, both spoken and written.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience in experimental particle physics and in machine learning methods.

In addition to the application form document, the applicant needs to provide: Curriculum Vitae (CV), Diploma, e-mail address of at least one referee, and other evidence needed for satisfying position-related selection criteria. 

The position is temporary, and fixed until November 30, 2026. The employment includes a six-month trial period.

The candidate cannot be employed as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Republic of Croatia for a total of more than four years. The employment, according to the Rules of Croatian Science Foundation - for work on a project as a Postdoctoral Fellow, can be contracted a maximum of two times (i.e. on two different projects) and only with candidates whose period between the enrolment in doctoral studies and this employment is no longer than 10 years. 

Selected candidates who have achieved their higher qualifications outside Croatia will be required, before the signing of the employment contract, to obtain the Ruling on the Recognition of Foreign Higher Educational Qualifications issued by the Agency for Science and Higher Education.

ln accordance with Article 13 of the Gender Equality Act, persons of both sexes may compete in hiring competitions.

The deadline for applications is April 25, 2025. Applications should be submitted as a single .pdf file (no more than 15 MB). Do not submit author's works, dissertations, etc. - they can be referred to by a link.

In the subject line of the electronic message, the following has to be written: Application for job vacancy ______ (title of the position for which the applicant is applying), Contest Point No. ___. 

Late applications and applications without proof that the required prerequisites have been met will not be considered, as well as applications without a specified position and contest point to which the candidate is applying and applications submitted not following the instructions for electronic submission.