TIFR Project Associate and Senior Associate HEP 2026

TIFR Project Associate and Senior Project Associate Recruitment 2026: Overview

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is hiring project staff for its Department of High Energy Physics in Mumbai, under Prof. Gagan B Mohanty. TIFR is an autonomous institution under the Department of Atomic Energy and a deemed university. These project-based appointments focus on silicon-module assembly and testing for an externally funded project.

Posts and Disciplines

• Project Associate: a hands-on hardware role centred on assembling silicon modules and carrying out measurement and bonding work in the laboratory.
• Senior Project Associate: a role focused on testing assembled modules, supporting the database and examining mechanical and electrical quality data.

Post-wise Duties

Project Associate

You will use an automated gantry system to assemble silicon modules and an optical coordinate measuring machine to measure them. Your laboratory work also covers wire bonding, pull testing and encapsulation.

Senior Project Associate

You will set up single-module and multi-module test stands for the assembled hardware. You will also help manage the database and analyse module data for mechanical and electrical quality control and quality assurance.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Initial tenure: the appointment starts with a one-year term linked to the externally funded project.
• Extension: TIFR may extend the appointment for up to another two years. Any extension depends on your performance.

Application Submission Notes

Email your application to Prof. Gagan B Mohanty at gmohanty@tifr.res.in. Use the subject line Application for the Project Associate position or Application for the Senior Project Associate position, keeping only the role you are applying for.

• Assemble silicon modules with an automated gantry system for the Project Associate role.
• Measure modules using an optical coordinate measuring machine.
• Carry out wire bonding, pull tests and encapsulation.
• Set up single-module and multi-module testing arrangements for the Senior Project Associate role.
• Help manage the module database.
• Analyse mechanical and electrical module data for quality control and quality assurance.