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Quantum Physicist
National Institute of Standards and Technology · Posted 25 days ago
About the Role
NIST's Nanoscale Spectroscopy Group is hiring a talented and ambitious Quantum Physicist to develop innovative measurement platforms using custom quantum probes. Working with leading experts, you will fabricate advanced cryogenic microscopes to characterize fragile quantum systems and publish breakthrough results in open literature. This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.
What You'll Do
- →The mission of NIST's Nanoscale Device Characterization Division is to develop and advance the measurement and knowledge infrastructure to characterize nano- and atom-scale engineered materials and solid-state devices for innovation in information processing, sensing, and future quantum technologies.
- →This position is in the Nanoscale Spectroscopy Group, which harnesses light-matter interactions for nanoscale metrology of materials and devices in critical and emerging technologies by applying expertise in scanned-probe spectroscopy, optical techniques, and device physics to support advancements in semiconductor electronics, quantum sensing, and quantum information science.
- →As a Quantum Physicist for this group, you will: Design and implement innovative research solutions for new measurement platforms that use custom quantum probes and sensors tailored for quantum materials and solid-state quantum information systems.
- →Fabricate scanning single-electron transistor electrometers, scanning RF-SQUID magnetometers, and superconducting resonators for multiprobe scanning cryogenic microscopes.
- →Research, interpret, and apply technical guidelines to isolate and define critical features of nanoscale electronic and magnetic properties.
- →Lead efforts impacting major projects related to characterizing fragile quantum systems, and communicate findings persuasively through open literature publications and technical talks.
Requirements
- ✓This position has an education requirement.
- ✓Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met.
- ✓Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package.
- ✓However, an official copy will be required before a final offer of employment.
- ✓Use of foreign education for qualifications.
- ✓An accredited organization must evaluate education completed outside of the U.S. to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S.
- ✓Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website.
- ✓A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with course-by-course listing) is required with your application.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 30433d10-4c63-456a-a8bf-58b206076c50
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