Postdoctoral Fellow (PREP0004243)

Job Details

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

Salary: $80,000 - $89,000 per year

Johns Hopkins University: Whiting School of Engineering: Office of Research and Translation

Description

PREP Research Associate

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. ... Research Title: Chip-Scale Atomic Devices

The work will entail: design, fabrication and testing of compact devices based on atomic spectroscopy and microfabrication.

Key responsibilities

• Designing instruments to realize/measure frequency, magnetic field, current, voltage, temperature, or wavelength
• Constructing instruments using micromachining processes and other laboratory fabrication techniques
• Assessing the performance of instruments by taking data related to their stability and sensitivity
• Presenting results at internal meetings and occasional meetings with external stakeholders
• Writing research papers describing device design, construction and operation
• Ensuring that results, protocols, software, and documentation have been archived or otherwise transmitted to the larger organization.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen Preferred
• Required: PhD in atomic physics, quantum information science, laser science or related field
• Required: Experience using lasers in the laboratory
• Preferred: Experience with atomic spectroscopy
• Preferred: Experience with cleanroom fabrication of silicon devices
• Preferred: Experience with analog and digital electronics
• Preferred: Knowledge of one or more programming languages such as Python, Matlab or LabView
• Preferred: Strong oral and written communication skills