Postdoctoral Appointee - Integrated Photonics, Onsite

at  Sandia National Laboratories

ABOUT SANDIA

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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WHAT YOUR JOB WILL BE LIKE

We are seeking a motivated Postdoctoral Appointee to advance silicon photonic and other integrated photonic technologies for quantum (ex. network, clock, inertial sensor), RF (ex. microwave signal processing), data communications (ex. data center, free-space), and harsh environment (ex. radiation, cryogenic) applications using heterogeneous integration, innovative designs, and novel physics phenomena. The postdoc will have opportunities to collaborate with 60+ researchers in Sandia’s National Security Photonics Center using Sandia’s unique Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications (MESA) Fabrication Facility.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Perform ground-breaking scientific research in broad wavelength integrated photonic platforms with different heterogeneous integrated materials through theoretical analysis, simulation, design, and characterization of novel devices and systems for both classical and quantum applications.
• Implement new concepts in device design, measurement, fabrication, and packaging.
• Perform experiments in laser laboratories and other laboratories with special environment.
• Build world-first application demonstrations with photonic devices.
• Collaborate with researchers within the department and across Sandia Labs as well as external academia, industry, and government partners.
• Report research results in top-tier journals and conferences.
• Generate new intellectual property through patent filing as applicable.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

QUALIFICATIONS WE REQUIRE

• PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Optical Science, or other related STEM technical area conferred within five (5) years prior to employment
• Experience performing original research, demonstrated through a record of invention, original publications in top-tier journals, and conference papers and presentations
• Experience in device design and experimental characterization
• Experience using software for device performance simulations using, for example, COMSOL, Matlab/Simulink, FDTD codes etc.
• Familiarity with basic knowledge of semiconductor physics and optical materials
• Ability to acquire a DOE L clearance

QUALIFICATIONS WE DESIRE

• Background in:
• integrated photonics applications such as quantum sensing, networking and computing, LIDAR, imaging, RF photonics, or optical communications
• radio frequency circuits and systems
• cryogenic testing equipment and methods
• radiation science and radiation testing
• Experience in one or more of the following:
• design and test of photonics devices (such as waveguides, gratings, modulators, lasers, amplifiers, optical detectors)
• design and test of photonics microsystems, i.e. integrated optical circuits with passive and active integrated devices
• small-scale optical packaging of silicon photonics devices, including co-packaged with electronic chips
• high-speed characterization of devices, testing automation, electrical probe stations, operation of high speed and high frequency test equipment, such as bit error rate test equipment, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and high-speed oscilloscopes
• interfacing electrical components to optical microsystems; examples are modulator drivers, transimpedance amplifiers, and electronic control circuits
• microfabrication (including heterogeneous integration), characterization, and usage of various optical materials (ex. silicon, III-V materials, thin film lithium niobate, aluminum oxide, silicon nitride, germanium, phase-change materials, 2-D materials) and magnetic materials
• Expertise in fabrication (including heterogeneous integration), characterization, and usage of various optical materials (ex. silicon, III-V materials, thin film lithium niobate, aluminum oxide, silicon nitride, germanium, phase-change materials, 2-D materials) and magnetic materials
• Strong theoretical background in optical communication, RF communication, quantum optics and/or quantum computing

NNSA REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDPEDS

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.
If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Please refer the Job description for details