Requisition Number:
65623
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
City
Boulder
State
Colorado
Employment Type:
Research Faculty
Schedule:
Full-Time
Posting Close Date:
18-Jul-2025
Date Posted:
14-Jul-2025

JOB SUMMARY

This position is to lead the development of chip-scale integrated photonic devices such as integrated semiconductor lasers and monolithic optical parametric oscillators. Tasks include design, fabrication, and measurement of photonic integrated circuits and providing guidance to junior staff working on integrated photonics projects.
This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Professional Research Experience Program (PREP). NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.
CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

WHO WE ARE

PREP is a special partnership between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder. PREP provides research opportunities to CU undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers with a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in NIST labs to gain research experience alongside NIST scientists.
The particular group that needs a researcher is the Quantum Nanophotonics Group under the Applied Physics Division at NIST.

• Design, fabrication, and measurement of integrated semiconductor lasers.
• Design, fabrication, and measurement of other photonic integrated circuits.
• Providing guidance to junior staff and associates.
• Presenting results at internal meetings, and occasional meetings with external stakeholders.
• Ensuring that results, protocols, software, and documentation have been archived or otherwise transmitted to the larger organization.