Postdoctoral Fellow; PREP

General Description

PREP Research Associate

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Professional Research Experience Program (PREP). NIST recognizes that its research staff may want to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest and, therefore, requires those institutions to be recipients of a PREP award. The PREP program involves staff from a wide range of backgrounds conducting scientific research across various fields.

Individuals in this position will perform technical work supporting the collaboration's scientific research.

Research

Title:

Experimental Quantum Network Metrology, Physicist

The work will entail:
The candidate will work on the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland, within the Quantum Information Groups (QIG) Quantum Communication and Networking Project, and work with experts at NIST in the field of quantum information, our collaborators in academia and industry, and will have the opportunity to make use of cutting- edge equipment, such as photon-number resolving detectors and extremely high-quality single-photon sources and will be part of and work on the ongoing effort to develop new measurement science and devices for quantum networks, including sources, detectors, memories, transducers, metrology, and protocols.

U.S. citizenship is preferred.

• Work with NIST researchers, academia, and industry to develop and test QN components.
• Develop methods and protocols for verification and validation of entanglement links using entangled states of light within the (metropolitan) quantum network testbed.
• Synchronization of network nodes to sub-10 ps levels on metropolitan scales.
• In-situ characterization of fiber-links, e.g. polarization, optical path length, loss, noise, etc.
• Calibration and characterization of single-photon detectors and sources.
• Implementation of QN component software agents into QN control manager.
• Prepare high-quality scientific publications on performed work.
• Present results to supervisors, management, stakeholders and conferences.

• U.S. citizenship is preferred.
• Must have a PhD in Physics with 2 or more years of relevant experience.
• Proven background and experience in quantum information science and QNs.
• Proven experience using single-photon sources and detectors for quantum measurements.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct independent, collaborative, multi-disciplinary research.
• Must have an aptitude and patience to perform precision measurements.
• Extensive skills in Matlab and Python for data analysis, data taking and system automation.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Please upload the following with your application:

• CV/Resume (limit to 3 pages only and include only a valid email address for your contact info. The resume will not be considered if it contains home address, phone number, citizenship status, languages spoken, sex/gender etc.)
• Self portraits.
• Phone number.
• Home address/Country.
• Citizenship status.
• Languages spoken.
• Sex/Gender.

The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.

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The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check including education verification.

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