James Clerk Maxwell Fellowship

Position: James Clerk Maxwell Fellowship, 2027

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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:

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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 vacation, 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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* These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Do you want to perform innovative research impacting radiation effects sciences, electromagnetics, and high energy density sciences? Are you interested in developing transformational pulsed power capabilities at one of the world’s premier pulsed power facilities? Are you passionate about research that impacts a broad range of problems of national importance? If so, you could become a Maxwell Fellow at Sandia and join our dynamic team!

The

James Clerk Maxwell Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, established in honor of the founder of the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, supports research that impacts broad-ranging national security areas in the broadly defined domains of radiation effects, electrical and electromagnetic sciences, high energy density sciences and the pulsed power physics and/or engineering that enable these domains. While the Maxwell name does highlight the electromagnetic and pulsed power topics, we want to emphasize that the Maxwell Fellowship is open to applicants in all of these topical areas.

As a Sandia Maxwell Postdoctoral Fellow, you will:

Address complex problems in support of broad-ranging mission areas.

Foster creativity and advance exploration at the forefront of the domains listed above.

Contribute to high-risk, high-value research and development.

Collaborate with highly motivated and talented researchers on challenging research questions using state-of-the-art resources.

Disseminate your work via leading publication and conference venues.

The selected Fellow will receive a two-year appointment with a highly competitive salary, moving expenses and a generous professional travel allowance. You will pursue a combination of self-directed research and integration with existing Sandia research and development (R&D) projects, under the guidance of Sandia staff mentors. The self-directed research will be funded through the Radiation, Electrical, and High Energy Density Sciences (REHEDS) Research Foundation, an investment area under Sandia's Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program.

You are expected to publish the results of your work in leading journals and present it at top-tier conferences. An intent of this fellowship is to provide early career support and selected candidates may bid on regular Sandia positions as internal candidates, and in some cases may be converted to regular career positions during their term, if warranted by ongoing operational needs, availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance.

Qualifications

We Require:

Ph.D. in a field relevant to radiation effects, electrical and electromagnetic sciences, high energy density sciences or to pulsed power, conferred within the past three years, or anticipated completion of Ph.D. requirements by commencement of appointment

Your background includes the appropriate research experience, as evidenced by a strong record of research publications and presentations

Your proposed research is compelling with potential to be transformational for REHEDS and/or pulsed power

You can acquire a DOE Q level security clearance, which requires US Citizenship

Qualifications We Desire:

Ideally, your background would also include: (not all areas are expected of every candidate)

Experience in REHEDS and/or pulsed power

Excellent written and oral…