Postdoctoral Appointee, -Energy-Density - Onsite

Job

Location:

Albuquerque, NM

Full/Part Time:
Full-Time

Regular/Temporary:
Temporary

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 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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We are seeking a POSTDOCTORAL APPOINTEE

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

• Collaborate as part of an integrated team to plan research, in addition to working independently to analyze data and develop new research methodologies.
• Team to perform systematic studies toward a fuller knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and of observable facts and discover new approaches to achieve goals.
• Create new understandings and capabilities by using the scientific method's hypothesis, test, and evaluation techniques; critical review; or similar engineering research and development methods.
• Publish your findings and interact with the academic community
• Use engineering principles to research, design, or develop structures, instruments, machines, experiments, processes, systems, theories, or technologies; to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design; or to forecast their behavior under specific operating conditions.
• Undertake creative work, making systematic use of investigation or experimentation, to discover or revise knowledge of reality, and use this knowledge to devise new applications.

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

• PhD in Physics or other related STEM field conferred within five (5) years prior to employment
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance.

• PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Astronomy, or a related STEM discipline
• A technical competency in development, fielding, or analysis of x‑ray diagnostics for high‑energy‑density plasmas, such as spectroscopy or imaging, demonstrated through publications in refereed journals
• Excellent communication skills demonstrated through presentations at professional physics conferences
• Experience designing, leading, and analyzing experiments on large‑scale high‑energy‑density facilities such as Z, NIF, and/or Omega

Department 1683 designs and performs High‑Energy‑Density (HED) science experiments on HED facilities. The majority of our experiments are conducted at Sandias Z Facility. The department is accountable for experimental work in Pulsed Power radiation and fusion physics and application of novel target designs to achieve higher energy densities in pulsed power experiments. This work enables new applications to stockpile science with pulsed power;

1683 and its partners are responsible for taking full advantage of these new opportunities.

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