Postdoctoral Appointee, Onsite

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
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• 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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*These benefits vary by job classification.

Outstanding candidates will have research experience in additive manufacturing and expertise in materials science and electrical engineering. Experience and expertise in related fields will also be considered.

Selected candidates will be given the opportunity to learn necessary skills from the rest of the team and will acquire extensive knowledge in advanced manufacturing regardless of their incoming knowledge base.

On a given day, one may be called upon to:

• Apply existing knowledge and gain new knowledge toward advanced manufacturing of microelectronic systems.
• Conduct research and publish
• Work in a collaborative environment and contribute your knowledge to the team.
• Interact with other scientists and engineers to solve technical problems.

This postdoctoral appointment is an opportunity to continue an engineer/scientist’s early career growth.

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

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related science or engineering field conferred within 5 years prior to employment
• Research experience in additive manufacturing
• Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

• Experience with some of the following:
  • Electrical properties, e.g., probe station, network analyzer
  • Mechanical properties, e.g., profilometer, mechanical adhesion test
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and in teams
• Technical background and passion to learn and to share knowledge with the team
• Flexibility to changing tasks and projects as needed
• Problem-solving skills to develop creative technical solutions
• Eagerness to work and share in a multi-disciplinary team environment
• Dedication to laboratory safety

The III-V Optoelectronics Department develops compound semiconductor and RF devices, photonics, and microsystems for national security applications including high-performance computing, communications, renewable energy, sensing and imaging. As part of Sandia’s Microsystems Science, Technology and Components Center, we research, design, fabricate, prototype, test and deliver novel RF and photonics devices, including lasers, photonic integrated circuits, and sensors. We focus on R&D of high performance technology platforms and customized microsystems. We leverage state-of-the-art materials and fabrication capabilities within the Microsystems Engineering Sciences and Applications (MESA) cleanroom complex to serve a broad mix of internal and external customers. Core capabilities include: Optical, optoelectronic and electronic modeling and simulation. Epitaxial design, materials growth (MOCVD/MBE) and materials characterization. Design, microfabrication and testing of III-V photonic devices, RF devices and photonic integrated circuits. Heterogeneous microsystem integration and prototyping. High-speed and harsh-environment optoelectronics, and device reliability.

This posting will be open for Application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

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.