Job Description

About Sandia:

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 vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

The Multiscale Fabrication Science & Technology Development Department, 5229, is seeking a passionate and motivated Postdoctoral Appointee to assist in fundamental science projects where atomically precise placement of donors in silicon is used to discover new semiclassical (transistor) and quantum device concepts. The primary responsibility of this position is to drive research in a defined area of interest as part of established, diverse teams of physicists, engineers, and chemists.

Candidates will be encouraged to contribute significantly at the forefront in the following areas:

• Fabrication to discover novel physics using controlled placement of matter with atomic precision using a scanning tunneling microscope, leveraging hydrogen depassivation lithography and surface chemistry.
• Discovery of novel surface chemistry pathways using scanning tunneling microscopy that produce novel material properties (e.g. change electronic structure, 2D band-to-band tunneling).
• Characterization, microfabrication, measurement, and/or modeling of the material and devices produced.

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

• Perform operation of scanning tunneling microscope tools, we encourage hands-on involvement with device measurement, material characterization, and modeling teams.
• Advance existing projects while advancing career through peer-reviewed publications and presentations as well as internal and external interactions.
• Meet and coordinate with the teams fabricating, characterizing, and measuring the devices, as well as the theorists who model the device behavior.
• Significantly coordinate with the expertise of the team to meet deliverables, which will supplement the candidate’s area of research to contribute to the team and their success.

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

Qualifications We Require:

• PhD in electrical engineering, materials science, physics, chemistry or other relevant field conferred within five (5) years prior to employment
• Experience in experimental R&D in a laboratory
• Ability to acquire and maintain a DOE L security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Presentations at technical conferences or meetings
• Experience performing original research, as demonstrated by a record of first-author publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Experience with one or more of the following:
• Scanning tunneling microscopy (imaging and spectroscopy) at ambient or cryogenic temperatures
• Fabrication and/or epitaxial growth of nanoscale devices/materials (semiconductor, superconducting, topological insulators, etc.)
• Surface chemistry and associated characterization
• Building and/or maintaining ultrahigh vacuum systems
• Excellent teaming and communication skills

About Our Team:

The Multiscale Fabrication Science & Technology Development Department leverages a diverse capability set to provide science and technology products to enhance Sandia's national security missions. The department includes a broad set of expertise including atomic physics, quantum information S&T, micro-optics, and electrochemistry. We provide solutions including atomic physics based sensors; microfabrication at the atomic scale, atomic level experimental setups, atom and ion trapping microelectronic devices, and electrochemical materials expertise. In addition to work for internal Sandia organizations, we have an established record of successful engagement, collaboration, and delivery to both internal and external customers. The department leverages strong relationships with the Microsystems Engineering Sciences and Applications (MESA) facility, the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), and other internal and external organizations to develop advanced solid-state electronic device technology.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

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 L-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 the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

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.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

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.

Position Information:

This postdoctoral position is a temporary position for up to one year, which may be renewed at Sandia's discretion up to five additional years. The PhD must have been conferred within five years prior to employment.

Individuals in postdoctoral positions 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, continuing availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance.

Job ID: 694108

Job Family: 92

Regular/Temporary Position: T

Full/Part-Time Status: F