Postdoctoral Appointee - Advanced Electronic and Optoelectronic Materials - Onsite

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Are you interested in opportunities to expand the existing knowledge of advanced electronic and optoelectronic semiconductor materials? Our team is seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee to conduct innovative research in advanced semiconductor materials that have applications in electronic and optoelectronic devices. You will be creating and experimentally validating these advanced materials to improve their performance and reliability.

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

• Synthesize novel electronic, magnetic, and/or optical thin films
• Perform structural, optical, chemical, magnetic, thermal, and electronic characterizations
• Publish research results in journal articles and present at professional conferences

Due to the nature of the work the selected applicant must be able to work onsite in Albuquerque, New Mexico Relocation will be provided for those that qualify.

• Possess, or pursuing, a PhD in physics, chemistry, materials science, electrical engineering, or a similar field, PhD must be conferred within five years prior to employment
• Experience with high vacuum (HV) or ultra-high vacuum (UHV) systems
• Proven record of research contributions, as demonstrated by publications in peer-reviewed journals and/or presentations at scientific conferences
• Able to acquire and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

• Ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with scientists from various disciplines
• Ambition and initiative
• Experience with physical vapor deposition techniques, including sputtering, pulsed laser deposition (PLD), and electron beam (e-beam) evaporation
• Experience with thin film characterization techniques including x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), optical spectroscopies, electrical and/or thermal conductivity measurements, Seebeck measurements, etc.
• Experience synthesizing, fabricating, or characterizing granular metals, scintillators, inductors, power-electronics, thermoelectrics, electromagnetic shielding, radiation detectors/shielding, or radio-voltaics
• Strong publication and presentation record

The Advanced Electronic and Optoelectronic Materials Department, 1876, is responsible for the research, development, and application of physical and chemical sciences to materials technologies critical to Sandia's missions. Our work is currently along five thrusts: (1) density functional theory (DFT) calculations to study defects in semiconductors, (2) advancing state-of-the-art growth of semiconductor epitaxial material for device applications by Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) and related growth technologies, (3) structural, electronic, and optical characterization of semiconductor and dielectric materials and interfaces, (4) growth, processing, and characterization of nanostructures such as semiconductor quantum dots, quantum wires, and 3D structures including photonic lattices, and (5) film deposition and characterization of metals and dielectrics. We support a large variety of compound semiconductor materials science and device development projects. We have an extensive network of partners inside and outside of Sandia.

The Department closely partners with other organizations, including the Semiconductor Material and Device Sciences Department 1873, the Advanced Thin Films and Processing Department 1875, other departments in Centers 1800 and 5200, and university and industry collaborators throughout the world. The Department makes use of state-of-the-art growth and microfabrication facilities associated with MESA (Sandia's Microsystems Engineering, Science, and Applications complex); scientific facilities at CINT (the joint Sandia / Los Alamos Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies); and staff laboratories with specialized characterization techniques.

Join us and work towards your goals while making a difference!

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.

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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.