Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Scholarship: Fully-Funded
Degree: Ph.D.
Nationality: International Students
Location: USA
Application deadlines: Open until filled


Scholarship Description:

The Physics Department has an opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to participate in cold electronics development for neutrino research. In this role, you will work under the general assignment of the EDG scientific staff and have a high level of interaction with an international and multicultural scientific community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Play an essential role in the cold electronics system development for DUNE and SBN at Fermilab, ProtoDUNE at CERN and other experiments
  • Participate in FPGA related design validation, perform system evaluation, performance characterization and experiment integration tests
  • Collaborate and work with all members of the electronic detector group with broad associations with other groups in the laboratory and throughout the world
  • Document and disseminate research results through publications and conduct research presentations at meetings and conferences

Available Subjects:

  • High energy or nuclear physics, or instrumentation for particle and nuclear physics

Eligibility criteria:

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Ph.D. in experimental high energy or nuclear physics, or instrumentation for particle and nuclear physics
  • Interest in physics at the intensity frontier
  • Manuscript writing and demonstrated track record of publication of research in high quality peer-reviewed journals and presentations
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team-based research environment
  • Understanding of system evaluation, performance characterization and experiment integration tests of detector readout and data acquisition system

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Experience in instrumentation development of scientific detector systems
  • Experience with detector development: design, construction, testing, operation
  • Experience with tracking calorimeter technology (e.g. LArTPC)
  • Solid foundation in electronics system design and measurement
  • Knowledge of mixed-signal circuits, digital signal processing, modern electronic components and EDA tools for circuit simulation
  • Experience with laboratory instrumentation, HDL based FPGA firmware design, simulation, and test
  • Familiarity with instrumentation control software development, data acquisition, and data analysis based on C/C++ and Python
  • Hands-on problem-solving skills
  • Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills 
  • Ability to work in a large international collaboration

Application Procedure:

To apply: https://jobs.bnl.gov/job/upton/postdoc-research-associate-neutrino-physics-and-cold-electronics/3437/8282013280