Assistant Researcher - Department of Physics - University of California, Berkeley

About the role

The Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for an Assistant Researcher to work in the area of particle and nuclear physics. This position will be in the Weak Interaction group in the Physics Department of UC Berkeley.

Responsibilities

• Conduct independent research and development of novel instrumentation for particle and nuclear physics experiments.
• Lead the development of state-of-the-art bolometric detectors for the CUPID experiment, including design, organization, deployment, operations, simulations, and data analysis of the detectors at underground laboratories and locally at UC Berkeley.
• Develop new simulation and analysis tools for the searches for lepton number violation with CUORE, CUPID, and related experiments.
• Prepare high-profile publications and annual reports to the Department of Energy, and assist in developing funding proposals.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent international degree in Physics or Nuclear Engineering, with specialization in particle physics, nuclear physics, or instrumentation development.
• 5 years of experience since Ph.D. in particle and nuclear physics.
• Expertise with operation of the cryogenic detectors.
• Experience with the development of the analysis or simulation tools for rare event searches.
• Demonstrated leadership in producing high profile scientific results.
• Ability to mentor students.
• Working knowledge of analysis and simulation tools (ROOT, Geant4).
• Record of preparing scientific or technical publications in peer-reviewed journals.

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Pay

The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table13 B for the current salary scale(s) for this position. The current base salary range for this position is $93,400 -$122,100. "Off-scale" salaries, which yield compensation that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.

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