Postdoctoral Opportunity: Quantitative Electron Emission—Experimental R&D

Job Duties

• Processing samples through UHV cleaning procedures and verifying their cleanliness with Auger electron spectroscopy;
• Performing yield measurements;
• Debugging, updating, expanding, and using our in-house LabVIEW data automation code;
• Modeling and correcting the measurement errors of our RFA;
• Estimating measurement uncertainties;
• Maintaining, calibrating, and repairing the instrument as needed.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in or related to Physics, Applied Physics, Electron Microscopy, or Materials Science;
• Demonstrated ability to carry out independent and collaborative research that exhibits skills relevant to this project;
• U.S. citizenship is preferred, as NIST is committed to a rigorous selection process that prioritizes the appointment of U.S. citizens into research positions: https://www.nist.gov/careers/associate-positions.