Postdoctoral Researcher – Superconducting Detector Development and CMB Instrumentation
Core
Design, fabricate, characterize, integrate, and deploy superconducting detectors (TES bolometers) for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) measurements and other quantum sensing applications.
Role type
Postdoctoral Researcher (Superconducting Detector Development)
Builds
Focal plane arrays for the South Pole Telescope and novel superconducting device concepts
Domain
High Energy Physics / Quantum Sensing / Cryogenics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
superconducting device development, low-temperature cryogenic measurement, nanofabrication, thin-film materials development, device modeling
Preferred skills
Transition-edge sensors (TES), kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs), cleanroom microfabrication, microwave resonator design, RF measurement techniques
Technologies
dilution refrigerators, adiabatic demagnetization refrigerators, magnetron sputtering, electron-beam lithography, optical lithography, dry and wet etching
Responsibilities
Design and fabricate microstrip-coupled TES devices, characterize devices at millikelvin temperatures, integrate detectors into focal plane arrays, explore applications in dark matter and neutrino detection
Seniority
Postdoctoral, hands-on IC
