CareerPlan

Postdoctoral Appointee - Ultrafast Microscale Photonics for X-ray Optics

Lemont, IL USAFull-time$73k2026-06-25 → 2026-11-10
Based in United States

Core

Designing, simulating, testing, and characterizing ultrafast microscale photonics and MEMS devices for X-ray optics at synchrotron radiation facilities.

Role type

Postdoctoral researcher in ultrafast microscale photonics and MEMS

Builds

MEMS-based oscillators and X-ray pulse manipulation devices for synchrotron facilities

Domain

Physics / X-ray Optics / MEMS / Synchrotron Radiation

Required skills

MEMS device design and simulation, X-ray optics knowledge, feedback and control strategy development, time-resolved X-ray experimentation, RF test instrumentation, signal processing, software simulation of MEMS structures

Preferred skills

X-ray scattering experience

Technologies

MEMS, RF signals, X-ray optics, simulation software

Responsibilities

Designing and simulating MEMS devices, Testing and characterizing device performance, Developing feedback and control strategies for precise MEMS operation, Designing and carrying out time-resolved X-ray experiments using MEMS-based X-ray optics

Seniority

Postdoctoral, independent researcher