High-Sensitivity Far-IR Detectors (Pasadena) Job at ORAU, Pasadena, CA

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  • ORAU
  • Pasadena, CA

Job Description

Organization

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Reference Code

0163-NPP-MAR26-JPL-Astrophys

How To Apply

All applications must be submitted in Zintellect. Please visit the NASA Postdoctoral Program website for application instructions and requirements: How to Apply | NASA Postdoctoral Program (orau.org).

A complete application includes:

  • Research proposal
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Official doctoral transcript documents
Application Deadline

3/1/2026 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone

Overview

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities for highlytalented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or a NASAaffiliated research institute. These onetothreeyear fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASAs missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.

Responsibilities
  • Design, fabricate, and characterize lowtemperature superconducting devices and farIR to millimeterwave instrumentation for use in farinfrared detectors.
  • Use a dilutioncooled sub100mK cryostat to evaluate devices built in the JPL micro devices lab (MDL).
  • Work with transitionedgesensed (TES) bolometers, kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs), and quantum capacitance detectors (QCDs); focus on bolometers in preparation for the SPICA mission.
  • Implement frequencydomain readout techniques developed by U.S. and international collaborators.
  • Travel and interface with scientists and engineers supporting detector system demonstration and collaborate on groundbased and balloonborne instruments targeting the early Universe (e.g., SuperSpec, TIME, TIM).
Qualifications
  • Doctoral degree in physics, engineering, or related field.
  • Handson experience in lowtemperature superconducting devices and farIR to millimeterwave instrumentation.
  • Experience with cryogenic measurement techniques and detector fabrication.
  • Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment.
Location

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California

Field of Science

Astrophysics

Advisors

Matt Bradford matt.bradford@jpl.nasa.gov 8187268622

Eligibility
  • U.S. Citizens
  • U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR)
  • Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J1 visa status
  • Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with a valid EAD card and pending I485 or I589 forms
Questions

Please email npp@orau.org.

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Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time,

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