Experimental Physicist – Quantum Energy Storage R&D

Pronoia

Torrance (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
Unlimited PTO
Relocation assistance
Professional development stipend
Lab access

Job summary

Pronoia is seeking an Experimental Physicist to design, build, and run experiments validating our room-temperature macroscopic quantum energy storage claims. You will stand up measurement rigs, characterize materials and cells under real conditions, and produce ground-truth data that informs simulations and verification.

Based onsite in Torrance, CA, you will work closely with computational and theory teams in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment, applying rigorous measurement and automation to

Qualifications

  • A physics PhD with a track record of building and running real apparatus (vacuum systems, cryogenics, optics, electronics, or data acquisition).
  • Rigorous approach to measurement and error analysis.
  • Builder-experimentalist who can fabricate the rig, not only interpret others’ data.
  • Comfort being the empirical check on bold claims.
  • Self-starter thriving in ambiguity and rapid iteration.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build experimental apparatus and measurement rigs from the ground up.
  • Characterize materials and cells, chasing down measurement artifacts rigorously.
  • Produce clean, reproducible, ground-truth data for the company.
  • Collaborate with computational and theory teams to turn predictions into tests.
  • Document methods and results so they are reproducible and trustworthy.

Skills

Experimental design
Measurement
Data analysis
Programming & automation
Independent working

Education

Physics PhD

Tools

Vacuum systems
Cryogenics
Optics
Electronics
Data acquisition
Test benches

Job description

Pronoia is seeking an Experimental Physicist to design, build, and run experiments validating our room-temperature macroscopic quantum energy storage claims. You will stand up measurement rigs, characterize materials and cells under real conditions, and produce ground-truth data that informs simulations and verification.

Based onsite in Torrance, CA, you will work closely with computational and theory teams in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment, applying rigorous measurement and automation to

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