Postdoctoral Fellow, Dynamic Materials & High-Pressure

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee to advance dynamic material properties research on the Z facility and related programs. Responsibilities include developing new capabilities, diagnostics, and collaborating with national and international scientists on high-pressure physics projects.

The role emphasizes leading researchers, PI responsibilities, and onsite work at Sandia's research facilities while contributing to state-of-the-art experiments and publications.

Qualifications

• PhD in physical sciences, engineering, material science or a closely related field and a bachelor’s in STEM.
• Strong publication record in relevant areas.

Responsibilities

• Apply existing capabilities, develop new capabilities, and create field diagnostics.
• Define experiments with customers to meet scientific objectives.
• Collaborate with internal and external scientists on dynamic material properties research.
• Lead teams and act as principal investigator on cutting-edge high-pressure physics projects.
• Must be able to work onsite due to job nature.

Skills

Shock physics

High energy density physics

High pressure physics

High speed diagnostics

Geophysics

Material science

Matlab

Education

PhD in physical sciences or closely related field

Bachelor's in STEM

Tools

Matlab

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee to advance dynamic material properties research on the Z facility and related programs. Responsibilities include developing new capabilities, diagnostics, and collaborating with national and international scientists on high-pressure physics projects.

The role emphasizes leading researchers, PI responsibilities, and onsite work at Sandia's research facilities while contributing to state-of-the-art experiments and publications.