Postdoctoral Researcher in FASER

Physics World; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The FASER Group at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for a postdoctoral research position focused on developing a new plastic scintillator and SiPM-based neutrino detector for FASER Run 4 and HL-LHC.

The successful candidate will lead construction, integration of electronics, detector testing, and data analysis, with travel to CERN as needed; experience with detector hardware and AI/ML software is preferred.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in experimental particle physics required.
• Experience with detector hardware and data analysis.
• Familiarity with detector simulations and techno-hardware integration preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead construction and assembly of the FASER detector prototype.
• Integrate detector electronics and readout systems.
• Perform detector testing, commissioning and optimization.
• Contribute to AI/ML software development and data analysis.

Skills

Detector hardware

Software/data analysis

AI/ML programming

Education

Ph.D. in experimental particle physics

Job description

Postdoctoral Researcher in FASER

The FASER Group at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) invites applications for a postdoctoral research position.

FASER (ForwArd Search ExpeRiment) is an experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) designed to search for new light and weakly interacting particles and to study high-energy neutrinos produced in LHC collisions. FASER has opened a new window into collider neutrino physics through the first observations and studies of neutrinos produced at a particle collider. Looking toward LHC Run 4 and the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), the FASER Collaboration is developing an upgraded electronic neutrino detector to cope with the substantially higher luminosity and particle rates. UCI is leading the development of a highly-segmented plastic scintillator detector with SiPM readout for the FASER neutrino detector upgrade, designed to provide electronic tracking and calorimetric measurements of neutrino interactions.

The successful candidate will play a leading role in the R&D and construction of a new plastic scintillator-and SiPM-based neutrino detector for the FASER experiment in preparation for LHC Run 4 and the HL-LHC era. The position will also involve related work in detector simulation, AI/ML software development, and data analysis within the FASER experiment.

Responsibilities will include leading the construction and assembly of FASER’s new plastic scintillator-and SiPM-based neutrino detector, integrating the detector electronics and readout systems, and contributing to detector testing, commissioning, and optimization. Experience with plastic scintillator-and SiPM-based detector systems is preferred.

UCI’s FASER group has played a leading role in the conception and development of FASER and its collider neutrino program and the UCI group is actively involved in developing next-generation neutrino detector technologies for FASER Run 4 and the HL-LHC era.

We seek candidates with a Ph.D. in experimental particle physics and demonstrated expertise in both detector hardware and software/data analysis.

The position requires the ability to travel to CERN as needed.

For general information about this position, please contact Professors Jianming Bian, [e-mail] and Jonathan Feng, [e-mail].

We are reviewing applications as they are received. The position will remain open until it is filled.