NIST works with industry and science to advance innovation and improve quality of life. We're looking for a Physicist to join our team! This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

Duties

The successful candidate will develop novel metrology tools to assess high temperature power electronics performance and reliability. This includes efforts to: separate the performance and reliability contributions of the both the solid-state device as well as the associated packaging develop physical models to describe and predict device and package operation and long-term degradation provide technical leadership in the electrical and analytical characterization of packaged power electronics subject to extreme temperature cycling disseminate research results through open literature publication, technical talks at conferences, and patents develop internal and industrial and university collaborations to increase impact of research results.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: A. Degree: physics; or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics. OR B. Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In either A or B above, the courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition, courses in any two of the following: electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound. In addition to the basic requirements, applicants must also have 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 (ZP-III at NIST) level. Specialized Experience is defined as experience in the characterization of defect levels in candidate wide- and ultrawide-bandgap power electronics; experience in advanced in-situ scanning probe microscopy techniques for studies of charge transport in electrically active devices; experience in the design and fabrication of high temperature device and package characterization equipment; and experience in simulations of micro- and nano-scale thermal transport in solid-state devices. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done. We will credit all qualifying volunteer experience in your application. The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicant Reconsideration

Education

This position has an education requirement. Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. However, an official copy will be required prior to a final offer of employment.

Education completed outside of the U.S. must be evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with a course by course listing) is required with your application.

Contacts

• Address Nanoscale Device Characterization Division 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Asteway Gattew
• Email: [email protected]