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

You will be part of a program to develop new nanophotonic and optomechanical devices for precision measurement in positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) applications. Representative device technologies including microresonator optical parametric oscillators, microresonator frequency combs, and optomechanical resonators. You will provide design analysis on these devices to maximize performance, develop theoretical models of these devices that will be used to better understand their underlying physics, and will characterize these devices using optical spectral analysis and phase and frequency noise measurements, among other laser readout methods. You will be expected to interact with NIST staff and external stakeholders and develop external collaborations with leading scientists to identify the best methods for achieving the highest performance. You will be expected to help build and maintain a world-class experimental facility for PNT measurements and to disseminate the results of this work through publications and conference presentations.

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-9 (ZP-II at NIST) level. Specialized Experience is defined as: working on nonlinear nanophotonics devices including microresonator optical parametric oscillators and microresonator frequency combs. Applicant should have at least 1 year of specialized experience in optical frequency metrology, including frequency noise characterization and optical frequency division. 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 Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Kristine Noza
• Email: [email protected]