Job Description

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is seeking outstanding applicants for a postdoctoral position to participate in software and hardware developments for a detector at the International Linear Collider (ILC). Our research interests are in rare Higgs signatures such as invisible Higgs decays and double Higgs production. We are starting a program to develop new reconstruction algorithms that exploit the high granularity of the Linear Collider Detector concepts. These developments will take advantage of accelerators like those available in the MIC architecture or on GPGPUs.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to interact with computer scientists and data scientists at the laboratory and will have access to modern computing hardware to support the algorithm developments and the physics studies. Future work of the group is expected to also include developments of silicon pixel detectors. Experience in this area is a plus, but not a requirement.

We are looking for self-motivated candidates with a strong background in computational methods, physics interests that are well aligned with ours, and the potential to lead a research program that draws on the diverse expertise available at the lab. Results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at major international conferences.

Other Members of the group hold leading roles in the nEXO, Belle II, Project 8, ADMX, SuperCDMS and MiniCLEAN collaborations. Synergistic activities with these or other PNNL groups engaged in national security, detector development and other Laboratory priorities are explicitly encouraged.

The principal responsibilities of the chosen researcher are to work constructively with colleagues in the international research community. The post-doctoral fellow will be mentored by one of the senior researchers within the RDNS group. It is expected that the successful candidate will share responsibilities for the mentoring of summer students.

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Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must have received a PhD within the past five years (60 months) or within the next 8 months from an accredited college or university.

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Preferred Qualifications

• Technical Expertise: Demonstrated expertise in detector reconstruction. Experience in High Energy Physics simulation studies and statistical data analysis. Interest in ILC physics, detector development and in distributed computing.

• Level of Responsibility: Personal contributor to algorithm developments, experimental analysis, and publication of results.

• Breadth of Relevant Technical Knowledge: Experimental particle physics, computational methods.

• Minimum Education/Experience: Ph.D. in nuclear or particle physics

The principal responsibilities of the chosen researcher are to work constructively with colleagues in the international research community. The post-doctoral fellow will be mentored by one of the senior researchers within the RDNS group. It is expected that the successful candidate will share responsibilities for the mentoring of summer students.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

PNNL is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that is committed to hiring a diverse, talented workforce. EOE Disability/Vet/M/F/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity. Staff at PNNL must be able to demonstrate the legal right to work in the United States.