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Physics Postdoctoral Scholar
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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab's (LBNL) Accelerator Technology and Applied Physics (ATAP) Division has an opening for a Physics Postdoctoral Scholar to join the quantum bit control team.
The Berkeley Accelerator Controls and Instrumentation (BACI) Center has a long and successful history in developing control systems for advanced applied physics projects, including precision digital control systems for particle accelerators, fiber-based laser combination technology development and quantum computing. We are currently developing a new FPGA-based quantum bit control system called QubiC. We have recently demonstrated the essential functionality of the system on superconducting qubits with a prototype system consisting of RF and analog front-end circuits, digital signal processing and application programming interface.
In this exciting role, you will conduct R&D within the BACI Center as a key member to advance the control and instrumentation for quantum computing. You will participate in the rapidly evolving quantum computing technologies by developing the FPGA-based control systems for a wide range of advanced qubit technologies, which may include the superconducting circuits, the neutral atoms, and the trapped ions platforms. You will participate and contribute to multiple projects and programs at LBNL, including the QuantISED Program, the Advanced Quantum Testbed (AQT) project and the Quantum System Accelerator (QSA) center.
Participate and improve the current on-going development of the quantum bit control system (QubiC).
Design and implement modules in hardware, FPGA gateware and software needed to improve the system performance and scalability.
Explore new technologies for quantum bit control system.
Implement quantum characterization verification and validation (QCVV) with the QubiC system.
Work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment.
Document and communicate research progress in reports and oral presentations may require participate in meetings, workshops, reviews, conferences, and publish in refereed journals.
What is Required:
Ph.D. degree in physics, applied physics, electronic engineering, or a related field within the last 3 years.
R&D experience in one or more of the following technologies:
The RF and electronics hardware design, including the printed circuit board design and testing and chassis to system design.
The FPGA gateware design and verification on different FPGA chips.
The low-level software driver and API development.
Demonstrated programming capability and experience in Python or Verilog, SystemVerilog.
Experience in system diagnostic with lab testing equipment, such as oscilloscope, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, chip scope etc.
Excellent oral and written communications.
Be able to work productively and independently, and be as a team member to work collaboratively.
Desired Qualifications:
Experience with open-source CAD programs e.g. KiCAD and FreeCAD.
Familiar with Xilinx FPGA development tool chain and the open source simulation & verification (e.g. Verilator).
Programing in a Linux environment.
Knowledge of quantum information science and experimental and analytical experience.
Knowledge of machine learning.
Knowledge of integrated optics.
This is a full-time 1 year, postdoctoral appointment with the possibility of renewal based upon satisfactory job performance, continuing availability of funds and ongoing operational needs. You must have less than 4 years of paid postdoctoral experience. Salary for Postdoctoral positions depends on years of experience post-degree.
This position is represented by a union for collective bargaining purposes.
Salary will be predetermined based on postdoctoral step rates.
This position may be subject to a background check. Any convictions will be evaluated to determine if they directly relate to the responsibilities and requirements of the position. Having a conviction history will not automatically disqualify an applicant from being considered for employment.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values at Berkeley Lab. Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. Successful candidates for our faculty positions will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to advancing equity and inclusion.
Work will be primarily performed at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA.
Equal Employment Opportunity: Berkeley Lab is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. Berkeley Lab is in compliance with the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision under 41 CFR 60-1.4. Click here to view the poster and supplement: "Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law."
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans, and other underrepresented groups presently considering scientific research careers.
About Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
In the world of science, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is synonymous with excellence. Thirteen scientists associated with Berkeley Lab have won the Nobel Prize. Fifty-seven Lab scientists are members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest honors for a scientist in the United States. Thirteen of our scientists have won the National Medal of Science, our nation's highest award for lifetime achievement in fields of scientific research. Eighteen of our engineers have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and three of our scientists have been elected into the Institute of Medicine. In addition, Berkeley Lab has trained thousands of university science and engineering students who are advancing technological innovations across the nation and around the world. Berkeley Lab is a member of the national laboratory system supported by the U.S. Department of Energy through its Office of Science. It is managed by the University of California (UC) and is charged with conducting unclassified research across a wide range of scientific disciplines. Located on a 200-acre site in the hills above the UC Berkeley campus that offers spectacular... views of the San Francisco Bay, Berkeley Lab employs approximately 4,200 scientists, engineers, support staff and students. Its budget for 2011 is $735 million, with an additional $101 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, for a total of $836 million. A recent study estimates the Laboratory's overall economic impact through direct, indirect and induced spending on the nine counties that make up the San Francisco Bay Area to be nearly $700 million annually. The Lab was also responsible for creating 5,600 jobs locally and 12,000 nationally. The overall economic impact on the national economy is estimated at $1.6 billion a year. Technologies developed at Berkeley Lab have generated billions of dollars in revenues, and thousands of jobs. Savings as a result of Berkeley Lab developments in lighting and windows, and other energy-efficient technologies, have also been in the billions of dollars. Berkeley Lab was founded in 1931 by Ernest Orlando Lawrence, a UC Berkeley physicist who won the 1939 Nobel Prize in physics for his invention of the cyclotron, a circular particle accelerator that opened the door to high-energy physics. It was Lawrence's belief that scientific research is best done through teams of individuals with different fields of expertise, working together. His teamwork concept is a Berkeley Lab legacy that continues today.
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