Employment Opportunities in the NIST Applied Physics Division

Located at the National Institute of Standards and Technology campus in Boulder, Colorado, the Applied Physics Division is an exciting place to advance a career in state-of-the-art research related to photonics, electromagnetics, and imaging metrology.

Over 160 division staff and associates from both the US and around the world benefit from the world-class facilities and collaborative atmosphere for which NIST Is famous. The Division is an agile research organization actively pursuing solutions to challenging measurement problems in areas of national interest – advanced manufacturing, climate monitoring, quantum communications, strategic computing, and quantitative medical imaging.

The Division has on-going research opportunities for students and postdoctoral research associates. Descriptions of some of the division's research opportunities are found through the links below. If you find something that interests you, don't hesitate to get in touch with the associated contact person.

• Researcher Associate position: Metrology for Integration of New Magnetic Materials
• Postdoctoral position: Magnetics-based imaging and/or sensing
• Postdoctoral position:  Superconducting single-photon detector design, fabrication and testing
• Postdoc in solid-state physics/ materials science
  The NIST Quantitative Nanostructure Characterization Group anticipates a postdoc opening for candidates with a solid-state physics or materials science background and experience coding for large scale data processing.  The position will focus on developing a data processing tool to simplify and standardize extraction of atomic scale electric field maps from 4D-STEM data.  Understanding of crystallography, electron diffraction and experience with TEM (especially 4D-STEM) are preferred.  We are looking for a mature individual capable of working both independently and in a group.  The position is expected to continue up to four years.  Interested candidates should submit a CV or resume to Alexana Roshko  (roshko [at] nist.gov (roshko[at]nist[dot]gov)).
• NIST/NRC Postdoctoral Research Associates
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
• Professional Research Experience Program (PREP)
• Pathways Program
  • Recent Graduate (General Engineer)
  • Recent Graduate (Physicist)
  • Recent Graduate (Biologist)
  • Student Trainee (Engineering)
  • Student Trainee (Physical Science)
  • Student Trainee (Biological Science)