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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.
About 120 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, 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.
| Position Title | Research Group | PREP Institution | Location | Posting Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semiconductor optical quantum dots (QDs) and acoustic resonators for quantum information | Quantum Nanophotonics Group | CUBoulder | Boulder, CO | 3/2/26 |
| Advanced Scanning SQUID Metrology for Superconducting Electronics | Spin Electronics Group | CUBoulder | Boulder, CO | 3/2/26 |
| Quantitative Nanostructure Characterization | Quantitative Nanostructure Characterization Group | CUBoulder | Boulder, CO | 3/5/26 |
| Superconducting Electronics and Quantum-Enabled Metrology | Quantum Nanophotonics Group | Univ. of Maryland | Boulder, CO | 3/5/26 |
| Photonic integrated circuit development | Quantum Nanophotonics and Faint Photonics Groups | CUBoulder | Boulder, CO | 3/6/26 |
| High speed metrology for magnetoelectronic devices and models: Research Associate | Spin Electronics Group | CUBoulder | Boulder, CO | 3/11/26 |
There are frequently new opportunities offered as part of these NIST programs: