Postdoctoral Appointee

About the Role

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee to join the Weaponization and Signature R&D Department at Sandia National Laboratories. This is a temporary position for up to one year, renewable at Sandia's discretion up to five additional years.

Key Responsibilities

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Plan, and execute laboratory or field experiments to measure the spectral, radiometric, and temporal signatures of sources of interest to national security.
• Model visible/infrared sources.
• Develop and field visible/infrared radiometric and spectral remote sensing systems.
• Perform data acquisition, processing and feature extraction, and develop novel detection/extraction algorithms.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• PhD in Optical Engineering, Remote Sensing, Physics or a related field.
• PhD must be conferred within five years prior to employment.
• Computer programming skills including C++, MATLAB, or Python.
• Ability to work onsite.

Qualifications We Desire

• Research experience in optical/infrared source emission, radiometry, data analysis, and image processing.
• Experience with multi-spectral or hyperspectral data exploitation.
• Ability to obtain DOE SCI clearance.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Passion to propose new research and invent new remote sensing technologies.
• Ability to prioritize and balance competing activities.

Security Requirements

• Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review.