We are seeking a UCF student interested in a part-time position (20 hrs/week) as a junior electronics engineer. Typical tasks involve the construction, testing and repair of pulsed electronic control and high voltage (< 10kV) power equipment, the design and fabrication of specialized electronic circuits. Applicants must have previous relevant experience in electronics design and construction and the ability to . This is not a work-experience position. This engineer will participate with highly motivated research teams, in a dedicated Electronics Laboratory, with the expectation of research experience and publications. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Driver’s license and personal vehicle are necessary. Work time can be flexible with course schedule.
We have an opening for an experimental scientist to work on a joint project between LPL/UCF and Dr Brian Cooper of the University of Florida. The successful candidate’s principal responsibility would to work on project assessing the sensory consequences of pulsed EM fields on simple biological organisms. This is a important topic at present, both in fundamental microbiology and neuroscience, but also has practical applications in non-lethal defense technologies. The successful candidate will work on projects in this area in laboratories at UCF and at UF in Gainesville, located approximately 2 hours driving away. There will also be opportunities to work on other BioPhotonics projects currently underway in LPL, including high resolution x-ray microscopy of in-vivo organisms (single cells, bacteria, viruses, etc), and a project on micro-ablation studies of tissue with femtosecond laser pulses. Candidates should hold an advanced degree, and the capacity to mentor and motivate students in an intense, active research environment. This is a one year position, with the possibility for an extension for a second year. Salary would be in the range of $45,000.
LPL is seeking candidates to play an exciting role in the rapidly-evolving field of femtosecond laser materials processing. Our program is currently centered on investigations of materials modification by intense ultra-short pulse laser radiation interaction with glasses, polymers and semiconductors. We have a strong program in waveguide writing in these materials with femtosecond lasers, and are pursuing other applications including three-dimensional structuring and surface modification of materials. Familiarity with femtosecond laser technology is essential. Candidates should also have experience in several of the following areas, laser interaction with materials, structural properties of glasses, polymers and/or semiconductors, Raman spectroscopy, electronic properties of semiconductors, precision microscopy and materials characterization instrumentation. The successful candidate will play a prominent role in a small team of scientists, graduate and undergraduate students with the opportunity to participate in and/or lead a number of different studies. Strong communication and teamwork skills are essential. We have strong collaborative partnerships with other institutes in the US and Europe, and the person selected will play in these programs. Candidates should hold an advanced degree, and the capacity to mentor and motivate students in an intense, active research environment. This one year position, with the possibility for an extension for a second year will be tenable in the early part of 2005. Salary would be in the range of $45,000.
We seek an experimental scientist with experience in high intensity, femtosecond laser-plasma interactions, and/or femtosecond laser beam propagation through the atmosphere to work on an exciting new project involving our ultra-high intensity TW laser. Familiarity with femtosecond laser techniques would be expected and experience with optical, fast particle or x-ray diagnostic techniques would be an advantage. The successful candidate will play a prominent role in a small team of scientists, graduate and undergraduate students with the opportunity to participate in and/or lead a number of different projects. Candidates should hold an advanced degree, and the capacity to mentor and motivate students in an intense, active research environment. This is a one year position, extendable for at least a second year. Salary would be in the range of $45,000. This position is open immediately.
We have an immediate opening for an experimental/theoretical scientist in the general area of laser plasma EUV/X-ray sources. Laser-plasma EUV sources are now expected to be used in the next generation of lithographic tools for computer chip fabrication due to be implemented at the end of this decade. LPL is one of the principal research groups in this field. The ideal candidate would have experience with both the theory of radiation transport and a knowledge of spectroscopic techniques in the soft x-ray/EUV region. The successful candidate will play a prominent role in a small team of scientists, graduate and undergraduate students with the opportunity to participate in and/or lead a number of different studies of x-ray/EUV sources. Candidates should hold an advanced degree, and the capacity to mentor and motivate students in an intense, active research environment. This is a one year position, with the possibility for an extension for a second year. Salary would be in the range of $45,000.
LPL has several projects based on high power and high intensity fs lasers. We are in the early stages of implementing a new high intensity, high power, multi-TW laser system. We seek an experimental scientist or engineer with experience in high intensity, femtosecond lasers to lead this effort. Several other laser development programs are ongoing within the laboratory, and the successful candidate will be encouraged to participate in these too. Candidates should hold an advanced degree, and the capacity to mentor and motivate students in an intense, active research environment. This is a one year position, extendable for at least a second year. Salary would be in the range of $45,000. This position is open immediately.
There is an opening in LPL for a graduate optics engineer/scientist, to join our EUV team as a design, development and instrumentation engineer/scientist. Candidates with experience in precision optics and opto-mechanical design and testing, particularly with x-ray or EUV optics, and with vacuum technology experience should apply. This person will implement complex soft x-ray and EUV optical systems to our laser-plasma sources for lithography and microscopy investigations. Good communication and teamwork skills are essential. The successful candidate will play a prominent role in a small team of scientists, graduate and undergraduate students with the opportunity to participate in and/or lead a number of different studies involving x-ray/EUV optics and sources. The position will be open at the beginning of 2005. Conditions of employment will be commensurate with education and experience.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and names of three references to: Professor Martin Richardson, Northrop-Grumman Professor of X-ray Photonics, mcr@creol.ucf.edu
UCF is an affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. As an agency of the State of Florida, UCF makes all application materials, including transcripts, available for public review upon request.