About us:

The Griffiss Institute (GI) is a nonprofit talent and technology accelerator for the United States Department of Defense and an international network of academic, government and industry partners. Since 2002, the GI has served the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate (AFRL/RI), the Mohawk Valley region, and the United States, empowering diverse teams with talent and technology development programs that lead the nation in technical and economic impact. Devoted to empowering teams and technologies to solve complex national challenges, the GI is proud to enable an international R&D community from its home at Innovare Advancement Center in New York’s picturesque Mohawk Valley.

Innovare Advancement Center is an open innovation hub converging world-class scientific, engineering, and entrepreneurial talent from universities, government, and industry to tackle new challenges in artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, quantum, and unmanned aerial systems. Innovare’s unique capabilities include highly specialized laboratories for experimentation in quantum communications and neuromorphic computing, 40,000 square feet of high-tech and high-speed communications-enabled collaboration spaces, an auditorium with capacity for over 250 people, and an access point to the NY UAS Test Site: a 50-mile drone corridor for advanced unmanned aircraft operations.

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Job Summary:

The postdoctoral researcher will lead experimental investigations into facets of quantum networking, including, but not limited to, network node and interconnect hardware development, quantum communication channel operation and characterization, microwave-optical transduction techniques, and hybrid quantum system development. The researcher will join a team based at AFRL that works in part with superconducting circuit measurement and design.

The position is a postdoctoral educational and professional development experience. The researcher will utilize their skillset to perform research in the field of quantum networking and publish their research in high impact journals.

Your core responsibilities will be to:

provide leadership within the quantum team at Rome NY to help define and accomplish quantum networking and computing goals. There will be opportunities to establish collaborations as well as mentor undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of universities.

Essential Functions

The postdoctoral researcher will utilize their skillset to perform research in the field of quantum networking and publish their research in high impact journals. They will also develop new capabilities for the quantum laboratories in Rome NY. The researcher is expected to develop in-field expertise, on the job, for their professional development.

Education and Experience:

The qualified candidate must have:

A Ph.D. or equivalent skills in performing research and communicating about research.

Taken graduate level coursework in quantum mechanics (consistent with most physics Ph.D. and some electrical engineering Ph.D. programs).

Desirable but not essential qualifications:

A mixture of experimental, modeling, and theory skills.

Familiarity with quantum information science.

Familiarity with any quantum platform, including but not limited to quantum optics, photonics, trapped-ion, atomic molecular optics, opto/electro-mechanical systems, and superconducting circuits.”

Eligibility: U.S. citizens and nationals from U.S. allied countries.

Certifications and Licenses: None

Language Ability:

A strong record of published talks and scientific articles.

Math Ability:

Commensurate with a Ph.D. in physics.

Reasoning Ability:

Commensurate with a Ph.D. in physics.

Computer Skills:

For experimental positions, familiarity with scientific programming for data analysis, instrument control and simulation is desirable.

Work Environment:

US citizens will work at both the Innovare Advancement Center and at the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, both in Rome NY. Non US citizens will primarily focus their efforts in the quantum labs at the Innovare Advancement Center. The Innovare Advancement Center was established by Oneida county and managed by the Griffiss Institute to provide an open research collaborative environment between industry, academia, and the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This role requires regularly traversing Innovare Advancement Center’s 150,000 square foot facility for tours, talks and events. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: commensurate with prior experience and alignment of prior experience with quantum information field. For postdoctoral associates $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Rome, NY 13441: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person