About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
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What Your Job Will Be Like:

Are you passionate about research related to materials science? If so, you may want to consider applying to join Sandia¿s Materials Characterization and Performance department as a Postdoctoral Appointee. In this role, you will have the opportunity to interact and collaborate with other inter-disciplinary research groups within Sandia National Labs to tackle unusual research problems related to three-dimensional materials science.

Our team has an immediate opportunity for a postdoctoral appointee focused on three-dimensional materials science. Job responsibilities include customizing, operating, and analyzing data output from a variety of automated tools, including XCT, SEM-based serial sectioning, and mechanical serial sectioning, as well as crafting and applying various imaging and data processing techniques to in situ data streams for advanced manufacturing processes. Postdoctoral appointee will also combine materials processing knowledge to provide recommendations for additional or complementary testing to provide improved understanding of material processing-structure-property relations. Research materials include but are not limited to metals, ceramics, composites and multi-material components. Two secondary emphasis areas for the post-doctoral appointment will be to interface directly with robotic controls hardware to update collection software and upgrade characterization capabilities, as well as to improve failure prediction models through the use of high fidelity 3D datasets.

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

• Customize, operate, and analyze data output from a custom automated mechanical serial-sectioning system
• Apply various image and data processing techniques to produce quantitative measures of microstructure, defects and/or other features of interest
• Combine materials processing knowledge to provide recommendations for additional and/or complementary characterization techniques to provide clearer understanding of microstructural arrangements
• Prepare presentations or written documentation to summarize work and communicate results to internal customers
• Externally publish in high-impact journals and present at conferences

Due to the nature of the work the selected applicant must be able to work onsite in Albuquerque, New Mexico Relocation will be provided for those that qualify.

Qualifications We Require:

• You have, or are pursuing, a PhD in Materials Science & Engineering or related technical discipline and possess a bachelor's in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) and PhD must be conferred within five years prior to employment
• Experience in materials characterization, including image analysis and signal processing
• Experience with electron imaging and diffraction methods
• Programming experience for quantitative analysis of large format datasets, not language-specific
• Able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Experience with Materials Science and Engineering, metallurgy, and additive manufacturing
• Strong technical writing skills and the ability to communicate findings both verbally and visually
• Experience in creation, utilization, or integration of hardware APIs
• Demonstrated understanding of quantitative crystallographic analysis
• Evidence of the ability to collaborate across technical disciplines and cultivate working relationships
• Background in data science methods, including experience with Python, R, or similar analysis tools

About Our Team:

The Materials Characterization & Performance Department (1869) supports Sandia by developing and applying a breadth of analytical techniques to assess the structure, composition, and properties of materials. We serve our customers by helping them understand material behavior and performance, develop improved materials for specific components and applications, as well as develop lifetime performance predictions for materials. By applying a breadth of techniques, including spectroscopic and diffraction techniques, light and electron microscopy, metallography, surface analysis, chemical analysis, and contaminant analysis, we provide materials understanding and solutions for: engineering components and structures, failure analysis of all types of materials, and research projects across a wide customer base. We serve the entire corporation in their material analysis needs and frequently other federal agencies and industry. We also act as a gateway to materials characterization capabilities within and outside of Sandia. We take pride in owning, maintaining, and utilizing to the fullest extent the best instrumentation available anywhere.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Position Information:

This postdoctoral position is a temporary position for up to one year, which may be renewed at Sandia's discretion up to five additional years. The PhD must have been conferred within five years prior to employment.

Individuals in postdoctoral positions may bid on regular Sandia positions as internal candidates, and in some cases may be converted to regular career positions during their term if warranted by ongoing operational needs, continuing availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance.

Job ID: 695724

Job Family: 92

Regular/Temporary Position: T

Full/Part-Time Status: F