Careers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell

General Summary of Position:

This being a promotional opportunity, only current UML Employees within the same Bargaining unit are eligible to apply for this position.

The full time Research Scientist will work closely with faculty, research staff, post-docs, graduate students, and undergraduate students to carry out new and on-going experimental research for the PICTURE-D exoplanetary imaging balloon mission in the areas of wavefront control, optical metrology, coronagraph testbed operation and the development of new coronagraph technologies for future space missions. This work will be performed under the direction of the principal investigator and is contingent upon funding availability.

Minimum Qualifications (Required):

Education:

• Must have a Ph.D. in Physics, Astronomy, or related field

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years after Ph.D. study in developing space or balloon instrumentation, coronagraph testbed research, and/or exoplanetary astronomy
• Optical laboratory experience required

Additional Considerations:

• Highly desirable: High publication rate, 1-2 first author papers per year plus one conference proceeding.
• Experience with optical propagation simulations, optical design software, adaptive optics and wavefront sensing and control.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

This being a promotional opportunity, only current UML Employees within the same Bargaining unit are eligible to apply for this position.

This is a Grants & Contracts (MTA/GRACE) bargaining unit position, Grade P16.

This position is contingent upon funding.

Please include a resume and cover letter with your application.  Names and contact information of three references will be required during the application process.