- Pasadena, California, United States
- Full-time · Senior
- $124K–$170K per year
- 6+ years
Technologist III in Frequency and Timing Systems Group at JPL
Compensation
$123,864 - $170,248
Responsibilities
- Develop trapped-ion clocks, including improving light pump sources, building compact long-life vacuum cells, and identifying as well as mitigating systematic effects that limit clock performance.
- Develop, design, assemble and test both clock components and integrated clock builds in support of ultra-stable ground- and space-based frequency standards.
- Develop, design, assemble and test high Technology Readiness Level (TRL) compact and power-efficient unique low noise optical and radio frequency systems, and compact rugged metrology devices and microwave photonic oscillators.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in experimental atomic physics or closely related discipline
- Master’s degree in a related discipline
- Ph.D. in a related discipline
- Nice to have: wide-ranging hands-on experience and advanced knowledge of state-of-the-art measurement techniques and instrumentation for measuring atomic frequency standards
- Nice to have: FPGAs