Postdoctoral Appointee - Advanced Detector Design and Simulation (HEP/NP)

Responsibilities

• Elicit and define requirements and performance specifications for future HEP/NP detector systems
• Perform detector concept development, system-level design, and optimization leveraging emerging computing architectures and novel device technologies
• Develop, validate, and maintain simulation and modeling frameworks for detector performance, characterization, and benchmarking
• Analyze simulation results and experimental data to guide intelligent data processing strategies and inform detector and readout device design
• Work collaboratively within a cross-disciplinary team and contribute to publications and presentations in high-impact venues
• Position Requirements
• Recent or soon-to-be-completed PhD (within the last 0-5 years) in field of High Energy Physics or Nuclear Physics, or a closely related discipline
• Demonstrated experience with HEP or NP detector design and simulation
• Proficiency in scientific software development (e.g., C/C++, Python, or similar languages)
• Ability to model Argonne's core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity, and teamwork
• Preferred Skills
• Hands-on experience with GEANT4-based simulations
• Experience with detector characterization and validation
• Familiarity with HEP/NP data processing, reconstruction, and analysis workflows
• Experience working in collaborative, multidisciplinary research environments
• Applicants should submit
• Curriculum vitae
• Brief description of research interests
• Three letters of reference should be sent to: hep_letters@anl.gov
• For questions or additional information, please contact Jinlong Zhang at zhangjl@anl.gov .
• Review of applications will begin once a complete application is received and will continue until the position is filled.
• Job Family
• Postdoctoral
• Job Profile
• Postdoctoral Appointee
• Worker Type
• Long-Term (Fixed Term)
• Time Type
• Full time
• The expected hiring range for this position is $72,879.00-$121,465.00.
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Benefits

Additional Information

The High Energy Physics Division at Argonne National Laboratory invites applications for a postdoctoral appointment focused on the design and simulation of advanced detectors for future high-energy physics (HEP) and nuclear physics (NP) experiments. The successful candidate will be a key member of a multidisciplinary co-design team integrating materials science, computing, and device engineering to address next-generation HEP and NP detector challenges. The postdoctoral appointee will collaborate closely with leading scientists across multiple divisions at Argonne.

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