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Postdoctoral Appointee in Explosive Technology Maturation and Advanced Programming Sandia National Laboratories in United States
Degree Level
Postdoc
Field of study
Chemistry
Funding
Available
Country
United States
University
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Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee for research in explosive technology maturation and advanced programming in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The work is part of an explosives technology group focused on future technologies and manufacturing approaches for actuators, igniters, timers, detonators, and isolators.
The postdoctoral researcher will investigate how energetic materials respond to thermal and mechanical damage. One research direction examines slow thermal heating, thermal runaway, ignition, reaction, and transition to detonation. Activities include designing and conducting experiments, analyzing experimental data, measuring evolving thermal damage, and developing physics-based models that explain pre-runaway and runaway behavior.
A second direction addresses the dynamic response of energetic materials under mechanical loading. This includes conducting low-strain-rate damage experiments, developing methods to measure evolving material damage, and creating theories and models that describe material changes under dynamic loads.
The researcher will work with scientists, engineers, modelers, and a laboratory technologist. The research is expected to contribute to presentations and publications, with some travel for presenting results. The environment combines laboratory experimentation, energetic-material characterization, reactive-process analysis, and predictive computational modeling within a national-security research laboratory.
Funding details
Available
What's required
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Physics, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Materials Science, or a related field, completed within the last five years or expected soon. Laboratory operations experience is required, along with the ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. Desired qualifications include experience modeling chemical or physical reactive processes; laboratory safety experience; knowledge of dynamic or reactive organic and/or inorganic mechanisms and kinetics; computer proficiency with standard office software; strong verbal and written communication; independent and collaborative teamwork; project development and customer interaction experience; and willingness to work with energetic materials such as explosives, propellants, and pyrotechnics.
How to apply
Apply through the Sandia National Laboratories applicant portal using Job ID 699462. The position requires onsite work in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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