Physicist jobs in District of Columbia

Your Impact:

Jacobs is seeking an experimental quantum physicist or engineer to join our dynamic team supporting our customer in the national capital region. In this position you’ll be a part of a team carrying out fundamental and applied quantum optics research addressing unique issues that require creative solutions.

U.S. citizenship is required and the ability to obtain and/or maintain a secret level security clearance.

Here’s what you’ll need:

Required:

Ability to obtain and/or maintain a secret level security clearance.

Ph.D. and demonstrated expertise in experimental or applied physics, optics or other closely related fields.

Position requires strong verbal and written communications skills. 

Position requires 10% travel per year.

Preferred:

Experience in quantum sensors and quantum clocks

Experience with atom interferometry

Demonstrated skills such as creative or independent problem solving

Experience with atomic cooling and trapping techniques

Experience with inertial sensing

Experience with entanglement, spin squeezing or active supperradiant emission

Experience with readout based on quantum nondemolition measurement

Experience with interrogation of nonclassical optical fields

Experience building custom optical characterization experiment and/or equipment.

Familiarity with common computer languages, e.g. Matlab, Comsol, Python , etc.

Essential Functions

Must be able to lift and move items between 25-50lbs

Requires standing in optical laboratory and outdoor environments for extended

periods of time (75%). Requires sitting at a computer terminal for long periods of

time (25%).

Work Environment:

Office, laboratory and outdoor environments. Requires ability to interact

professionally with co-workers and all levels of management (100%).

Equipment & Machines:

Requires ability to operate high power and energy systems, optical characterization

equipment, personal computer and other general office equipment (100%)

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