Research Scientist

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Job Summary

This research staff position will be responsible for designing, constructing, and evaluating a new quantum-enhanced sensing platform for the study of wall-bounded flows and their transition to turbulence. The responsibilities will also include design, construction, and evaluation of a new device to control canonical plane Couette, plane Poiseuille, and Hagen-Poiseuille flows at low, transitional, and high Reynolds numbers. Finally, the responsibilities will include development of new theoretical and computational tools to evaluate the linear and non-linear stability of canonical and non-canonical viscous shear flows.

Essential Job Duties

• Apparatus design.
• Equipment fabrication.
• Measurement and diagnostics.
• Theoretical and computational analysis.
• Project management.
• Student supervision.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum educational requirements include a Ph.D. with a research focus in turbulence and development of related diagnostic tools.
• Minimum experience must include at least 5 years post-Ph.D. in design and fabrication of hardware for experimental fluid mechanics, as well as experience designing and fabricating quantum-enhanced measurement techniques using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond.

Preferred Qualifications

• Desirable qualifications include previous experience working with live animals; research mentorship of undergraduate and graduate students; and experience in translation of lab-scale technology for commercialization.

Required Documents

• CV
• Cover Letter