RESEARCH ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE/FULL SCIENTIST

Job Description :

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida invites applications for a full-time, time-limited, non-tenure track, -month faculty position at the rank of Research Assistant / Associate / Full Scientist.

The Precision Space Systems Laboratory (PSSL) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida is seeking to fill positions in the area of space technology development for precision space inertial sensors for the (LISA) gravitational wave observatory and the (GRATTIS).

Duties and responsibilities : Be a technical lead for space technology development and flight hardware fabrication, integration, and testing for the LISA Charge Management Device and for precision accelerometers for GRATTIS.

Technical expertise involves some or all of the following : Capacitive sensors, electrostatic actuators, mechanisms and mechanical design, low-noise digital and analog electronics, optomechanics, including fiber optics, flight software / firmware development, dynamics and control design, numerical simulations of spacecraft dynamics, and data analysis.

Mentor graduate and undergraduate students involved in these projects and support technical and programmatic reports and reviews, journal articles and conference presentations.

The University of Florida is the flagship campus of the State of Florida university system and currently ranked as one of the top-6 best public universities, 6th according to the 4 U.

S. News & World Report of Best Colleges. UF is home to HiPerGator, which ranks 3rd among university supercomputers in the nation.

In addition, the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is currently implementing a major expansion of faculty and state-of-the-art research and education facilities with a focus on AI.

The Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology, a , sq feet facility that serves as the hub for Artificial Intelligence, opened in Fall 3.

The College will reach faculty members this year. For more information about our college initiatives, please visit . The University and College count among its greatest strengths a value of broad diversity among faculty, students and staff and a robust, inclusive, and welcoming climate for learning and research.

UF is committed to equal educational and employment opportunity and access and seeks individuals of all races, ethnicities, genders, and other attributes who, among their many exceptional qualifications, have a record of including a broad diversity of individuals in research and learning activities.

Expected Salary :

Salary to commensurate with education and experience.

Minimum Requirements :

Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and / or Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, Astrophysics, or a closely related discipline plus 4 years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications :

• The ideal candidate would have knowledge and experience in a sub-set of the following topics is desired : Design, development, fabrication, integration and testing, flight operations for space flight programs;
• Mechanical / thermal design for space systems; Fiber-coupled lasers and LEDs and associated analog current drivers; Digital electronics, microprocessors, and FPGAs;

Development of flight software / firmware for microprocessors and FPGAs, including VHDL; Experience with laboratory experiments, including the use of vacuum systems, UV and IR light sources and detectors, data acquisition and instrumentation.