Job Description
**Senior Research Associate**
**Requisition Number:** 72449
**Location:** Boulder Colorado
**Employment Type:** Research Faculty
**Schedule:** Part Time
**Posting Close Date:** 30-Jun-2026
**Date Posted:**
**Job Summary**
The successful applicant will design and test screening systems for superconducting readout circuits that will enable next-generation superconducting spectrometer instruments including the development of screening infrastructure for time-division SQUID multiplexing (TDM) as part of NIST's contribution to NASA for the Athena x-ray satellite project. The screening infrastructure will include cryogenic hardware, readout electronics, and software for automated control and analysis. Key goals are rapid and reliable screening, high throughput analysis of the data product, and timely reporting of the results to stakeholders.
This position is part...
**Requisition Number:** 72449
**Location:** Boulder Colorado
**Employment Type:** Research Faculty
**Schedule:** Part Time
**Posting Close Date:** 30-Jun-2026
**Date Posted:**
**Job Summary**
The successful applicant will design and test screening systems for superconducting readout circuits that will enable next-generation superconducting spectrometer instruments including the development of screening infrastructure for time-division SQUID multiplexing (TDM) as part of NIST's contribution to NASA for the Athena x-ray satellite project. The screening infrastructure will include cryogenic hardware, readout electronics, and software for automated control and analysis. Key goals are rapid and reliable screening, high throughput analysis of the data product, and timely reporting of the results to stakeholders.
This position is part...