Research Associate Physics - Optics and Metrology
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Develop new and improved processes for the ex-situ and in-situ metrology, and the ion beam figuring. The potential research areas could be
- Establish phase measuring deflectometry using deep learning for 2D curved X-ray mirror metrology, and/or
- Use, extend and improve the ex-situ and in-situ metrology capabilities by improving the hardware and algorithms, and/or
- Investigate the use of deep learning techniques for ion beam figuring
- Publishes results in peer reviewed journals
- Present research work and results to the management or scientific meetings
Position Requirements:
- PhD in Physics or other engineering disciplines in optical metrology
- Knowledge in optical metrology techniques and instrumentation
- Skills in system integration and development of data acquisition and data analysis software
- Extensive experience in development of algorithms related to mirror optical metrology
- Excellent analytical and experimental skills
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with a diverse group of scientists, engineers, and technical staff
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (knowledge or experience in one or more of the following):
- interfacing hardware and developing data acquisition software in C++
- data analysis software such as MATLAB, Python, etc.
- machine learning and deep learning
- fringe analysis, phase measurement, deflectometry, and Hartmann wavefront sensing
- system integration and troubleshooting
- verification methods for ultra-high precision optics (interferometer, microscope, etc)
- General understanding of optics and optics manufacturing methods