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.

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Here’s what you’ll need:

• 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.