Description

The Alternative Computing Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD, is inviting inquiries from U.S. citizens regarding a possible postdoctoral position in developing measurements for next-generation artificial intelligence hardware.   Prospective candidates should be near completion, or have completed, a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related area. The work involves experimental research with novel devices, in particular nanoscale magnetic devices. This involves statistical characterization of individual devices under various environments and bias conditions to inform the development of first-principles device modeling. Further extensions involve measuring scaled systems consisting of novel devices integrated on custom CMOS chips to realize alternative computing architectures, such as time-domain vector-matrix multipliers (VMMs).  Fellowships are potentially available for this work either from the National Research Council or through partner universities.  For more information about the Alternative Computing Group please visit our website.  To initiate a discussion regarding these research directions, please send a CV to the contact provided.

Requirements

Desired expertise for this research area includes hands-on experimental experience with spintronic technology, strong laboratory skills in device characterization using state-of-the-art microwave circuits for on-wafer high-frequency probing, a theoretical understanding of spintronic phenomena such as magnetization dynamics to enable device modelling, and some experience with scaling of computational primitives to larger systems.  U.S. citizenship is required.