Working at MIT offers opportunities, an environment, a culture – and benefits – that just aren’t found together anywhere else. If you’re curious, motivated, want to be part of a unique community, and help shape the future – then take a look at this opportunity.

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, MAGNETOELECTRIC AND MULTIFERROIC DEVICES, NANO-CYBERNETIC BIOTREK, Media Lab, to join the Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek research group, which aims to invent disruptive technologies for nanoelectronic devices and create new paradigms for life-machine symbiosis. Responsibilities will include designing and developing new magnetoelectric devices for diverse applications such as energy harvesters, sensors, actuators, resonators, antenna, memory, transistors, etc.; performing multiphysics simulations to optimize the device; and fabricating the devices using cleanroom facilities and performing device characterization. 

A full description is available at https://www.media.mit.edu/about/job-opportunities/.  

Job Requirements

REQUIRED:  a Ph.D. in electrical/electronics engineering, physics, materials science, bio/mechanical/chemical engineering, or relevant field; strong background in magnetism, electromagnetism, magnetoelectric effect, or multiferroics; experience with magnetoelectric device development and characterization in above-mentioned applications; and experience with multiphysics simulations.  Experience with nanofabrication preferred, as is experience with antennae development or microwave engineering or wireless communication or wireless sensing.  A background in solid state physics and electronic devices also preferred. 

Job #17074

In order to be considered for this position, you must complete these two steps: 1) submit your application material via email to deblina@mit.edu using the format described at http://deblina-sarkar.mit.edu/format-email#overlay-context=research-positions-available; and 2) click on "Apply Now" to submit your application through this website. Instead of submitting a CV, upload a document using the format described at http://deblina-sarkar.mit.edu/format-email#overlay-context=research-positions-available.

This is a one year appointment with the possibility of extension based on funding and research direction.