Job Description

There is an opening in Prof. Deblina Sarkar’s research group at MIT for a Postdoctoral Associate with experience in magnetic materials and spintronic devices.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate spin-orbit torque devices using cleanroom facilities;
• Set-up and run experiments for current induced deterministic and probabilistic switching of ferromagnets;
• Characterize SOT efficiencies for the material combinations;
• Write research grants.

Supervision Received:
Prof. Sarkar under minimal supervision.

Supervision Exercised:
None

Qualifications

Required:

• PhD in material science, electrical/electronic engineering, physics, or relevant fields;
• Strong background in magnetism, spin transport and spintronic devices;
• Experience in fabrication and characterisation of spin-orbit torque switching devices;
• Demonstrated ability to design and build measurement setups independently.

Preferred:

• Experience in magneto-optical measurements;
• Experience in fabrication and characterization of spin-valves;
• Experience with multiferroic, ferroelectric and/or piezoelectric material systems;
• Experience in the use of magnetic cryostats;
• Experience in DFT, Monte Carlo, micromagnetic and/or spin transport
simulations;
• Experience in instrument automation using LabVIEW, MATLAB and/or Python;
• Background in solid state physics and electronic devices.

This is a one-year appointment with the possibility of extension based on the course of the research.

To apply, please visit  MIT's careers at https://hr.mit.edu/careers  and search for job ID number #22630