Long Wavelength Photonic Integrated Circuits

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology. This specific opportunity focuses on developing long-IR photonic integrated circuits for astronomical applications. The postdoctoral researcher will work on design, device microfabrication, test and characterization, and integration into a spectrometer instrument. The position is located at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, focusing on technology development in the field of photonics.