Postdoctoral Researcher - Power Electronics

Posting Title
Postdoctoral Researcher - Power Electronics

Location
CO - Golden

Position Type
Postdoc (Fixed Term)

Hours Per Week
40

Job Description

The Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Machines (APEEM) team within the Energy Conversion and Storage Systems (ECaSS) Center at the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher to support research in high-temperature, high-power electronic converters. This is a full-time position (40 hours per week) with an initial twelve-month appointment.

Applicants must:

• Hold a Ph.D. from an accredited institution in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
• Possess a strong background in power electronics, including converter design and control.
• Have hands-on laboratory experience in power electronics hardware development and testing.
• Demonstrate proficiency in PCB design, assembly, and component soldering.
• Exhibit strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Be capable of working effectively both independently and within a multidisciplinary research team.

The successful candidate will design, fabricate, and test a high-temperature power converter system in the tens-of-kilowatts power range. Responsibilities include converter topology development, magnetic component design, controller implementation, hardware integration, and experimental validation.

The researcher will collaborate closely with power electronics and multiphysics simulation teams to develop and evaluate advanced converter technologies. Additional responsibilities include operating laboratory instrumentation, analyzing experimental data, documenting research findings, and contributing to technical reports, journal publications, conference papers, and presentations.

Basic Qualifications
Relevant PhD . Or, relevant Master's Degree and 3 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 5 or more years of experience . Demonstrates broad understanding and wide application of engineering technical procedures, principles, theories and concepts in the field. General knowledge of other related disciplines. Demonstrates leadership in one or more areas of team, task or project lead responsibilities. Demonstrated experience in management of projects. Very good writing, interpersonal and communication skills.

* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.

Additional Required Qualifications

Reasonable understanding of pulsed power electronics circuits and their operations.

This position must be able to start by January 19th 2027.

Preferred Qualifications

High-voltage power module design, ensuring design safety, troubleshooting

Job Application Submission Window

The anticipated closing window for application submission is up to 30 days and may be extended as needed.

Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)
Job Profile: Researcher III / Annual Salary Range: $83,600 - $150,500

NLR takes into consideration a candidate's education, training, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee's salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.

Benefits Summary
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short-term disability insurance*; pension benefits*; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; personal time off (PTO) and sick leave; and paid holidays. NLR employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement.

* Based on eligibility rules

Badging Requirement
NLR is subject to Department of Energy (DOE) access restrictions. All employees must also be able to obtain and maintain a federal Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card as required by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), which includes a favorable background investigation.

Submission Guidelines

Please note that in order to be considered an applicant for any position at NLR you must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified. Applications are not kept on file for future positions. Please include a cover letter and resume with each position application.