Are you a postdoctoral scholar looking to begin your professional career in a world renown laboratory? Do you want to lead your own post-doctoral research project in applied physics? Then we’re looking for someone like you! The APL offers a rigorous and rewarding postdoctoral fellowship with our SEED (Science and Engineering Enrichment & Development) Program.
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Every member of the APL-UW community, from brand-new team members to long-timers celebrating decades of work at the lab, is critical to the development of cutting-edge, impactful research. And our everyday work is all the more interesting because of it! Apply now for a role where your skills make a difference.
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Are you a postdoctoral scholar looking to begin your professional career in a world renown laboratory? Do you want to lead your own post-doctoral research project in applied physics? Then we’re looking for someone like you! The APL offers a rigorous and rewarding postdoctoral fellowship with our SEED (Science and Engineering Enrichment & Development) Program.
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Join the APL-UW Communications and Information Services team! We are looking for a creative, skilled website developer who can bridge the arts of design and software engineering. The incumbent will work with a team of graphic designers, content creators, videographers, and software engineers, and together, the team is charged with recasting the Laboratory’s public website to be as engaging, dynamic, and impactful as the people and research programs of APL-UW.
The Electronics and Photonics Systems (EPS) department delivers novel solutions to important defense problems. We are looking for an Electronics Tech to build advanced electrical/mechanical systems that are used in cutting-edge projects and deployed at sea. You will work as part of a team of engineers, creating wire harnesses, assembling mechanical chassis, and assembling computer motherboard-based systems. Your work will include testing, troubleshooting, and documenting the built systems, managing team schedules, developing multi-step system-wide maintenance plans, procuring supplies, and keeping asset and inventory records accurate and current.