Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is hiring a Physicist Research Scientist within the Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division (ATAP) division.

You will conduct research and development (R&D) while contributing to projects within the Berkeley Center for Magnet Technology (BCMT) and the Superconducting Magnet Program (SMP). The research will focus on advancing superconducting magnet technologies in support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science research portfolio, …

The Berkeley Accelerator Controls & Instrumentation (BACI) Program within Berkeley Lab's Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to RF design and analysis for normal-conducting accelerator structures. The scholar will work on electromagnetic design, geometry optimization, evaluation of RF performance, and analysis and mitigation of higher-order modes and wakefields for linear accelerator (LINAC) structures and radio-frequency …

The Accelerator Physics Group (APG) of the Advanced Light Source (ALS), part of the Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to develop agentic artificial intelligence (AI) methods and software for accelerator operations.

You will combine work on agent architectures, planning, tool use, and evaluation with development of Osprey, the agentic AI platform developed at the ALS, which connects AI …

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is hiring a Laser Support Engineer to join our team in the Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division at the BELLA Center. Working under general direction (Level 1) or providing technical leadership (Level 2), you will provide critical operational support, maintenance, and development for all high-power laser systems at the BELLA Center. These systems include the BELLA PW laser, two 100 TW class lasers, and various TW-class kHz lasers including fiber-based …

Postdoctoral Scholars

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The Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has multiple openings for Postdoctoral Scholars to join the Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology Program as part of our projects on measuring low-energy deuterium-deuterium cross sections, the successful candidate(s) will contribute to the development and execution of experiments that explore deuterium fusion inside metal hydrides and ways to increase the fusion rate.

Working closely …

Postdoctoral Scholars

Job #107271

The Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has multiple openings for Postdoctoral Scholars to join the Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology Program as part of our work on developing nuclear techniques for mining applications and the detection of critical minerals and rare earth elements.

You will contribute to the development of Associated Particle Imaging and data fusion with X-ray technology and pulsed neutron techniques …

The Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has multiple openings for High Power Laser & Particle Accelerator Postdoctoral Scholars to join the BELLA Center.

In this role, you will help advance laser-plasma accelerator (LPA) technologies for generating high-energy particle beams, developing next-generation light sources, and enabling new radiation applications. Conducted under the direction and supervision of faculty mentors, …