Solid-State Gamma-ray Instrument Development Astroparticle Missions

Solid-State Gamma-ray Instrument Development for Future Astroparticle Missions

Join to apply for the Solid-State Gamma-ray Instrument Development for Future Astroparticle Missions role at ORAU
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Organization
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Reference Code
: 0221-NPP-MAR
26-GSFC-Astrophys.

How To Apply
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All applications must be submitted in Zintellect. Please visit the NASA Postdoctoral Program website for application instructions and requirements:

How to Apply

| NASA Postdoctoral Program (orau.org). A complete application includes a research proposal, three letters of recommendation, and official doctoral transcript documents.

Final date to receive applications
: 3/1/2026 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone.

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.

High-energy gamma-ray astronomy focuses on the study of cosmic explosions, cosmic accelerators, and fundamental physics. The next leap in our understanding of the extreme universe will come through observations in the energy band spanning keV to GeV. The Astroparticle physics lab at Goddard is currently developing and building next generation gamma-ray experiments and missions, on a range of scales and platforms.

The next advances in these missions will be enabled through the simulation and development of radiation-hard, low-power solid state detectors such as silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs), silicon pixel detectors, and silicon strip detectors.

The team at Goddard offers opportunities to pursue topics relevant to the development of these types of detectors, including low level detector design and characterization, read‑out electronics development (both analog and digital), software development (including simulations and firmware), and instrument design. The hardware developed in this opportunity is specifically focused on astrophysics studies enabled by future medium or high energy gamma-ray missions such as AMEGO, and is also applicable to several upcoming heliophysics opportunities including Lunar Gateway and the PRISM opportunity.

Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.

Astrophysics.

• Georgia de Nolfo –
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  A.de Nolfo –
• Jeremy S. Perkins –
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• Regina Caputo –
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• Carolyn Kierans –
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• Nicholas Cannady –
  nicholas.w.cannady –

• Degree:
  Doctoral Degree.

Eligibility is currently open to:

• U.S. Citizens.
• U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR).
• Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status.
• Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with a valid EAD card and I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status.

Applications with citizens from Designated Countries will not be accepted at this time, unless they are Legal Permanent Residents of the United States. A complete list of Designated Countries can be found at: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Questions about this opportunity? Please email npp
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