Job Details

Temporary Researcher

Position Number: 6446749
Location: Boulder, CO
Position Type: Laboratory and Research

Temporary Researcher

Requisition Number: 66469
Location: Boulder Colorado
Employment Type: Research Faculty
Schedule: Part Time
Posting Close Date: 08-Aug-2025
Date Posted:

Job Summary

There is a research position with the CMS group at the University of Colorado Boulder working on R&D for smart pixels. CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

The University of Colorado Boulder CMS Experimental Research Group
The CMS experiment is located inside the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The two main goals of the experiment are to understand the origin of electroweak symmetry breaking and to search for physics beyond the standard model. The Higgs boson discovery announcement on July 4, 2012 was a great leap forward in meeting the first goal and completes the discovery of the standard model particles. In the search for new physics, we have ruled out many possibilities and continue to search for what lies beyond. The CU CMS group has four current faculty members: John Cumalat, Kevin Stenson, Keith Ulmer and Steve Wagner as well as an emeritus faculty member: Bill Ford. Cumalat's research focus is on searches for Z decays to pairs and rare decays of Z bosons. Ford, Stenson and Ulmer are working together on searches for supersymmetry in hadronic modes. Cumalat and Wagner collaborate on research for R&D of silicon sensors and electronics for an upgraded CMS pixel detector, while Stenson and Ulmer work on R&D for an upgraded trigger and data acquisition system based on charged particle tracking. Colorado also hosts a Tier-3 CMS computing site.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Develop simulation of smart pixel enabled detector and evaluate the physics potential of such a detector in a future collider experiment.

What We Can Offer

The hiring rate for this position is $20 per hour for a maximum of 15 hours per week.

Benefits

Temporary positions at the University of Colorado are not benefits-eligible, however, all positions are eligible for paid sick leave.

Be Statements

Be ambitious. Be pioneering. Be Boulder.

What We Require

Undergraduate degree in Physics with relevant research experience in high energy experimental physics.

What You Will Need

Strong data analysis skills, technical computer programing abilities, proven record of research accomplishments, ability to work well in large teams.

Special Instructions

To apply for this position, please submit the following materials to this portal:

Cover Letter
Curriculum Vitae/Resume

During the application process you will need to enter contact information for one reference who will be contacted to provide a letter of recommendation later on in the recruitment process.
The position will remain posted until August 8th, 2025.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs.

To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Temporary-Researcher/66469