Date Posted: 05/01/2024
Req ID: 37190
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Department: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) is Canada's topranked ECE department, and one of the country's largest. We are home to 100 active and Emeritus professors, more than 1,400 undergraduate and 600 graduate students. Many of our faculty members are world leaders in their field and have been recognized as the brightest and most promising scientists and engineers from across the country. ECE is a hotbed of research commercialization, by far the most productive department for new inventions at the University of Toronto. With this department, you will work at the heart of the most rapidly developing technologies humankind has ever seen.
Applications are invited for appointment as a Photonics Research Associate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, at the University of Toronto. This is a full-time on-site position to work in the Amr S Helmy group, under Prof. Helmy's supervision and conduct research centered on lab work in field of ultrafast quantum photonics. This position does not support remote duties of any sort and will be fully in the lab. The successful candidate will be talented, self-driven and motivated as well as have a successful record to architect, simulate, and validate novel ultrafast devices and subsystems and characterize their performance. The candidate should have extensive experience on (a) designing and building photonic systems and circuits; (b) performing optical device characterization and microwave measurements; (c) providing research support and mentorship to other research group members. This team develops cutting-edge technologies used in wide range of products and its team members have ample opportunities to grow their technical knowledge and complex problem-solving skills.
Duties:
- Serve as sub-group leader within the Helmy group on ultrafast quantum photonics research topics.
- Interact with external partners to understand of their technical requirements and effectively translate these requirements into research projects.
- Attends meetings and present research
- Co-develop proposals for extramural funding
- Deliver high-performance, stable and repeatable characterization test beds.
- Purchase, maintain, and organize research laboratory equipment
- Provides functional and administrative supervision over graduate students and post-docs.
- Lead and document weekly team conference calls to coordinate Research & Development activities and achieve project targets
- Develop and execute research vision with PI to achieve research goals
Qualifications:
- PhD in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 8 years of research and work experience in integrated ultrafast photonics.
- Solid grasp of photonics, electromagnetics, semiconductor physics, and ultrafast optoelectronics fundamentals.
- Minimum eight (8) years of experience with photonic device/circuit characterization using optical test equipment, ultrafast measurement techniques, as well as high-speed characterization.
- Good programming ability with Python, Matlab, or similar language
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary team on industrial collaborative research.
- Demonstrated leadership and team management abilities as candidate will be responsible for coordinating several concurrent research projects with multiple personnel including students and trainees.
- Experience working with students and trainees in both theoretical and experimental techniques, providing research project support and trouble-shooting experiments for students and trainees.
- Strong communication skills and experience preparing manuscripts for submission to peer reviewed scientific journals and research proposals to granting agencies and prospective industry partners.
- Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and the promotion of a respectful and collegial learning and work environment
Required Documents:
Candidates are requested to submit a comprehensive cover letter that summarizes the research experience of the applicant and a CV
Notes:
This is a one-year term position
Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Amr S. Helmy ([email protected])
This role is not currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto's Alternative Work Arrangements Guide.
Closing Date: 05/10/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: Research Associate
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: R01 -- Research Associates (Limited Term): $51,543 - $96,643
Job Category: Research Administration & Teaching
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
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