**Posting Title**
Researcher - Perovskite Packaging and Reliability
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**Location**
CO - Golden
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**Position Type**
Limited Term (Fixed Term)
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**Hours Per Week**
40
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**Working at NLR**
NLR is located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for energy systems research and development.
Join the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), where world-class scientists, engineers, and experts are accelerating energy innovation through breakthrough research and systems integration. From our mission to our collaborative culture, NLR stands out in the research community for its commitment to an affordable and secure energy future. Spanning foundational science to applied systems engineering and analysis, we focus on solving complex challenges to deliver advanced, secure, reliable, and cost-effective energy solutions. Our work helps strengthen U.S. industries, support job creation, and promote national economic growth.
At NLR, you'll find a mission-driven environment supported by state-of-the-art facilities, multidisciplinary research teams, and strong collaborations with industry, academia, and other national laboratories. We offer robust professional development opportunities, and a competitive benefits package designed to support your career and well-being.
**Job Description**
A Researcher III position is available in NLR's Materials, Chemical and Computational Science Directorate on research efforts focused on the reliability and packaging of metal halide perovskite photovoltaic technologies including tandems. The initial, limited term, appointment is for one year, with possible of renewal and or transition to a regular appointment pending funding and performance in FY28.
This position will focus on durability and packaging of perovskite-based solar cells and modules; including tandems. Responsibilities will include developing methods for packaging, conducting accelerated stress tests on samples and performing post-mortem root-cause analysis to understand the mechanisms for failure.
This role would focus on analyzing degradation mechanisms in perovskite modules with a strong focus on perovskite module packing. This work would focus on correlating indoor testing and field-testing results for degradation in both packaging materials and the perovskite device itself.
Candidates will be expected to communicate their results to internal stakeholders and in more traditional journal publications, and conference presentations. The candidate will be required to work closely with the Environment, Health, & Safety team to follow safe work procedures, as well as to handle waste properly and keep a clean, well-organized work environment.
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**Basic Qualifications**
Relevant PhD . Or, relevant Master's Degree and 3 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Bachelor's Degree and 5 or more years of experience .
*** Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.**
**Additional Required Qualifications**
+ The candidate is expected to have materials characterization skills such as SEM, EDS, XPS, XRD, EL, and PL as it relates to perovskite module materials.
+ An ideal candidate would also have significant experience in packaging perovskite modules, including single junctions, 2T and 4T perovskite/Si tandems.
+ The collaborative environment requires a candidate who can interface with researchers of different disciplines and learn topics outside their area of expertise.
Additional skills include:
+ Demonstrates complete understanding and wide application of scientific technical procedures, principles, theories and concepts in the field.
+ General knowledge of other related disciplines.
+ Demonstrates leadership in one or more areas of team, task or project lead responsibilities.
+ Demonstrated experience in management of projects.
+ Strong technical writing, interpersonal and communication skills.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Experience working with industry partners.
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**Job Application Submission Window**
The anticipated closing window for application submission is up to 30 days and may be extended as needed.
**Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)**
Job Profile: Researcher III / Annual Salary Range: $83,600 - $150,500
NLR takes into consideration a candidate's education, training, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee's salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
**Benefits Summary**
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short*- and long-term disability insurance; pension benefits*; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; life and accidental death and dismembe