NIST PREP Announcements

PREP0004233 Research Associate: High speed metrology for magnetoelectronic devices and models (CHIPS Funded)

Published March 5, 2026

By Yin-Yin Tan

NIST PML – 68 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004233). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

Project Title/Description: PREP0004233 – 686.12 High speed metrology for magnetoelectronic devices and models: Research Associate
OU: PML – 68
Div: 686
Group: Spin Electronics Group
Level of Appointment: Senior Research Fellow
Schedule of Appointment: full time
Total Hours per week: 40
Work Location: Physically at NIST (Boulder, CO)
Requested Start Date: 2026-08-10
End Date: 2027-09-30

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PREP0004210 Research Associate: On-Wafer Standards (CHIPS Funded)

Published March 5, 2026

By Yin-Yin Tan

NIST CTL – 67 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004210). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

Project Title/Description: PREP0004210 – 672.01 (CHIPS) – On-Wafer Standards
OU: CTL – 67
Div: 672
Group: Guided Wave Electromagnetics Group
Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
Schedule of Appointment: full time
Total Hours per week: 40
Work Location: Physically at NIST (Boulder, CO)
Requested Start Date: 2026-06-25
End Date: 2027-08-29

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PREP0004208 Research Associate: OTA Communications Measurements with Traceable Signal and Channel at mmWave Frequencies

Published March 5, 2026

By Yin-Yin Tan

NIST CTL – 67 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004208). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

Project Title/Description: PREP0004208 – 672.03 – OTA Communications Measurements with Traceable Signal and Channel at mmWave Frequencies
OU: CTL – 67
Div: 672
Group: High-Speed Waveform Metrology Group
Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
Schedule of Appointment: full time
Total Hours per week: 40
Work Location: Physically at NIST (Boulder, CO)
Requested Start Date: 2026-04-01
End Date: 2027-04-01

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PREP0004257 Research Associate: Open-Architecture Additive Manufacturing Platform

Published March 4, 2026

By Yin-Yin Tan

NIST EL – 73 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004257). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

Project Title/Description: PREP0004257: Open-Architecture Additive Manufacturing Platform
OU: EL – 73
Div: 735
Group: Production Systems Group
Level of Appointment: Senior Research Fellow
Schedule of Appointment: full time
Total Hours per week: 40
Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
Requested Start Date: 2026-07-01
End Date: 2027-06-30

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PREP0004239 Postdoctoral Research Associate: Precision Spectroscopy of Trapped Molecular Ions

Published March 4, 2026

By Yin-Yin Tan

NIST PML – 68 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004239). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

Project Title/Description: PREP0004239 – 688.10 Precision Spectroscopy of Trapped Molecular Ions
OU: PML – 68
Div: 688
Group: Ion Storage Group
Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
Schedule of Appointment: full time
Total Hours per week: 40
Work Location: Physically at NIST (Boulder, CO)
Requested Start Date: 2026-05-21
End Date: 2027-05-20

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PREP0004258 Research Associate: Developing Interactive Visualization Tools for AI Evaluation Data

Published March 4, 2026

By Yin-Yin Tan

NIST ITL – 77 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004258). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

Project Title/Description: Developing Interactive Visualization Tools for AI Evaluation Data
OU: ITL – 77
Div: 774
Group: Multimodal Information Group
Level of Appointment: Post Master’s Degree
Schedule of Appointment: full time
Total Hours per week: 40
Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD),Telework
Requested Start Date: 2026-06-24
End Date: 2027-06-23

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PREP0004225 Research Associate: Nanometer-Scale Planar Reference Materials (CHIPS Funded)

Published March 2, 2026

By Yin-Yin Tan

NIST MML – 63 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004225). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

Project Title/Description: PREP0004225 – 643.02 Nanometer-Scale Planar Reference Materials
OU: MML – 63
Div: 643
Group: Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Group
Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
Schedule of Appointment: full time
Total Hours per week: 40
Work Location: Physically at NIST (Boulder, CO)
Requested Start Date: 2026-06-18
End Date: 2027-06-17

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PREP0004209 Research Associate: Piezoelectric Materials Growth Graduate Researcher (CHIPS Funded)

Published February 26, 2026

By Yin-Yin Tan

NIST CTL – 67 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004209). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

Project Title/Description: PREP0004209 – 672.01 (CHIPS) – Piezoelectric Materials Growth Graduate Researcher
OU: CTL – 67
Div: 672
Group: Guided Wave Electromagnetics Group
Level of Appointment: Graduate Student
Schedule of Appointment: part time
Total Hours per week: 20
Work Location: Physically at NIST (Boulder, CO)
Requested Start Date: 2026-09-01
End Date: 2028-01-01

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PREP0004259 Research Associate: Electronic Materials (CHIPS Funded)

Published February 26, 2026

By Yin-Yin Tan

NIST CTL – 67 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004259). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

Project Title/Description: PREP0004259 – 672.01 (CHIPS) – Electronic Materials
OU: CTL – 67
Div: 672
Group: Guided Wave Electromagnetics Group
Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
Schedule of Appointment: full time
Total Hours per week: 40
Work Location: Physically at NIST (Boulder, CO)
Requested Start Date: 2026-10-01
End Date: 2027-09-30

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PREP0004238 Research Associate: Quantum Information processing with mixed species trapped ions

Published February 26, 2026

By Yin-Yin Tan

NIST PML – 68 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004238). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

Project Title/Description: PREP0004238 – 688.10 Quantum Information processing with mixed species trapped ions
OU: PML – 68
Div: 688
Group: Ion Storage Group
Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
Schedule of Appointment: full time
Total Hours per week: 40
Work Location: Physically at NIST (Boulder, CO)
Requested Start Date: 2026-08-21
End Date: 2027-08-31

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