If you have completed your doctoral degree within the last five years and would like to continue building your experience and knowledge in basic and applied science and technology, you could be hired for a postdoctoral appointment at Sandia.
Sandia’s postdoctoral program provides opportunities to work with top scientists and engineers using state-of-the-art instruments and tools. Postdoctoral appointees conduct leading-edge research, publish and present their findings, collaborate with others in academia and industry, and contribute to the advancement of technology in a wide variety of scientific fields.
Postdocs at Sandia bring together a wide range of scientific disciplines and diverse backgrounds from premier universities around the world. The postdocs form a vibrant community that is supported in many ways. For example, our Sandia Postdoctoral Development Association, known as SPD, provides an active social and career networking group that connects young researchers, highlights their work, and creates opportunities to advance their skills for future success. By providing professional development resources, SPD helps postdocs attain their full potential as outstanding independent researchers.
Key areas for postdocs at Sandia
Biosciences and biotechnology
Chemistry and materials science
Combustion
Computational mechanics
Computer science
Hydrogen
Microelectronics and microfluidics
Nanotechnology
Physics
Benefits
A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, vacation, paid holidays, and relocation assistance.
Sandia supports time to cultivate an employee’s critical thinking and idea development acumen. Sandia also encourages professional and career development to benefit the employee’s current and future work assignments. Involvement in these activities is a component of an employee’s contributions and enables Sandia to execute its mission.
Application procedure
Use Sandia’s Careers tool to create a username and password.
Enter “postdoctoral” into the Keywords text field, and click Search. (You can also conduct a separate search with the keyword “fellowship.”)
Browse the list of postdoc openings.
Complete an online application for a specific postdoc opening.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.
Sandia invites you to review the Equal Employment Opportunity posters which include EEO is the Law, EEO is the Law Poster Supplement, and Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision.
Sandia is a drug-free workplace. As a national laboratory funded by a U.S. government agency, we are subject to federal laws regarding illegal drug use. Illegal use of a controlled substance, including marijuana even in places where it does not violate state law, may impact your ability to obtain and/or maintain a Department of Energy security clearance, and may result in the withdrawal of an employment offer or termination of employment.
