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Junior/Assistant Specialist - Engineering Research Centers

Position overview

Position title: Junior/Assistant Specialist
Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See the following table for the current salary scale for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2025-26/represented-july-2025-scales/t24-b.pdf. A reasonable estimate for a full-time position is $55,000-$63,500.

Percent time: 100%

Anticipated start: November 1, 2025

Position duration: Initial appointment is a one-year term; reappointment is dependent upon performance, programmatic need, and budget.

Application Window
Open date: September 24, 2025

Next review date: Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Saturday, Oct 25, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

Professor Vetter's Lab research interests are in the development and demonstration of new concepts and technologies in radiation detection to address some of the outstanding challenges in fundamental sciences, nuclear safety and security, and health. Current focus areas are in the realization of advanced radiation detection and imaging concepts and systems, real-time data fusion creating new means to detect, map, and visualize radiation, and finally data management, data analytics, and deployment architectures to support the development and deployment of these advanced concepts.

The job as posted aims at supporting ongoing research in the characterization and modeling of advanced scintillation detectors as well in the deployment and operation of multi-sensor systems and the analysis of data obtained with these systems.

This position will support ongoing research in radiation and imaging. Specifically it will support the visual image processing and implementation of advanced object recognition and tracking algorithms and the fusion with radiological and chemical signatures. In addition, it will support the characterization of a new generation of large volume gamma-ray and neutron sensitive scintillation detectors by performing measurements and data analysis.

Duties:

• Support research in radiation detection and imaging.


• Contribute to the development and use of data analytics methodologies relevant for research in radiation detection and data fusion.


• Support measurements with mobile radiation and static multi-sensor detection and imaging platforms.


• Support the implementation and utilization of computer vision algorithms such as YOLO on static and mobile multi-sensor detection and sensing platforms.


• Support characterization measurements and associated data analysis of a new generation of scintillation detectors.


• Participate in weekly group meetings.


• Contribute to publications and presentations resulting from this research.

Lab: https://nuc.berkeley.edu/

Union: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/resources/employment-policies-contracts/bargaining-units/academic-researchers/contract/

Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Bachelor's degree or equivalent international degree or enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program (or equivalent international program)

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
Bachelor's degree or equivalent international degree

Preferred qualifications

• BS in nuclear engineering or physics


• More than 2 years of hands-on experience in radiation detection and the characterization of radiation detection systems


• Experience in Python coding


• Experience in data analytics


• Experience in YOLO


• Experience in Ion Mobility Spectrometry


• Experience in atmospheric transport of chemicals


• Monte Carlo simulations such as GEANT-4

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.


• Cover Letter

Reference requirements

• 2 required (contact information only)

Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05138

Help contact: emartinez24@berkeley.edu

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• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination, as defined by the employer.


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Job location
Berkeley, CA


To apply, visit https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05138