Recent Ph.D. degree in Plasma Physics or closely related field Required experience – combination of hands-on lab experiments and high-level theoretical modeling of these experiments Required knowledge: plasma physics (MHD, 2-fluid, Vlasov theory), numerical techniques, electronics, data acquisition systems, vacuum techniques, hardware design (Solidworks), hardware assembly/troubleshooting General: Excellent oral and written communication skills This position is to participate in all of the following ongoing research activities: design of a spheromak-related plasma thruster modeling how dust forms and can deposit on surfaces in a dusty plasma operation/analysis of experiments involving MHD jets, replicas of sol