Postdoctoral Associate - Materials Science & Nanoengineering

About the job

The NSF-funded READINESS Programmable Cloud Laboratory (PCL) at Rice University is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate – Robotics to support the development of robotics-enabled, cloud-accessible autonomous laboratories for next-generation electronic and quantum materials.

The postdoctoral associate will design, build, program, and commission robotic platforms for materials synthesis and characterization and will work closely with researchers in materials science, artificial intelligence, and data infrastructure. The position will contribute to robotic system integration, automated experimental workflows, robot programming and control, and connections between robotic platforms, digital twins, and AI-enabled systems.