psi - Head of Experimentation

• Eight or more years of experimental research or scientific instrumentation experience, including at least three years of direct people management. • A demonstrated record of personally designing, building, and operating complex experimental systems and producing defensible results. • Deep expertise in at least one experimental physics discipline, with the breadth and judgment to lead specialists outside your field. • Strong command of calibration, measurement uncertainty, systematic errors, and experimental controls. • Experience hiring technical teams and managing laboratory resources, equipment budgets, and demanding development schedules. • Fluency in scientific programming, data analysis, and instrument automation, with the ability to use and critically evaluate AI-assisted tools. • A PhD in physics, applied physics, engineering, or an equivalent record of experimental achievement. • Experience establishing a laboratory or developing first-of-a-kind scientific instruments. • Experience translating experimental results into reliable prototypes or industrial applications. • Work spanning multidisciplinary research teams, industry, or national laboratories. • We value ambitious scientific judgment, technical ownership, and reliable execution. We use AI throughout our work and hold its outputs to the same evidentiary standards as any other research. Leaders are expected to remain close to the science, the apparatus, and the people doing the work.