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Head of Experimentation
Superintelligence. Set experimental priorities and translate research objectives into executable programs with clear milestones and decision criteria .
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Set experimental priorities and translate research objectives into executable programs with clear milestones and decision criteria
- Lead the design, commissioning, and operation of experimental apparatus and measurement systems
- Recruit, manage, and develop experimental physicists, research engineers, and technicians
- Establish rigorous standards for calibration, data quality, uncertainty analysis, and reproducibility
- Connect experimental results to modeling, AI research, and further technology development
- Manage equipment plans, budgets, schedules, and shared laboratory resources, with appropriate safety oversight
- Review experimental designs, troubleshoot difficult measurements, and make evidence-based investment or stop decisions
- Work closely with PSI’s Physics, AI, and Engineering teams
Requirements
What you’ll need- Eight or more years of experimental research or scientific instrumentation experience, including at least three years of direct people management
- 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 breadth and judgment to lead specialists outside the 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 ability to use and critically evaluate AI-assisted tools
- 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