Electrical and Systems Engineering

ESE PhD Job Market

Welcome to the ESE PhD Job Market page, which represents upcoming graduates on the job market for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Seeking: Assistant Professor, Engineering Scientist (Process, Development, Test, Characterization, Design) in academia or industry.
Email: 2011132011y@gmail.com or jhm920@seas.upenn.edu
Expertise/research area: Ferroelectric Devices, 2D Materials & Device Physics, Contact Resistance Engineering, Memory & Neuromorphic Devices, Negative Capacitance, electronic characterization, process optimization, and measurement automation.
Advisor(s): Prof. Deep Jariwala and Prof. Troy Olsson
Expected availability date: July 2026 (flexible)

Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellow

Seeking: Assistant Professor, Staff Scientist, R & D Staff
Email: pdhiren@seas.upenn.edu, dhirenkumarp@gmail.com
Expertise/research area: High Temperature Logic and Memory Devices, Ferroelectric Non-volatile Memory Devices, Micro(nano)electronics, Quantum Materials and Devices, Piezoelectrics and Ferroelectrics, Hyperferroelectrics, Dielectrics, Polar metals, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Nanofabrications, Interface Engineering, Oxide Heterostructures and Superlattices, Magnetism, Magnetoelectrics, 2D materials, Strongly Correlated Oxides, Polymer Composites, Ferroelectric nanostructures for Energy storage and Energy Harvesting applications, Energy applications of nanostructured materials.
Advisor(s): Prof. Deep Jariwala and Prof. Troy Olsson
Expected availability date: Available Immediately

Postdoctoral Fellow

Seeking: Assistant Professor or Senior Researcher
Email: wu24@seas.upenn.edu
Expertise/research area: Magnetostatic wave tunable filters, SAW/BAW resonator, Acoustic filters, RF-MEMS, 5G/6G communication system.
Advisor(s): Prof. Troy Olsson
Expected availability date: September 2026