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SIMS Engineer / Scientist,
Livermore (Sunol), CA
Close Date:
until filled
Contact: dsams@schaferlabs.com
Description:
Overview: Schafer Corporation, Sunol, California, is seeking a skilled and innovative Engineer / Scientist to add to our mass spectrometry group. SVL performs materials characterization and related analytical services on commercial and government contracts. The activities of the group include chemical and elemental analysis of materials on a production basis, maintenance of several mass spectrometers and ancillary equipment, development of new and improved MS analysis techniques, and quality assurance of analytical data. The successful candidate will work as part of a team responsible for processing and analyzing samples, primarily using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS).
Schafer is a technically strong firm with a reputation for quality and integrity. Schafer's reputation is a direct result of our dedicated, motivated, talented, and creative staff that is responsible for developing our outstanding business relationships with our customers. Our technical capabilities are vast and growing to provide innovations for the future.
Responsibilities: Primary duties include SIMS operation, developing and optimizing analytical techniques, and data interpretation. Daily team interaction with scientists, engineers, and technicians, will be required, as well as participation in high vacuum, high voltage, and cryogenic system maintenance. Prepares and makes presentations on technical findings. This individual will be a key resource for Schafer and our customers, maintaining our expertise in the field of high sensitivity, high precision isotopic analysis using SIMS, and providing long term SIMS maintenance and repair.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate must have a strong background in materials science or engineering, or a related field of physics, geology, chemistry, or metrology, plus related experience in a scientific laboratory, preferably operating mass spectrometers. Ability to work independently as well as part of a team is required. Good customer service focus and commitment to quality are required. Experience in high vacuum technology, electronics, mechanical design, and ion optics is helpful.
Other qualifications include:
• Bachelor's degree in physical science or engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of technical experience.
• Demonstrated ability to solve technical problems.
• Experience in data evaluation and quality control.
• Proven ability to clearly write and present scientific reports and proposals.
• Must be a US citizen with the ability to obtain government security clearance.
Apply at:
http://jobs-schafer.icims.com/schafer_jobs/jobs/candidate/job.jsp?jobid=1298&mode=view
Schafer Corporation is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.
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