Scientist, XPS

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is a global leader in providing a unique range of analytical testing services to multiple industries. With over 200,000 analytical methods, Eurofins Scientific helps make life and our environment safer, healthier, and more sustainable. Our network of over 62,000 employees across a network of more than 900 laboratories in 62 countries, strengthens Eurofins Scientific as leader in scientific testing services.

Job Description

EAG Laboratories, a Eurofins company, is looking for a Surface Scientist to join our team. Our clients include leading edge technology companies, consumer product manufacturers, aerospace suppliers all working in the early phases of product development. Come and join a work environment where you will engage in peer-to-peer interaction to discuss and comprehensively understand client challenges, define the problems, develop and execute analyses.

Interested in working for a company that partners with companies who are developing the next generation of innovative materials and products, enjoy a challenge, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a team centric approach to solving problem? We encourage you to apply!

A Scientist in our Surface Analysis group is responsible for operating analytical equipment such as XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy), TOF-SIMS (Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) and Auger Electron Spectroscopy. This position requires a solid technical foundation in materials science and/or analytical chemistry.

A typical day in the Surface Analysis group will consist of multiple activities and interactions, including:

• Writing up reports and processing previously acquired data

• Planning upcoming analyses

• Loading the instruments and acquiring new data

In parallel with that, you will likely have multiple other demands on your time:

• Internal group meetings to plan overall use of the instruments to meet deadlines

• Requests from customers to discuss prior reports or they may have questions about future analyses

• Meetings with the EAG sales team (which may also include customers) to discuss analyses and how we can help solve customers' problems

You may also have some longer-term projects you are working on, such as:

• Developing new analysis methods for new materials

• Producing marketing materials or writing a paper

• Working with our support team or vendors on fine tuning our instruments

• Learning another adjacent technique or other training goals

All of these activities require a lot of communication and cooperation with your co-workers and colleagues. You'll be learning to do a lot of things at once to keep multiple projects all moving forwards and you will be keeping other people on the team updated as to what you are doing. It's a fast-moving job and we all like to share the load so helping other people in the team, and also being helped by them is part of what we do, in order to collectively help our clients meet their goals. Along the way you'll do a lot of science too!

We are particularly interested in people with extensive hands-on experience who have taken their own XPS, TOF-SIMS or Auger data and who are very comfortable with all stages of the analytical process: experimental design, preparing samples, acquiring data, interpreting spectra, writing reports and showing true insight into the meaning of the data acquired.

Qualifications

Note: EAG Laboratories operates in accordance with International Traffic in Arms Regulation ITAR. This role subject to ITAR, you must be a US Person (Citizen or Permanente Resident) as you will be exposed to, managing, sharing, safeguarding, and disseminating technical information in accordance with policy and law. (ITAR, 22 CFR §120-130)

Education and Experience:

• MS or PhD degree in Chemistry, Physics or Materials Science with 1 or more years of industrial experience preferred.

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Ability:

• Design analytical protocols with minimal assistance from other experienced scientists.

• Demonstrate competency with laboratory work and use of analytical instrumentation

• Interpret XPS analytical data and apply understanding of the data to solve specific problems

• Knowledge/experience in other surface analysis techniques is a strong plus, e.g. XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence), SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy), RBS (Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry).

• Write scientific reports that includes conclusions, methodology, and supporting analytical data

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with firm deadlines

• Help maintain analytical instrumentation and troubleshoot problems when necessary

• Understand and write standard operating procedures and demonstrate the ability to follow procedures

• Work effectively in a team environment

• Able to communicate constructively with other scientists, EAG team members and customers

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Including Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)

What would set you apart:

• Experience operating and interpreting data using PHI Quantum, Quantera, Quantera II and 5700LS.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Has no direct supervisory responsibilities, but provides technical direction to support staff, maintenance staff, sales staff, and less experienced analysts.

Physical Requirements:

• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office or laboratory to access file cabinets, machinery, equipment etc.

• Ability to continuously operate a personal computer or lab equipment for extended periods of time (4 or more hours).

• Physical dexterity sufficient to use hands, arms, and shoulders repetitively to operate a keyboard and other lab equipment, use a telephone, access file cabinets and other items stored at various levels, including overhead.

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 90% of the time.

• Ability to speak and hear well enough to communicate clearly and understandably with sufficient volume to ensure an accurate exchange of information in normal conversational distance, over the telephone, and in a group setting.

• Learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete tasks independently, make timely decisions in the context of a workflow, ability to communicate with visitors, ability to complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota.

The essential physical and mental requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We will consider reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability or special need, we would like to know how we can better accommodate you.

Additional Information

What It's Like to Work Here:

• Teamwork: experience what being a part of the Eurofins-EAG family feels like. Be inspired by your leaders, be encouraged by your teammates and be supported in all parts of your journey while you work with us.

• Learning & Development: take on career development programs and goal setting to create big possibilities for your career and life. Develop within the company; be mentored and grown as a leader.

• Diversity & Authenticity: we work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day.

Benefits & Perks to Foster Work/Life Balance:

✓ Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

✓ 401k Company Matching

✓ Paid Time Off

✓ Wellness Program

✓ Education Assistance

✓ …and more!

If you enjoy being immersed in technology, tackling problems head-on, finding solutions through teamwork, and taking pride in accomplishments, join us today!

Eurofins EAG Laboratories is committed to promoting an equal employment opportunity workplace environment and is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Company that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, genetic information (GINA), disability, military and/or veteran status, and/or any other status protected by applicable Federal, state, or local law. The Company's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer all employment-related matters based on an individual's qualifications, abilities and efforts without regard to protected status.

Eurofins is a Gender, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

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