Research Scientist

BCforward
Redmond, WA

Minimum Qualifications:

● PhD or Masters in Physics, Chemistry, Optical Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or relevant technical field.

● Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.

● Experience programming hardware interfaces (e.g., serial/I2C/SPI communication, DAQ systems, motion control) using Python, LabVIEW, C, or similar languages.

● 2+ years experience in at least one of the following areas: chemistry, materials, organic materials, crystallization, nucleation, solid state analysis, optoelectronic materials.

● 2+ years experience, experimental laboratory work (i.e., demonstrated ability to take concepts, adapt them and translate them to the bench-top).

Preferred Qualifications:

● Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at relevant high-impact journals.

● Experience with solid-state analysis: e.g. diffuse reflectance, XRD, spectroscopy, DSC, optical microscopy.

● Experience with crystallographic software (e.g. CCDC suite, BGMN, Profex, Olex2).

● Experience with HPLC, LC-MS, UV/Vis and/or GC.

● Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment.

● Experience with crystal growth and related concepts (e.g. supersaturation, nucleation, etc.).

Must-Have HARD Skills

  • Experience programming hardware interfaces (e.g., serial/I2C/SPI communication, DAQ systems, motion control) using Python, LabVIEW, C, or similar languages.
  • 2+ years experience in at least one of the following areas: chemistry, materials, organic materials, crystallization, nucleation, solid state analysis, optoelectronic materials.
  • 2+ years experience, experimental laboratory work (i.e., demonstrated ability to take concepts, adapt them and translate them to the bench-top).

Nice-to-have Skills

1 Working with organic crystals - and solubility of compounds

2 Previous experience with CAD software is asset

3 Experience with frequent report writing

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