Senior Laboratory Technician

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Qualifications:

• A.S. or higher degree in material science, chemistry or related field. (2+ years work experience is acceptable)

• 2+ years of practical experience in a Material Science laboratory is an advantage.

• Working knowledge in safe chemical handling and PPE.

• Knowledge in laboratory method development, method validation and statistical analysis.

Responsibilities:

• Polymer processing, melt mixing, calander, hot presses, heated ovens.

• Good mechanical aptitude

• Safe chemical handling and work in a chemical fume hood following best lab practices.

• Familiar to solvent coating, extrusion, and spin coating techniques.

• Willingness to quickly learn experimental methods and adapt to a changing work streams.

• Able to train and quickly understand multiple mixing and process instruments like hot presses, ovens, thinky, roll mill, silverson® homogenizer, sonic horn, rotary evaporator, blenders etc..

• Thermal and mechanical testing utilizing multiple instruments TIM tester, hot disc, DSC, TGA, DMA, durometer, instron.

• Fabrication of test sample to perform mechanical and thermal testing

• Ability to work well with a team and reporting to primary investigator (PhD).

• Good record keeping skills in electronic laboratory notebook

• Strong chemical and mechanical background

• Experience with silicone chemistry and mechanical testing is a plus.

• Familiarity with Word, Excel, Microsoft one drive, chem draw, Java and python