Senior Laboratory Technician
Listed on 2026-06-27
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Engineering
Chemical Manufacturing, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer -
Manufacturing / Production
Chemical Manufacturing, Materials Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer
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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
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