Senior Laboratory Technician

Job Title 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