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The Shared Instrumentation Laboratoriesat the University at Buffalo is seeking to hire an Assistant Professor of Research to serve as a Process Engineer. The Process Engineer will be responsible for providing technical and operational support to the to the University at Buffalo Shared Instrumentation Laboratories (SIL), specifically its Furnas Hall Materials Characterization Laboratory (MCL) and Davis Hall Cleanroom (CRM). SIL is operated by UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Candidates must be highly-organized self-starters with strict attention to detail and demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and independently with minimal supervision in a fast-paced, highly-flexible, customer-focused environment. Position involves execution of a large number and variety of tasks, while ensuring accuracy and high quality of resulting deliverables, and completion within a reasonable time frame. It requires sound judgement, diplomacy, interpersonal skills, and a high-level of professionalism in interactions with university, school/college and departmental leadership, faculty, staff and students, as well as external collaborators in academia, business, industry and government. Also requires strong communication (written, oral, inter-personal) and computer skills (Microsoft Office suite of products: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Outlook), and aptitude to learn new applications.

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About the Furnas Hall Materials Characterization Laboratory
The MCL is a shared-use facility that provides resources needed to analyze liquid, powder, surface and bulk materials. It currently includes equipment for powder x-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman microscope, UV-VIS-NIR and Fluorescence Spectrophotometers, inductively-coupled plasma/optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) for elemental analysis, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), porosimeter for nitrogen physisorption (BET), atomic force microscopy (AFM), AFM-based nanoindentation tool, physical properties measurement system (PPMS), fume hoods and freeze dryer for sample preparation, and analytical chemistry related equipment.

About the Davis Hall Cleanroom
The Cleanroom is a shared-use facility featuring Class 1000 space, and is well-equipped for electronic device research, processing and development, materials characterization, micro- and nanofabrication and other processes. It includes more than 30 scientific tools and instruments with capabilities for deposition, e-beam and focused-ion-beam lithography, etching, metrology & microscopy, photolithography, sample preparation, thermal processing and analysis, and wafer bonding.

About The University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo (UB) #ubuffalo is one of America’s leading public research universities and a flagship of the State University of New York system, recognized for our excellence and our impact. UB is a premier, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic excellence. Our research, creative activity and people positively impact the world. Like the city we call home, UB is distinguished by a culture of resilient optimism, resourceful thinking and pragmatic dreaming that enables us to reach others every day. Visit our website to learn more about the University at Buffalo.

University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.