[labnetwork] job opening: Yale west campus cleanroom

[Michael Rooks]

*Job Description:*

The Microfabrication Core of Yale University West Campus is seeking to 
hire an
experienced lead technician to oversee this new facility. The Specialist 
will have the
responsibility of operating instruments, training new operators, 
consulting with users on
experimental design and completion, interfacing with instrument 
manufacturers, and the
maintenance of instruments in the Core. The Specialist will be expected 
to contribute
heavily to the development and construction of the new state-of-art 
facility and manage
its operation moving forward. The Core will accommodate the research 
activities of
faculty from the West Campus Institutes: Nanobiology, Chemical Biology, 
Cancer
Biology, Energy Sciences, Systems Biology, and Microbial Diversity.

The Specialist is expected to assist faculty, staff, and students in 
conducting research.
S/he will also be required to assist in the development of research 
plans and participate in
preparing grant proposals.

*Resources in the Core will include:*

  * Facilities for soft lithography mold making and casting.
  * Wet process fume hoods: base, acid and solvent chemical processes
  * Photolithography: resist spinners, hot plates, EVG aligner
  * Dry Process: O2 Plasma, annealing
  * Metrology: Microscopes, profilometer, reflectometer
  * Safety equipment


*Essential Duties of the Position:*

With reporting responsibility to the West Campus Director of Research 
Operations and
Technology, direct activities of the facility in partnership with the 
existing cleanroom
facilities in the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and 
with the existing
Analytical Services Group at West Campus.

Activities include organizing the space and the flow of work, ordering 
equipment and
supplies, advertising technologies available in the facility, scheduling 
work, establishing
priorities, developing short and long range programmatic goals to ensure 
the outstanding
quality of the services.

    1. Serve as a technical mentor for cleanroom users by developing and
    debugging
    cleanroom processes used in research. Benchmark essential cleanroom
    processes
    and performance.
    2. Conceive, design and modify microfluidic (and possibly semiconductor)
    processing equipment.
    3. Develop and implement research applications to fabricate
    microfluidic materials,
    devices and processing equipment.
    4. Assist in managing research groups for the efficient flow of
    research projects.
    5. Participate in defining the direction of research and equipment
    design.
    6. Develop and maintain a system for data and user management.
    7. Assist in managing research, research support design, and
    projects associated with
    the development of devices and materials and associated process and
    characterization equipment.
    8. Conceive and design equipment and facilities for material processing.
    9. Supervise contractors, researchers, graduate students, etc.
    10. Consult and advise on technical designs.
    11. Interact with internal contacts to discuss and consult on
    research projects.
    12. Design research processes, implement and project cost estimates.
    13. Interact with vendors, suppliers, manufacturing companies and
    other research
    institutions to develop and design specialized equipment and
    instruments.
    14. Exchange technical information. Stay abreast of new research
    technologies and
    developments.
    15. Develop and manage the budget of the facility in conjunction
    with West Campus
    Administration, determine pricing and ensure use of the facility to
    guarantee a
    steady revenue flow and cost recovery.

*Education and Training:*

B.S. Degree in Engineering and eight to ten years related work 
experience in a research
development facility, supervising and overseeing facilities operations; 
or the equivalent
combination of education and experience.
Experience and understanding of microfluidic and microelectronics processing
equipment.

Applicant should be familiar with all processes related to soft 
lithography used in the
fabrication of micro and nano- fluidic devices.

Background in photomask design using CAD programs such as Layout Editor 
is a plus.
Processes including positive and negative resists, silanization, casting 
materials (i.e.
PDMS) are used to create single and multi-level devices, applicant will 
be knowledgeable
of the basics in this area and be required to teach and train users in 
these processes.

Familiarity with alignment techniques at the micro and nano level is 
critical.
Maintaining process equipment and integrating process solutions is a major
responsibility.

Experience working in a multiuser environment.

*Skills and Abilities*

    1. Excellent interpersonal skills suited to a multiuser environment.
    2. Demonstrated ability to organize and support multiple projects
    for multiple users.
    3. Ability to function independently and utilize judgment, analysis
    and creativity in
    investigating problems while evaluating alternative solutions.
    4. Self-motivated
    5. Ability to work as a full collaborator with faculty, students,
    and research staff.
    6. Ability to train and instruct students and post-docs.
    7. Participate in acquiring funding.


*Application: *

For more information and immediate consideration, please apply online at
www.Yale.edu/jobs - the STARS req ID for this position is 27388BR. 
Please be sure to
reference this website when applying for this position.

We invite you to discover the excitement, diversity, rewards and 
excellence of a
career at Yale University. One of the country's great workplaces, Yale 
University
offers exciting opportunities for meaningful accomplishment and true 
growth. Our
benefits package is among the best anywhere, with a wide variety of 
insurance
choices, liberal paid time off, fantastic family and educational 
benefits, a variety of
retirement benefits, extensive recreational facilities, and much more.
Yale University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. 
Yale values
diversity in its faculty, staff, and students and strongly encourages 
applications from
women and members of underrepresented minority groups.

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