Staff Scientist

Physical Electronics USA • Chanhassen, MN

7h

About The Position

Enhancing Performance, Productivity and Profitability

Physical Electronics USA Inc. (PHI) is a subsidiary of ULVAC-PHI, the world's leading supplier of UHV surface analysis instrumentation. PHI’s innovative XPS, AES, and SIMS technologies provide our customers with unique tools to solve challenging materials problems and accelerate the development of new processes and products. As the only supplier that provides a full range of high performance XPS, AES, and SIMS surface analysis instruments, PHI is in a unique position to provide complete surface analysis solutions to potential clients in a broad range of high technology fields including nanotechnology, microelectronics, storage media, catalysis, biomaterials, pharmaceuticals, and basic materials such as metals, polymers, composites and coatings. (For more info go to PHI.com [http://www.phi.com])

What you will do

Requirements

• PhD in Chemistry, Physics, or Materials Science or MS with 3+ years of experience.
• Hands-on experience and knowledge about material characterization techniques, such as XPS, AES, and/or SIMS.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a cross-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Provides expertise in the operation and application of surface analysis instrumentation.
• Performs instrument demonstrations, including development of strategies.
• Ability to analyze and interpret results.
• Creates demonstration reports to communicate results of analysis to the customer plus strengths of PHI instrumentation.
• Ensures instrumentation is operating to specifications for demonstrations.
• Provides on-site instrument training at customer sites, tailoring training materials.
• Develops marketing materials for surface analysis product line.
• Supports interdepartmental activities, including assistance with preparation of sales tender documents, software testing, and corrective action initiatives.
• Participates in new product planning activities, providing both “voice” as an expert user in addition to being a representative of customer’s “voice”.
• Represents the company by attending and presenting at scientific conferences.

Benefits

• Employees enjoy paid holidays and vacation, as well as an unlimited PTO benefit to help balance work, life, and everything in between.
• Some of our most-loved benefits include department hosted lunches, employee-led wellness activities, on-site gym, employer contribution to H.S.A. and safe-harbor 401k contributions.
• Medical, dental and employer paid life insurance benefits are available.
• Student tuition reimbursement, ongoing education and training opportunities, and employer matched charitable contributions are also available to employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree