AES (Auger Electron Spectroscopy) -Staff Scientist

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• AES – Staff Scientist Marketing Department - Chanhassen, MN Company Description 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 the following: nanotechnology, microelectronics, storage media, catalysis, bio-materials, pharmaceuticals, and basic materials such as metals, polymers, composites and coatings. What PHI Offers You At PHI, our success is powered by people and technology. Employee appreciation and recognition, total employee wellness, and shared celebration of company success are just a few of our top priorities. 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 HSA, 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.

Job description

Our organization is looking for a Staff Scientist with experience in Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) to join our Analytical Laboratory team. In this role, the applied surface scientist will provide technical expertise to the company, performing instrument demonstrations, leading training sessions, developing marketing materials, testing current instrument software/hardware, providing feedback into next generation instrumentation, and delivering solutions to product challenges.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provides expertise in the operation and application of AES instrumentation.
• Ability to analyze and interpret AES results.
• Performs instrument demonstrations, including development of strategies.
• 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 AES 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• PhD in Chemistry, Physics, or Materials Science.
• Experience with AES instrumentation and data interpretation.
• Additional experience with focused ion beams (FIB), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), backscatter electron spectroscopy (BSE), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), and/or X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) a plus.

The base salary range for this position is $92,000 – $115,000. The base salary offered will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, experience, credentials, education, certifications, skill level required for the position, the scope of the position, and geographic location. Actual base salary offered will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based We offer a full benefits package and competitive wage with all the advantages of a small company environment. Physical Electronics is an equal-opportunity employer. Physical Electronics USA is an Affirmative Action employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees according to all applicable equal opportunity and affirmative action laws, directives and regulations of federal, state and local governing bodies and agencies. In keeping with this commitment, Physical Electronics USA will recruit and hire the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, status regarding public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, disability, age, sexual orientation or status as a Vietnam era, special disabled, or other covered veteran.