Senior Engineer of Product Characterization and Modeling

Senior Engineer of Product Characterization and Modeling for Sensor Devices in Newark, CA.

• Create DOEs to develop, characterize and understand device operation.
• Develop (or help develop) and set-up instrumentation needed for the characterization.
• Operate test equipment including scripts (nominally written in Python) necessary to collect needed data on a variety of experiments on new materials and devices.
• Internalize and characterize environmental sensor technology.
• Be flexible and creative to help the team come up with novel ideas and solutions.
• Develop and set-up instrumentation needed for a variety of R&D experiments.
• Run and modify scripts to run sensor tests in python.
• Collect data and process in different forms needed to characterize materials and devices.
• Assist the team on the modeling of the devices.
• Help transition processes from R&D to manufacturing.

• Degree in a Quantitative field (Chemistry / Physics / Engineering) or relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience working from a product or systems engineering perspective.
• Strong statistical analysis and experimental design capability.
• Candidates should have a high level of creativity, be hands-on and be pro-active to drive tasks/projects to completion.
• Strong competency in electrochemical devices and systems.
• Strong competency with development and set-up of instrumentation for testing electrical, optical and ideally electrochemical systems.
• Strong competency in statistics, extracting, organizing, and manipulating data.
• Strong working knowledge of programming in Python and Excel. Matlab and Jmp is a bonus.
• Strong collaborative and team work attributes with active communication and good documentation skills.
• Hands-on, analytic personality.