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Senior Engineer of Product Characterization and Modeling for Sensor Devices in Newark, CA.
SummarySeeking a self-motivated individual to spearhead product performance, quality and yield improvement of leading-edge environmental sensing systems through detailed characterization and analysis of individual sensors and statistical analysis of high-volume manufacturing distribution data. Responsibilities- 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.