Staff Scientists For VUV & XUV Spectroscopy Product Development

Introduction:

Ideal Vacuum and Ideal Spectroscopy are looking for Staff Scientists to join our team to support vacuum and optical laser device component development. Successful applicants for this position will have organizational skills, SolidWorks modeling experience, drafting skills, and an understanding of how to design products that will be manufactured. Additional experience working with laser optics, complex research assemblies, and optical ray tracing software packages, such as Zemax OpticsStudio, is desired. The Staff Scientists hired for these positions will work closely with the principal investigator and other chief engineers.

Background

An active and growing field of research and development is in the VUV and XUV wavelength regions of the spectrum, 200 to 100 nm and 100 to 10 nm, respectively. Our companies, Ideal Vacuum and Ideal Spectroscopy, are excited to work together to develop products that will assist research groups who are setting up experiments to study the science and physics of atoms and molecules with optical transitions in these regions. It is a perfect area for our two companies to collaborate, as vacuum ultraviolet VUV and high-energy ultraviolet XUV radiation will not transmit through the atmosphere, it must propagate in vacuum as it is quickly absorbed by molecules in the room air. Ideal Vacuum has a well-established product line of Ideal Vacuum Cubes to which we will add additional products and accessories so customers can quickly build these types of experimental setups.

Areas Of Product Development

• VUV and XUV vacuum tight waveguide assemblies
• Vacuum grade optical mirror mount and translation stage assemblies
• Vacuum Cube plates with integrated 45° mirror mounts
• Fluorescence light collection optical assemblies
• Cube Plate to photodetectors assemblies, like PMTs, Photodiodes, and Infrared Detectors (InGaAs, PbS, PbSe, HgCdTe)
• Optical arms for Vacuum Cubes to introduce low-scattered laser light
• Supersonic-Jet assemblies for generating rotationally cooled molecular beams
• Dual Cube Connections with Inner Plate Skimmers to Generate Molecular Beams
• Set up Cube Kits for {VUV, XUV, LIBS, LIF, CARS, CRDS, and DF type experiments}
• Design Cubes for VUV and XUV production from high harmonic generation
• Design optical assemblies for focusing picosecond and femtosecond laser beams inside Krypton or Argon gas cells and Jets.
• VUV and XUV monochromator kits from Ideal Vacuum Cubes with gratings, motor controls, and our AutoAcquire spectroscopy software.

Responsibilities

It is important that members of our engineering group mature into self-sufficient contributors to be successful. After completing OJT (on-job training) and probationary period, a mechanical engineer at Ideal Vacuum is:

• Self-directed in assigned projects, with supervisor support
• Compliant with Ideal Vacuum procedures and organizational systems
• Able to coordinate and steward resources to meet timelines and milestones
• Involved in multiple project phases from product definition to product deployment
• A valuable contributing member of our engineering and development team

Education/Knowledge

• Masters or Ph.D. in Physics, Chemistry, or Mechanical Engineering
• 3+ years experience designing mechanical parts and assemblies
• SolidWorks CAD Software
• Experience with Zemax OpticStudio software is desired but not manditory
• PDM systems
• Blueprints and machine drawings
• Design for Manufacturing (DFM)

Job Tasks

As a design team member at Ideal Vacuum and Ideal Spectroscopy, a Staff Scientist is responsible to complete assigned projects, in addition to contributing to team efforts when needed. A weekly goal is to deliver verbal and or written progress reports to their supervisor on assigned projects. The following items are common work activities for a Staff Scientist at Ideal Vacuum & Ideal Spectroscopy:

• SolidWorks 3D modeling
• Conceptual design and product prototyping
• Creating production drawings and documentation
• Interacting with machinists, fabricators, and assemblers
• Support of project-related manufacturing and assembly

Pay & Benefits:

• Competitive and negotiable salary
• Health Insurance, Life Insurance, FSA
• Short & Long Term Disability
• 401K Retirement package
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Flexible work schedule
• Profit sharing bonuses
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave

How To Apply:

Does this sound like a position for you? Please submit your resume today to workwithus@idealvac.com
Visit our careers web site for other career opportunities. All resume submissions will be treated confidentially and with discretion. Please send your current resume CV and details of current salary package to the email above or fax them to: (505) 872-9001.