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Job Summary

The Caltech High Throughput Experimentation group performs accelerated discovery of energy-related materials. The group seeks a temporary operator of its Microfab inkjet printer to synthesize composition gradient materials libraries.

Job Duties

• Generation of printable elemental precursors
• Development of deposition protocols on the Microfab printer
• Preparation of library plates suitable for printing
• Printer operation to synthesize composition libraries
• Documentation of all deposition parameters in the group's database
• Documentation of recommended thermal processing protocols for the resulting composition libraries
• Additional measurements such as optical and composition characterization as needed to validate the quality of the printed libraries

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years experience operating Microfab printers for materials synthesis
• Experience with the Caltech HTE database
• Master's Degree in Material Science or related field.

Required Documents

• Resume