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Employer Name: Yale University

1. Participates in the planning, conceiving, designing and implementation of highly specialized state of the art instrumentation equipment and apparatus for a multi-faceted research project 2. Solves engineering and design problems to ensure that equipment meets the objective of the study 3. Develops reports and proposals for research project outlining machinery available, direction of the design, and development of new instrumentation. 4. Determines available resources such as electrical and mechanical components and equipment. 5. Develops cost and time estimates for specific equipment design. Ensures time and cost estimates are met. 6. Supervises and monitors work of professionals and solicits consulting work from outside labs 7. Manages quality control of work performed on research projects. 8. Teaches research support theories and design. 9. May perform other duties as assigned. Required Skill/ability 1: Demonstrated knowledge of processes including positive and negative resists, silanization, casting materials (i.e. PDMS) to create single and multi-level devices. Ability to teach and train users in these processes. Required Skill/ability 2: Familiar with all processes related to soft lithography used in the fabrication of micro and nano- fluidic devices. Required Skill/ability 3: Excellent interpersonal skills suited to a multiuser environment. Demonstrated ability to organize and support multiple projects for multiple users. Required Skill/ability 4: Ability to function independently and utilize judgment, analysis and creativity in investigating problems while evaluating alternative solutions. Self-motivated. Required Skill/ability 5: Ability to work as a full collaborator with faculty, students, and research staff. Ability to train and instruct students and post-docs and to participate in acquiring funding. Preferred Education: Experience and understanding of microelectronics and microfluidic processing equipment. Experience in operating Reactive Ion Etching and E-beam lithography systems as well as other etching, deposition and metrology processes used in the micro/nano-device fabrication. Work Week: Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day) Posting Position Title: Research Support Specialist 4 University Job Title: Staff Scientist Preferred Education, Experience and Skills: Experience and understanding of microelectronics and microfluidic processing equipment. Experience in operating Reactive Ion Etching and E-beam lithography systems as well as other etching, deposition and metrology processes used in the micro/nano-device fabrication. Bachelor's Degree in a related field and five years of related experience in a research development facility or an equivalent combination of education and experience.