Principal Scientist, Materials

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What You’ll Do

SSI’s Advanced Materials Lab (AML) in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Principal Engineer with expertise working on Materials development. Specifically, the candidate should have experience with inorganic materials synthesis, analysis and characterization. The ideal candidate will have expertise in design of experiments/statistical methods and experience building and maintaining databases. Candidates with experience performing combinatorial chemistry, thin film fabrication, building Automated Robot synthesis system design/ building a major plus.  The successful candidate will independently pursue research advancing AMLs development of next generation technologies.

The Advanced Materials Lab in Cambridge, MA is part of Samsung Semiconductor Inc. headquartered in San Jose, CA. AML is engaged in materials design and modelling for a broad range of next generation technologies such as batteries and semiconductors. The work is conducted internally, with academic collaborators, and with industrial partners. As a part of Samsung’s advanced research effort, AML works closely with counterparts at Samsung laboratories in Korea. We are looking for strong candidates with demonstrated excellence their fields.

Location: Cambridge, MA

Job ID: 42409

• Analyze current status of research in advanced materials to identify influential factors
• Design and perform experiments and analysis that advance the state of the art in field of expertise.
• Contribute to the Samsung mission for next-generation materials development.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues at AML and in Korea, and with university partners.

What You Bring

• Bachelors in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, or related field with 20+ years of experience or Masters with 18+ years of Industry Experience or with 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience synthesizing inorganic materials from solution phase (i.e., sol-gel, co-precipitation, spray pyrolysis, Thin film process).
• Experience in electrochemical device fabrication, such as cell assembly, cell testing, and data analysis.
• Expertise in design of experiments/statistical methods and experience building and maintaining databases.
• Expertise on coding skill for robot arm handling.
• Excellent written communication skills for the preparation of technical papers, patent applications, presentations, application notes, SOP, and other such documents.
• Self-motivated with the ability to communicate clearly.
• English fluency
• You’re inclusive, adapting your style to the situation and diverse global norms of our people.
• An avid learner, you approach challenges with curiosity and resilience, seeking data to help build understanding.
• You’re collaborative, building relationships, humbly offering support and openly welcoming approaches.
• Innovative and creative, you proactively explore new ideas and adapt quickly to change.

Preferred skills:

• Demonstrated experience in materials characterization techniques such as Raman Spectroscopy, NMR, XRD, SEM and TEM.
• Knowledge of electrochemistry in the aqueous and solid state.
• Thin film fabrication process
• Lab automation
• Moisture sensitive chemistry experience using a glove box a plus.
• Experience with high-throughput synthesis techniques such as robotics and large dataset data analysis.

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