MiTeGen - Ithaca, NY 14850
Title: Application Development Scientist / Engineer
Company: MiTeGen Inc. Location: 95 Brown Rd, Ithaca NY 14850
Type: Full Time
Reports to: R&D Engineering Manager, CTO

Are you looking for a scientifically and technically challenging research and development position with large real-world impacts? Would you enjoy developing solutions for and providing application support to academic and industrial scientists around the world? Do you enjoy working in a small team environment where you can participate in researching new concepts, designing and making prototypes, writing patents, developing final products, and providing application support to end users?

As a scientist-owned and science- and technology- driven company, MiTeGen has been developing innovative solutions for X-ray and electron-based diffraction and imaging and for biomolecular and pharmaceutical R&D since 2004. We're looking for talented innovators to join our team as we continue to expand our capabilities and market reach.

Position Description:

The Research and Development Scientist / Engineer:

• Works for the R&D Engineering Manager and collaborates with the CTO.
• Takes guidance for daily activities and longer term efforts from the Engineering Manager and the CTO.
• Supports other development and production staff in their tasks and in solving issues and answering questions in your areas of expertise.
• Discusses challenges with customers and identifies important problems in need of novel solutions.
• Explores approaches to solving challenging application-oriented problems.
• Assists in applied research and conducts directed research tasks both on-site at MiTeGen and at major R&D facilities available at Cornell University.
• Uses software tools for simulations and CAD design.
• Designs and microfabricates structures and devices using standard microfabrication tools (photolithography, thin film deposition, plasma etching, etc.).
• Performs simple wet chemistry taks.
• Designs, constructs, and modifies mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical assemblies.
• Uses a variety of materials characterization tools (e.g., SEM, TEM, PLM).
• Develops testing plans and protocols.
• Identifies and works with vendors to obtain components with desired specifications.
• Uses software tools to perform product integration and testing tasks.
• Performs Design Verification Tests.
• Uses specifications and drawings to develop mechanical QA test devices.
• Performs assembly tasks as required.
• Assists in preparing patent applications, journal articles, user guides/manuals, and SBIR proposals.

Must-have skills and attributes:

• Demonstrated abilities with:
  • MS Word and Excel
  • At least one CAD program
  • Matlab, Mathematica, or other programming for modeling and simulation
  • Microfabrication
  • Mechanical design
  • Reading mechanical assembly drawings and blueprints
  • Reading schematics
  
  
• Solid math skills
• Ability to work as part of a tightly-knit small team
• Ability to perform tasks with minimal supervision
• Estimate the time required to complete a task
• Commit and complete tasks on time and on budget

Additionally, the Research and Development Scientist/Engineer must:

• Work well with others and contribute positively to team morale
• Take direction from the engineering staff and CTO
• Communicate component, product, and process improvements, enhancements and concerns
• Know when to ask for help
• Have a growth mindset and be willing to expand their skillset into new domains (guidance and training supplied)
• Use tests to answer specific questions or to figure out an unknown
• Write a complete, concise, accurate report on an activity

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in multiple areas:

• Microfabrication
• X-ray or electron diffraction and imaging
• Materials characterization
• Precision measurements
• Cryogenics
• Programming for modeling and simulation
• Sensors
• Stepper and/or servo motors
• Mechanical drawing and tolerance training
• Control systems
• Basic design-for UL/CE knowledge
• Hardware/Software integration testing
• Instrument design, assembly, and manufacture
• 3D printing
• 5S principles and workplace organization methods

The candidate should have hands-on experience in with at least one of:

• Mechanical CAD with dimensioning and tolerancing
• Solid Modeling (SolidWorks preferred)
• LABView
• Schematic Capture
• 3D scanning
• 3D printing

Experience: Ideally 5 years or more; can include graduate work.

Education: We are looking for candidates with a Ph.D., M.S., or B.S. in a science or engineering field, including physics, applied physics, chemistry, molecular biology, materials science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or chemical engineering, or equivalent experience.

Physical Requirements: The position requires the ability to efficiently and accurately perform tasks at a computer workstation, and to safely use various laboratory equipment and perform basic prototype and product assembly tasks using hand and power tools.

Work Environment: MiTeGen employees work in a mixed office / laboratory / small-production environment, where all employees maintain a safe, clean, orderly workspace and all contribute to a positive, encouraging environment.

Benefits: Vacation, Holiday and other benefits are as described in the MiTeGen Employee Manual and other company documents.

Location: MiTeGen is located in beautiful Ithaca, NY, home of Cornell University and Ithaca College, in the Finger Lakes wine region.

Travel: Typically little to no travel would be expected. Requirement to travel to assist with a customer visit, vendor visit, or attend a conference/trade show or related activity could arise.

EEO: It is the policy of MiTeGen to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, status as a disabled veteran, recently separated or other covered veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

About MiTeGen: MiTeGen invents, develops, and custom-engineers a range of products for academic and industrial scientists engaged in research into biomolecular structure and function and in the development of new pharmaceuticals.