| Job Description | Schafer Corporation is seeking a Precision Engineer for Micro-Scale Manufacturing to join its laboratory in Livermore, California. The ideal candidate will have experience with ultra-precision machining and 5 axis milling techniques. Candidates from disciplines other than mechanical engineering with experience in ultra-precision machining techniques and characterization will also be considered. Responsibilities will include component design, machine programming, fabrication, assembly, and precision metrology of manufactured components.
The successful candidate will function as part of a team responsible for research, development, and fabrication of targets with very high dimensional tolerances. These targets are used by experimenters at DOE National Laboratories and other institutions with large high-power laser facilities. They are complex assemblies on the scale of a centimeter but with sub-micron tolerances. The target components are composed of various metals, polymers, polymer films, aerogels, metal coatings and precision manufactured components. These components are precisely assembled and characterized via conventional microscopy, interferometry, and optical coordinate metrology.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities will include planning, directing, and executing an ongoing research and development project in the areas of micro-to-nano scale fabrication of 3-dimensional polymer structures by 2-photon polymerization (2PP), 3-D micro stereo lithography (3DMSL), and combinations of these techniques. Schafer collaborates with scientists and engineers from industry and academia on this cutting-edge research, and the successful candidate will be expected to maintain and expand these collaborations. This is a hands-on senior scientific position. The successful candidate will be expected to directly contribute to some or all of the following: expanding and controlling the material compositions and structures available by 2PP and 3DMSL; investigating fabrication of low density and metallic structures; increasing 2PP writing speeds through, for example, optical engineering, advanced motion control, and/or photo polymerizable resin and initiator development; and developing 2PP process models that can guide the development efforts.
The successful candidate will work as part of a team responsible for research, development, and fabrication of diverse components with very high dimensional tolerances. These components comprise targets used by experimenters at DOE National Laboratories and other institutions with large high-power laser facilities. They are complex assemblies on the scale of a centimeter but with sub-micron tolerances. The target components are composed of various metals, polymers, polymer films, aerogels, metal coatings and precision manufactured components. The components are precisely assembled and characterized via conventional microscopy, interferometry, and optical coordinate metrology.
The following knowledge skills and attributes are required:
?AA degree with 5-10 years of experience
?CAD/CAM– SolidWorks/CAMWorks preferred
?CNC machining – setting up machines, writing g-codes
?Diamond turning
?Micro-machining-5 axis preferred
?Characterization skills – knowledge of precision manufacturing characterization methods (e.g. optical coordinate measuring machine, measuring microscope, laser confocal microscope, interferometer, etc.), including advantages and limitations of methods
?Excellent presentation skills – ability to create presentations in Powerpoint and deliver technical presentations and posters
?Excellent professional oral communication skills – candidate must interface with customers and colleagues
?Ability to work independently to manufacture and characterize parts on time
?Ability to communicate effectively with management and co-workers about project status, and challenges
?Ability to obtain and maintain the requisite personnel clearance
?U.S. Citizenship required
The following knowledge skills and attributes are preferred:
?BS or MS in mechanical engineering, or equivalent experience in related field
?5-axis CNC machining experience
?Production management experience
?Project management experience
?Experience with precision assembly methods and techniques
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Schafer Corporation is a scientific, engineering and operational support organization providing high-end technical solutions to mission critical challenges. Schafer’s contributions are focused in three major thrust areas: government services, civil and military aerospace solutions, and mobility solutions. We choose to work on some of the toughest technical challenges in aerospace and defense, and we strive to be the very best at the things we choose to do |
| | Company | | Schafer Corporation | Job Code | | State or Province | | California | | |
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