Thursday, June 21, 2012
Controls Engineer Hummingbird Scientific
Hummingbird Scientific is looking for a highly motivated engineer to lead projects related to developing scientific instruments used in the transmission electron microscope, ion microscopes, and atomic force microscopes. We are looking for someone with a wide range of experience in design of control and/or mechatronic systems. Expertise in control software (specifically Labview) and electronics is key. Planning skills are also important for this job.
Duties and Responsibilities include:
- Design of control systems
- Control software (specifically Labview)
- Electronics design
- System assembly and testing
- Project scheduling
Principal background and skills needed:
- BS degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or closely related field
- Control software design experience
- Extensive LabView experience
- Electronic circuit design
- Practical hands on skills with all standard electronic instruments (power supplies, scopes, function generators etc.)
- Hands-on skills for wiring, soldering boards, packaging, assembly
- Experience using 3D CAD (e.g. SolidWorks)
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Solid references
Desired background and skills:
- MS/Ph D in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or closely related field
- Design of mechatronic systems
- Project planning experience, particularly of multiple small projects
Compensation: Our pay rates and benefits are very competitive.
Job Location: Lacey, WA
Interested? Apply online with you resume and cover letter. Resumes missing cover letters will not be reviewed.
http://www.hummingbirdscientific.com/careers/index.php?page=controlseng
Company Description
Hummingbird Scientific is a commercially successful company and a significant asset to the scientific community. Over the last decade, the founders of Hummingbird Scientific have worked to build custom, leading-edge scientific equipment. In 2004 the group formed Hummingbird Scientific to develop advanced products for Transmission Electron Microscopes, Scanning Electron Microscopes, and Focused Ion Beam systems (TEM/SEM/FIB). Using several Phase I and II SBIR and STTR grants from DOE, NIH, NSF and DOD Hummingbird Scientific has grown from a three person start-up company to a profitable company employing twenty employees and currently offers twelve different electron microscopy experimental system products. Our core competencies are in precision manufacturing, mechatronics, and material science. Hummingbird is fully owned by people that work for the company, is financially solvent, has no debt, and is operating primarily on its commercial revenues/profits. Our customers include over 40 Universities, industrial companies and National Laboratories in the US. Our work has resulted in many scientific publications, work that would have been impossible without the tools we build.
Hummingbird's Scientific's strength is in helping customers translate their innovative ideas into user-friendly tools, thereby advancing their science. Working both alone and in collaboration with our customer base we have created a dozen new electron microscopy experimental platform designs, each of which have been developed into commercial products. Hummingbird has world-leading engineering and fabrication capabilities in-house. Hummingbird Scientific is a vertically integrated company that manufactures a large majority of the components of our products in our own production shop. Hummingbird has tools to do advanced 3-D mechanical design, vacuum component cleaning and testing, multi-layer circuit boards, and software development. Hummingbird Scientific's precision machining capabilities are the key to producing our advanced TEM specimen holders. Our equipment is highly specialized for micro component machining. We have one of the most capable and comprehensive micro-component capabilities in the United States.
Microfabrication Engineer with Hummingbird Scientific
Hummingbird Scientific is looking for a talented hands-on microfabrication engineer to join our group. You will work closely with our other scientists and engineers and clients in academia and industry to build and develop next-generation tools for electron and ion microscopy and you will be key part of the team that leads our microfabrication design, development, production, and testing efforts. Candidates should have demonstrated success in working in a microfabrication clean room environment, device design and process development. MEMS process experience would be preferred, but candidate with general IC microfabrication experience will also be considered. Knowledge of general physics, chemistry, engineering and mechanical design is also crucial.
Duties and Responsibilities include:
- Microfabication process-flow design
- Microfabrication device design
- Thin film process development
- Lithography mask design
- Microfabrication processing
- Microfabrication manufacturing processes
- Quality control
- Interactions with external (scientific) collaborators
- Project scheduling and planning
Principal background and skills needed:
- MS or Ph D degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or related field where the main degree focus was thin film microfabrication
- Understanding over a wide variety of microfabrication techniques
- Be able to work with a variety of common cleanroom equipment
- Have MEMS of IC device design experience
- High energy and motivation level
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Experience working with scientists in academia and industry
- Solid references
Desired background and skills:
- Mechanical CAD design
- Handling complex multi-layered bills of materials
Because we work very closely with a diverse range of clients, we are looking for candidates with strong communication skills in both casual and formal situations. We are particularly interested in people who can take a "big-picture" view, identify problems, and take a detailed and thorough approach to building solutions. Lastly, we place a very high value on using your brain, not just taking orders; we want you to collaborate with us to do what we do better.
Compensation: Our pay rates and benefits are very competitive.
Job Location:
Seattle/Lacey, WA
Interested? Apply online with your resume, cover letter and examples of your work. Resumes missing cover letters will not be reviewed.
http://hummingbirdscientific.com/careers/index.php?page=microfabengineer
Company Description
Hummingbird Scientific is a commercially successful company and a significant asset to the scientific community. Over the last decade, the founders of Hummingbird Scientific have worked to build custom, leading-edge scientific equipment. In 2004 the group formed Hummingbird Scientific to develop advanced products for Transmission Electron Microscopes, Scanning Electron Microscopes, and Focused Ion Beam systems (TEM/SEM/FIB). Using several Phase I and II SBIR and STTR grants from DOE, NIH, NSF and DOD Hummingbird Scientific has grown from a three person start-up company to a profitable company employing twenty employees and currently offers twelve different electron microscopy experimental system products. Our core competencies are in precision manufacturing, mechatronics, and material science. Hummingbird is fully owned by people that work for the company, is financially solvent, has no debt, and is operating primarily on its commercial revenues/profits. Our customers include over 40 Universities, industrial companies and National Laboratories in the US. Our work has resulted in many scientific publications, work that would have been impossible without the tools we build.
Hummingbird's Scientific's strength is in helping customers translate their innovative ideas into user-friendly tools, thereby advancing their science. Working both alone and in collaboration with our customer base we have created a dozen new electron microscopy experimental platform designs, each of which have been developed into commercial products. Hummingbird has world-leading engineering and fabrication capabilities in-house. Hummingbird Scientific is a vertically integrated company that manufactures a large majority of the components of our products in our own production shop. Hummingbird has tools to do advanced 3-D mechanical design, vacuum component cleaning and testing, multi-layer circuit boards, and software development. Hummingbird Scientific's precision machining capabilities are the key to producing our advanced TEM specimen holders. Our equipment is highly specialized for micro component machining. We have one of the most capable and comprehensive micro-component capabilities in the United States.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Luce Scholars Program information session and application
Seniors, recent alums, graduate and professional students at UW are encouraged to apply for the Luce Scholars Program (http://www.hluce.org/lsprogram.aspx). This is great opportunity for those with little or no prior experience in, or education about, Asian countries to add this valuable perspective to their future career interests!
The UW is able to nominate 3 students per year to compete nationally for the opportunity to spend 12 months in Asia. The program provides stipends, language training and individualized professional placement in Asia for fifteen to eighteen young Americans each year.
During the current application cycle for the 2013-14 program, applicants must be American citizens who, by July 1, 2013, will have received at least a bachelor's degree and will not have reached their 30th birthday. Applicants should have a record of high achievement, outstanding leadership ability, and a clearly defined career interest with evidence of potential for professional accomplishment. Those who already have significant experience in Asia or Asian studies are not eligible for the Luce Scholars Program. Additional details are provided in the Program Summary below.
One more information session covering the program basics, application and nomination process will be held: Wednesday, June 27, 4:30pm, Mary Gates Hall 171. Please RSVP to attend at https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/234.
UW application deadline: Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, 5:00pm
UW application: https://expo.uw.edu/expo/apply/263
Luce Scholars Program Advisers at UW:
Program Summary:
The Luce Scholars Program represents a major effort by the Henry Luce Foundation to provide an awareness of Asia among potential leaders in American society. Launched in 1974, the Luce Scholars Program is aimed at a group of highly qualified young Americans in a variety of professional fields. It is unique among American-Asian exchanges in that it is intended for young leaders who have had limited experience of Asia and who might not otherwise have an opportunity in the normal course of their careers to come to know Asia.
Luce Scholars have backgrounds in virtually any field other than Asian studies, including but hardly limited to medicine and public health, the arts, law, science, environmental studies, international development, and journalism.
Placements can be made in the following countries or regions in East and Southeast Asia: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
In spite of its name, the Luce Scholars Program is experiential rather than academic in nature. Some Scholars have been attached to Asian universities in teaching or research capacities, but none of the participants is formally enrolled as a student in a college or university and no academic credit is extended. Past placements have included an architect�s atelier in Tokyo; a public health program in Banda Aceh; a Gobi regional initiative in Ulaanbaatar; a dance theatre in Kuala Lumpur; an agricultural and environmental center in Hanoi; a human rights commission in Seoul; a pediatric hospital in Bangkok; a TV network in Beijing; a national museum in Siem Reap; an international arbitration centre in Singapore; and English-language newspapers, local governmental agencies and NGOs in diverse fields throughout East and Southeast Asia.
Professional placements are arranged for each Scholar on the basis of his or her individual interest, background, qualifications, and experience. Each Scholar spends July and August studying the language of the placement country, and the work assignments run for approximately ten months from September until July of the following year. The placements are intended primarily as learning opportunities for the Scholars. Certainly it is hoped that a Scholar will be able to make a professional contribution to the host organization, but equally important is a willingness to learn some of the many things that Asia has to teach.
2010 UW graduate Jesse Burk-Rafel was selected as a Luce Scholar in 2010 and spent 2010-2011 in Mongolia under the program. Read the UW News article about Jesse at http://www.washington.edu/news/archive/56129.
The UW is able to nominate 3 students per year to compete nationally for the opportunity to spend 12 months in Asia. The program provides stipends, language training and individualized professional placement in Asia for fifteen to eighteen young Americans each year.
During the current application cycle for the 2013-14 program, applicants must be American citizens who, by July 1, 2013, will have received at least a bachelor's degree and will not have reached their 30th birthday. Applicants should have a record of high achievement, outstanding leadership ability, and a clearly defined career interest with evidence of potential for professional accomplishment. Those who already have significant experience in Asia or Asian studies are not eligible for the Luce Scholars Program. Additional details are provided in the Program Summary below.
One more information session covering the program basics, application and nomination process will be held: Wednesday, June 27, 4:30pm, Mary Gates Hall 171. Please RSVP to attend at https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/234.
UW application deadline: Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, 5:00pm
UW application: https://expo.uw.edu/expo/apply/263
Luce Scholars Program Advisers at UW:
- For graduate students or alumni - Marilyn Gray, megray@uw.edu, G-1 Communications
- For undergraduate students or alumni - Robin Chang, robinc@uw.edu, 171 Mary Gates Hall
Program Summary:
The Luce Scholars Program represents a major effort by the Henry Luce Foundation to provide an awareness of Asia among potential leaders in American society. Launched in 1974, the Luce Scholars Program is aimed at a group of highly qualified young Americans in a variety of professional fields. It is unique among American-Asian exchanges in that it is intended for young leaders who have had limited experience of Asia and who might not otherwise have an opportunity in the normal course of their careers to come to know Asia.
Luce Scholars have backgrounds in virtually any field other than Asian studies, including but hardly limited to medicine and public health, the arts, law, science, environmental studies, international development, and journalism.
Placements can be made in the following countries or regions in East and Southeast Asia: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
In spite of its name, the Luce Scholars Program is experiential rather than academic in nature. Some Scholars have been attached to Asian universities in teaching or research capacities, but none of the participants is formally enrolled as a student in a college or university and no academic credit is extended. Past placements have included an architect�s atelier in Tokyo; a public health program in Banda Aceh; a Gobi regional initiative in Ulaanbaatar; a dance theatre in Kuala Lumpur; an agricultural and environmental center in Hanoi; a human rights commission in Seoul; a pediatric hospital in Bangkok; a TV network in Beijing; a national museum in Siem Reap; an international arbitration centre in Singapore; and English-language newspapers, local governmental agencies and NGOs in diverse fields throughout East and Southeast Asia.
Professional placements are arranged for each Scholar on the basis of his or her individual interest, background, qualifications, and experience. Each Scholar spends July and August studying the language of the placement country, and the work assignments run for approximately ten months from September until July of the following year. The placements are intended primarily as learning opportunities for the Scholars. Certainly it is hoped that a Scholar will be able to make a professional contribution to the host organization, but equally important is a willingness to learn some of the many things that Asia has to teach.
2010 UW graduate Jesse Burk-Rafel was selected as a Luce Scholar in 2010 and spent 2010-2011 in Mongolia under the program. Read the UW News article about Jesse at http://www.washington.edu/news/archive/56129.
Ph.D. Programs at USC: Join us at REACH 2012
Greetings from the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering!
We are pleased to announce our REACH (Recruitment of Engineering Achievers) program taking place October 25 & 26, 2012 on the USC campus in Los Angeles.
REACH is a unique opportunity for talented students to visit our campus to learn more about engineering PhD programs at USC. Travel stipends will be offered to qualified students on a competitive basis. Historically underrepresented students in the STEM fields are highly encouraged to apply for this opportunity.
For more information and to apply for the program, visit our REACH page.
We are pleased to announce our REACH (Recruitment of Engineering Achievers) program taking place October 25 & 26, 2012 on the USC campus in Los Angeles.
REACH is a unique opportunity for talented students to visit our campus to learn more about engineering PhD programs at USC. Travel stipends will be offered to qualified students on a competitive basis. Historically underrepresented students in the STEM fields are highly encouraged to apply for this opportunity.
For more information and to apply for the program, visit our REACH page.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Academic Careers Workshop Series - Starts Next Week
EVENTS for GRAD STUDENTS & POSTDOCS:
Academic Careers: Getting Started Panel
Are you going on the faculty job market this year or next? Come learn about the "big picture" of the academic job search process. We'll discuss topics such as clarifying your desires, getting your application materials started, searching for positions, and managing your life. A typical faculty job search timeline will be provided. Speakers will include a career counselor and a handful of students and postdocs who successfully landed faculty jobs in recent months. No registration required.
Tues, June 26, 12:30-1:45, Smith 120.
Academic Careers: CVs
Having your CV up to date is always a good idea because you never know when a fellowship, TA/RA, or job opportunity will arise. We'll discuss tips regarding CV preparation, review a few sample CVs, provide time for you to reflect on your CV, & answer your questions. No registration required.
Mon, July 9, 12:30-1:30, Smith 120
Academic Careers: Cover Letters & Letters of Recommendation
Many students experience writer's block when it comes to cover letters. We'll discuss strategies for marketing your skills and experiences in a cover letter and provide you the opportunity to start thinking about your top selling points. We'll also discuss how to select, prepare, and coach your reference letter-writers, and how to use Interfolio to collect and manage your recommendation letters. No registration required.
Tues, July 17, 12:30-1:30, Smith 120
Academic Careers: Research Statements
Many faculty job postings - in a variety of disciplines and in an array of institutions - require that candidates send a Research Statement. Being able to write coherently about your past/current research efforts and articulately about your future research plans is very important. Come learn what search committees are looking for and spend time brainstorming a few ideas for your research statement. Sample statements will be provided. No registration required.
Thurs, July 26, 12:30-1:30, Savery 260
Academic Careers: Teaching Statements
Academic job postings often require that applicants send a teaching statement, teaching philosophy, or teaching portfolio. Come listen to an expert from the Center for Teaching & Learning share tips for writing effectively about your teaching - even if you don't have much teaching experience! Participants will have time to draft some ideas and get feedback from other graduate students. No registration required.
Wed, Aug 1, 12:30-1:45, Bagley 260
Dependable Strengths Seminar for Grad Students & Postdocs
The Dependable Strengths seminar provides a safe place for grad students, postdocs, & graduate-level alumni to explore their good experiences to discover their unique patterns of strengths; consider which strengths they want to use in a career; write a report that articulates their strengths and reflects their potential; and learn to use the report to make connections, enhance application materials, and improve interviews. Cost is $100 for students ($160-$200 for postdocs & alumni). Register by August 9th - http://careers.washington.edu/DSSforGrads
Fri & Mon, Aug 17 & 20, 8:15-5:00, The Career Center
WORKSHOPS OPEN TO EVERYBODY (held at the Career Center)
Resumes & Cover Letters
6/20, 3:30-4:30; 7/18, 3:30-4:30; 8/9, 3:30-4:30
Finding Jobs & Internships
7/6, 1:30-2:30; 7/26, 2:30-3:30; 8/15, 3:30-4:30
Successful Interviews
7/12, 2:30-3:30; 8/1, 3:30-4:30
Networking for Shy People (& Everyone!)
7/13, 1:00-2:00; 7/24, 4:00-5:00; 8/24, 1:00-2:00
Career Launch Workshop - Registration required - http://careers.washington.edu/Calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D96072944
6/27, 10:00-3:00, MGH 241
8/23, 10:00-3:00, MGH 134
Academic Careers: Getting Started Panel
Are you going on the faculty job market this year or next? Come learn about the "big picture" of the academic job search process. We'll discuss topics such as clarifying your desires, getting your application materials started, searching for positions, and managing your life. A typical faculty job search timeline will be provided. Speakers will include a career counselor and a handful of students and postdocs who successfully landed faculty jobs in recent months. No registration required.
Tues, June 26, 12:30-1:45, Smith 120.
Academic Careers: CVs
Having your CV up to date is always a good idea because you never know when a fellowship, TA/RA, or job opportunity will arise. We'll discuss tips regarding CV preparation, review a few sample CVs, provide time for you to reflect on your CV, & answer your questions. No registration required.
Mon, July 9, 12:30-1:30, Smith 120
Academic Careers: Cover Letters & Letters of Recommendation
Many students experience writer's block when it comes to cover letters. We'll discuss strategies for marketing your skills and experiences in a cover letter and provide you the opportunity to start thinking about your top selling points. We'll also discuss how to select, prepare, and coach your reference letter-writers, and how to use Interfolio to collect and manage your recommendation letters. No registration required.
Tues, July 17, 12:30-1:30, Smith 120
Academic Careers: Research Statements
Many faculty job postings - in a variety of disciplines and in an array of institutions - require that candidates send a Research Statement. Being able to write coherently about your past/current research efforts and articulately about your future research plans is very important. Come learn what search committees are looking for and spend time brainstorming a few ideas for your research statement. Sample statements will be provided. No registration required.
Thurs, July 26, 12:30-1:30, Savery 260
Academic Careers: Teaching Statements
Academic job postings often require that applicants send a teaching statement, teaching philosophy, or teaching portfolio. Come listen to an expert from the Center for Teaching & Learning share tips for writing effectively about your teaching - even if you don't have much teaching experience! Participants will have time to draft some ideas and get feedback from other graduate students. No registration required.
Wed, Aug 1, 12:30-1:45, Bagley 260
Dependable Strengths Seminar for Grad Students & Postdocs
The Dependable Strengths seminar provides a safe place for grad students, postdocs, & graduate-level alumni to explore their good experiences to discover their unique patterns of strengths; consider which strengths they want to use in a career; write a report that articulates their strengths and reflects their potential; and learn to use the report to make connections, enhance application materials, and improve interviews. Cost is $100 for students ($160-$200 for postdocs & alumni). Register by August 9th - http://careers.washington.edu/DSSforGrads
Fri & Mon, Aug 17 & 20, 8:15-5:00, The Career Center
WORKSHOPS OPEN TO EVERYBODY (held at the Career Center)
Resumes & Cover Letters
6/20, 3:30-4:30; 7/18, 3:30-4:30; 8/9, 3:30-4:30
Finding Jobs & Internships
7/6, 1:30-2:30; 7/26, 2:30-3:30; 8/15, 3:30-4:30
Successful Interviews
7/12, 2:30-3:30; 8/1, 3:30-4:30
Networking for Shy People (& Everyone!)
7/13, 1:00-2:00; 7/24, 4:00-5:00; 8/24, 1:00-2:00
Career Launch Workshop - Registration required - http://careers.washington.edu/Calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D96072944
6/27, 10:00-3:00, MGH 241
8/23, 10:00-3:00, MGH 134
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