Professional Research Assistant
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Job Summary
Who We Are
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
- General laboratory support including managing repair of laboratory equipment and maintaining inventory of basic laboratory supplies, optical components, fiber optic components, and computer issues.
- Field experiment support including logistics, maintenance and upgrades to mobile van laboratory, field site preparations.
- Safety assistance including hazard reviews, upkeep of safety database.
- Electronics work including cable construction, repairs of custom electronics, ordering of parts.
- Construction of electro-optical laboratory and field systems, including basic machining work.
- Fabrication of fiber-optic based systems including fusion splicing of fiber optic components, polishing of damaged fiber connectors.
What You Should Know
Privacy Act Statement
Authority: 15 U.S.C. § 278g-1(e)(1) and (e)(3) and 15 U.S.C. § 272(b) and (c)
Purpose: The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) hosts the Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) which is designed to provide valuable laboratory experience and financial assistance to undergraduates, post-bachelor’s degree holders, graduate students, master’s degree holders, postdocs, and faculty.
PREP is a 5-year cooperative agreement between NIST laboratories and participating PREP Universities to establish a collaborative research relationship between NIST and U.S. institutions of higher education in the following disciplines including (but may not be limited to) biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering, electronics, materials science, mathematics, nanoscale science, neutron science, physical science, physics, and statistics. This collection of information is needed to facilitate administrative functions of the PREP Program.
Routine Uses: NIST will use the information collected to perform the requisite reviews of the applications to determine eligibility, and to meet programmatic requirements. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notices: NIST-1: NIST Associates.
Disclosure: Furnishing this information is voluntary. When you submit the form, you are indicating your voluntary consent for NIST to use of the information you submit for the purpose stated.
What We Can Offer
- The salary range for this full-time position is $53,000 - $64,000 annually.
- Onboarding/relocation assistance may be available, however, if within a 12-month period, you exercise your right to willfully terminate your employment with the University of Colorado, you hereby agree to reimburse the department for your relocation expense.
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What We Require
- Bachelors degree or equivalent in Physics, astrophysics, engineering, or related field.
What We Would Like You to Have
- Ability to use handheld tools for simple construction projects.
- Ability to solder (wires, simple circuits).
- Ability to work standing for multiple hours.
- Machining skills.
- Programming ability in Python.
- Experience in electronics including soldering of surface mounts.
- Previous use of a fusion splicer for fiber optic components.
- Micro-controller programming experience.
Special Instructions
- Resume/CV
- Cover Letter
Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Lisa Valencia
Posting Contact Email: recruitprep@colorado.edu