Research Scientist III

Location: Redmond WA Onsite

Duration: 12 months with possible extension.

Responsibilities:
The position involves designing, building and automating an established workflow for the experimental screening of organic materials. Built on current in-house processes, this will streamline data acquisition required for the development of novel optoelectronic materials.
Develop next-generation optoelectronic materials with an emphasis on advanced design, fabrication, and analysis, to prove new concepts and understand the potential impact of those concepts.
Collaborate with the larger Meta Reality Labs Research team to holistically understand current goals, limitations, and bottlenecks in the wider AR/VR space.
Build with and develop an intimate understanding of equipment designed for high-throughput experiments.
Design and automate novel crystal growth, processing, and analysis techniques, with a focus on highly specific components and devices.
Communicate results internally and with external partners.
Assist in the translation of research results to practical application in Meta product development.

Minimum Qualifications:
PhD or Masters in Physics, Chemistry, Optical Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or relevant technical field.
Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
Experience programming hardware interfaces (e.g., serial/I2C/SPI communication, DAQ systems, motion control) using Python, LabVIEW, C, or similar languages.
2+ years experience in at least one of the following areas: chemistry, materials, organic materials, crystallization, nucleation, solid state analysis, optoelectronic materials.
2+ years experience, experimental laboratory work (i.e., demonstrated ability to take concepts, adapt them and translate them to the bench-top).

Preferred Qualifications:
Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at relevant high-impact journals.
Experience with solid-state analysis: e.g. diffuse reflectance, XRD, spectroscopy, DSC, optical microscopy.
Experience with crystallographic software (e.g. CCDC suite, BGMN, Profex, Olex2).
Experience with HPLC, LC-MS, UV/Vis and/or GC.
Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment.
Experience with crystal growth and related concepts (e.g. supersaturation, nucleation, etc.).

Top 3 must-have

HARD skills:Experience programming hardware interfaces (e.g., serial/I2C/SPI communication, DAQ systems, motion control) using Python, LabVIEW, C, or similar languages.
2+ years experience in at least one of the following areas: chemistry, materials, organic materials, crystallization, nucleation, solid state analysis, optoelectronic materials.
2+ years experience, experimental laboratory work (i.e., demonstrated ability to take concepts, adapt them and translate them to the bench-top).

Good to have skills:

Working with organic crystals - and solubility of compounds
Previous experience with CAD software is asset
Experience with frequent report writing

PhD or Masters in Physics, Chemistry, Optical Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or relevant technical field