High Temperature Materials Lab Manager - SURVICE Engineering Company
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
About the Job
Join Us in Making a Difference in the Lives of Those Defending Our Nation!
Why SURVICE?
Come join the SURVICE Engineering mission to protect, enhance, and enable those who defend the United States. Since 1981, we have supported the DoD community, as well as Homeland Security, advanced technologies, environmental, and commercial markets. Our employees have backgrounds in engineering, physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, acquisition, technical writing, training, and other technical and administrative fields. And many of our personnel have DoD and/or operational military experience. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding career with a leading organization, come see what we can offer you!
Position
High Temperature Materials Lab Manager
- Location: Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland
- Security Clearance: Active Clearance or Eligible to Obtain - U.S. citizenship required
- Salary: $85,000 - $100,000 Depending on Experience and Education
- Travel: 5%
- Benefits: SURVICE Engineering offers a total rewards package to include competitive salaries, comprehensive insurance options, paid time off, 401k, flexible spending, tuition reimbursement.
Position Summary
SURVICE Engineering is currently seeking a High Temperature Materials Lab Manager to support our Aberdeen Research Operation. You will accelerate your career and become an integral team member within the defense community.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Operate, maintain, and coordinate maintenance plans of SEM, mass spectroscopy, Xray detraction, and optical microscopy, in particular: Burner Rig, Mach 6+ Rig, MTS rigs, SEM (EDS/EDX/EBSD), and XRD
- Maintain the lab equipment for safety and typical maintenance from typical lab consumption. Also function for procurement of materials needed for lab functionality.
- Prepare samples of both hard and soft materials for investigation.
- Operate and maintain the applicable assigned laboratory space.
- Prepare samples and subsequent optimum micrographs.
- Prepare presentations and written documents summarizing efforts
Minimum Qualifications of High Temperature Materials Lab Manager
Bachelor's Degree in Materials Science or Engineering Discipline and 1+ years of relevant experience. Exceptional candidates with less experience will be considered. Candidates are not required to possess all qualifications; if you possess some of the desired qualifications, please apply.
- Have a background in materials science or engineering related to high temperature metals or ceramics
- Practical experience operating and maintaining scanning electron microscopes
- Experience with various detectors, including Gatan, Energy dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS/EDAX), Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)
- Experience with sample preparation for hard and soft materials including polishing and cutting samples. Ion beam milling
- Experience in writing guidelines or operator manuals
- Experience using X-ray diffraction
- Experience with thermomechanical test equipment
- SECRET Security Clearance
About Us
SURVICE Engineering is a nationally recognized, single-source engineering service provider for Government and Industry organizations involved in all phases of the systems engineering process. Our employees are our most valuable asset, and they are proud to have supported the development, testing, analysis, and modeling and simulation (M&S) of many of the major U.S. air, land, and sea combat systems in the field today. They have also contributed their expertise to other vital national defense programs and technologies that involve survivability, cybersecurity, information technology/management, software engineering, unmanned aerial systems (UASs), and metrology/reverse engineering.
SURVICE Engineering is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
