Penn State ARL is seeking a research scientist with a strong background in corrosion to develop innovative solutions to challenging national problems in support of the Navy, DoD, and Intel communities engineering and technology needs.
Requirements
- Have 4 years technical experience in hands on experimental corrosion research and electrochemical characterization of alloys
- Experience with materials characterization techniques including Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, Powder Particle Size Distribution, and Optical Microscopy
- Past success in the development of proposals, statements of work, test plans, reports, briefs, academic papers, and conference presentations
- Demonstrated ability to work through a difficult problem, using proper steps to define and formulate ideas to reach a solution
- Working knowledge of cold spray and additive manufacturing technologies and metal powders
- Working knowledge of computational and analytical corrosion research methods
- Active DoD security clearance
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of proposals and statements of work on projects related to cold spray, additive manufacturing, and other materials science related research
- Work alongside experts in materials science, metallurgy, engineering and performance modeling to uncover structure property relationships in a wide range material systems
- Support the Division as a Principal Investigator (PI) and co-PI
- Execute and manage projects including developing test plans, schedules, reports, and presentations and coordinating the completion of analysis and design work related to each project
Other
- Non-tenure faculty rank will be commensurate with education level and experience.
- Comfortable working in a laboratory environment, performing data collection and troubleshooting
- Success in an office environment, where various forms of communication and organizational skills were crucial to be effective
- Previous success with collaborations in a multi-disciplinary, team-oriented, culture
- This position will require periodic travel to meetings, conferences, or to remote locations in support of testing as part of a small team of researchers, engineers, and technologists.
- You must be a U.S. citizen to apply.
