ABB's Process Automation business area aims to help customers operate complex industrial infrastructures more efficiently and cleanly by developing novel solutions to improve the performance and expand the application space of ABB instruments.
Requirements
- Familiarity with optical spectroscopy (e.g., absorption, FTIR, photoacoustic, Raman, fluorescence, LIBS, etc.) and spectral interpretation.
- Background in molecular vibration and electronic transition spectroscopy using full spectra information for complex qualitative and quantitative chemical characterization of various mixtures.
- Hands-on experience in using lasers (UV, NIR, MIR) in a laboratory setting and handling gas samples.
- Understanding of statistical methods applied to both experimental design optimization and experimental data analysis, including but not limited to univariate statistical analysis, multivariate statistical analysis, and iterative fitting techniques.
- Proven problem-solving skills to identify and troubleshoot unforeseen problems in a systematic, scientific method without direct instruction.
- Ability to develop, implement and launch initiatives related to product changes, new products, and new applications.
- Familiarity with scientific data analysis tools, such as: MATLAB, PLS, PCR, IGOR Pro, Horizon, Origin, LabVIEW, Python, etc. and/or spectroscopy analysis software, such as: Unscrambler / CAMO, PLS Toolbox, Horizon, Pirouette, Statistica, SIMCA, saisir, or GRAMS A/I.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate in a team to develop novel solutions to improve the performance and expand the application space of ABB instruments.
- Utilize hardware, software, and data analysis skills to develop, fabricate, and test new analyzers based on cavity enhanced, tunable diode laser absorption spectrometry and other laser diagnostic techniques.
- Design and perform experiments needed to qualify applications of new and current products.
- Work with academic, national laboratory, industrial, and other research collaborators to apply laser-based analyzers to a wide array of environmental, industrial, medical, and military applications.
- Document analyzer configurations, test protocols, and results to drive the release of new products to production.
Other
- PhD in applied physics, physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, optics or a related experimental field is preferred. M.S. may be considered with extensive experience and proven track record.
