Laboratory Engineer

Our private research university client is known for its strength in science and engineering, and is among a small group of institutes of technology in the United States which is primarily devoted to the instruction of pure and applied sciences





Title: Laboratory Engineer

Location: Pasadena, CA

Pay: $40-50/hr

Type of Job: 6 month contract with possibility of extension or becoming permanent





The Laboratory Engineer will take an important role in maintaining performance of nanofabrication equipment.






- Follow established protocols to perform qualifying runs on equipment to ensure that equipment is operating at peak performance
- Maintain organized data records that can be us ed to verify peak performance and to indicate when maintenance and/ or alignments of equipment components are necessary.
- Preventative maintenance plans on equipment to keep performance at the established, high standard; this includes performing instrument alignments .
- Perform routine repairs of mechanical, electrical and vacuum systems
- Contribute to the lab culture and capabilities and strive to meet the high standards necessary to run a world-class research operation.







- Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree in engineering or sciences .
- 2+ years of semiconductor fabrication equipment OR other mechanical, vacuum, or scientific equipment operation, maintenance, repair, and installation.
- Proficiency with: Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- Basic computer maintenance and troubles hooting skills , e.g. new hardware installs, networking, performing hard drive backup