Clean Room/Metrology Lab Manager

Job Summary

JILA is encouraging applications for a Professional Research Assistant to join our JILA Cleanroom. We are searching for a Clean Room/Metrology Lab Manager to be part of a collaborative and highly energetic team focused on research excellence, productivity, and mutual support. This is a working management position which is expected to spend a majority of time directly performing research and research support, mentoring and training students, consulting scientists, and operating the JILA Clean Room and Keck Metrology Lab. The position reports to the JILA Chief of Operations. The Clean Room/Metrology Lab manager supervises a full-time Clean Room technician and student workers.

The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

JILA is a world-leading research institute formed in partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. JILA is a highly collaborative environment where success is due to the high quality of the scientists, students and staff as well as the facilities and resources provided in JILA. The JILA Clean Room and Keck Metrology Lab are an integral part of JILA’s research facilities. JILA provides a challenging, supportive and excellence-focused place to work and is filled with interesting people and discoveries. JILA's current faculty includes two Nobel laureates as well as two John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellows. JILA scientists explore some of today's most challenging and fundamental scientific questions about the limits of quantum measurements and technologies, the design of precision optical and X-ray lasers, the fundamental principles underlying the interaction of light and matter, the role of quantum physics in chemistry and biology, and the processes that have governed the evolution of the Universe for nearly 14 billion years.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

• Consulting JILA Researchers or approved external entities.
• Clean Room and Keck Metrology Lab maintenance and equipment repairs and upgrades.
• Perform Clean Room/Metrology Lab tasks for JILA Researchers or approved external entities.
• Training and consultation clean room users.
• Administrative Tasks: Procurement, User Account Management, Safety.
• Staff Supervision.
• Departmental Leadership: Communications, Coordination, Future Goals & Direction.

What We Can Offer

• Salary range: $115,000 - $130,000.
• Moving expenses reimbursement (if applicable): up to $3,000.

Benefits

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits , including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder .

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What We Require

• A Bachelors degree.
• Strong working knowledge of the use and/or management of Class 100 and Class 1000 Clean Rooms.
• Working knowledge in vacuum technology, electronics, optical, and other clean room/metrology tools.
• Experience with the best safety practices of chemical clean room processes.
• Expertise in photo or e-beam lithography techniques.
• Expertise in physical vapor deposition and thin film technology.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds regularly.
• Ability to detect, determine, perceive, identify, inspect and observe details at close range.

What You Will Need

• Familiarity with specialized scientific instrument making and able to operate various machinery for instrument making and to perform in-house repairs/rebuilds of specialized equipment as necessary.
• Commitment to mentoring and training students and other facility users with varied experience.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and logistical skills.
• Ability to work well independently and in collaboration with others.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Windows, Windows Server and Linux operating systems.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications.
• Drafting skill with AutoCAD and/or SolidWorks.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

1. Resume or CV.
2. Cover letter addressing the position requirements specifically.

If you are selected as the finalist, your degree will be verified by the CU Boulder Campus Human Resources department using an approved online vendor. If your degree was obtained outside of the United States, please submit a translated version as an optional attachment.

This position will remain posted until 6/11/23.

Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs .

Posting Contact Information

Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources

Posting Contact Email: Recruiting@colorado.edu