Laser Applications Scientist 11.25A

Rudzinsky Associates; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology-driven laser company in New York seeks an Applications Scientist to provide technical demonstrations of cutting-edge laser technology. The ideal candidate will possess a Master's degree or PhD in a relevant field and have excellent communication, hands-on optics experience, and programming skills. This role involves collaboration with sales and R&D teams, customer engagement, and presentations at trade events.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, both internal and external.
• Good hands-on experience in optics laboratory.
• Ability to communicate confidently.
• Presentation and writing skills.
• Good time management and self-starting.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for laser demonstrations.
• Coordinate with customers and design experiments.
• Work in technical lab with other team members.
• Write application notes and journal articles.
• Visit customers and participate in trade shows.
• Provide expertise during product demonstrations.

Skills

Communication skills

Hands-on optics laboratory skills

MATLAB

Python

LabVIEW

Project management

Education

Master’s degree or PhD in Optics, Physics, or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Applications Scientist – Lasers

Attractive Northeast location, $80-$100k+ package

About Rudzinsky Associate’s (RA’s) client

RA’s client is a privately held, technology driven visionary company, which develops and sells diode and ultrafast fiber lasers for scientific and industrial applications. The company sets its own annual challenge to continually present exciting product innovations and world firsts.

Since 1995, our client’s lasers and laser-related measurement equipment have been dedicated to serving the forefront of atomic physics, metrology, quantum computing, microscopy, printing, optical disc manufacturing and many other applications. Whenever lasers need to be matched with the latest scientific challenge, our client’s lasers are the key to success. Whenever wavelengths are to be determined with an absolute precision of better than 10^-7, beam wavefronts are given in mλ, or random pulse sequences and lengths are required in ns or even fs scale, our client’s lasers are involved.

Why should you be interested? Strong contacts with the scientific community and a profound understanding of their needs motivate our client to push the development always one step further and that results in world-renowned diode and fiber lasers with cutting edge clean pulse technology. We are looking for scientific experts who understand this technology and its potential for customers by matching the technology with their application requirements.

Our client is looking for people who share the same “Passion for Precision” that keeps our client excited and has resulted in over 20 years of commercial success in the scientific and industrial environment.

General Job Description:

This is an important customer-facing role within our client’s Americas office in western New York. The Applications Specialist will provide in-the-lab demonstrations to prove that our client’s laser systems meet the requirements of customers’ applications, particularly in target markets like interferometry, holography, and semiconductor inspection, or in biophotonics and microscopy.

These demonstrations typically serve specific customer enquiries, but they may be experiments with academic or industrial collaborators that demonstrate new capabilities of our client’s laser products. The Applications Specialist will work closely with colleagues within the applications team, R&D and Sales to determine customer requirements and will design and implement experiments to test those requirements in our client’s Applications Lab or at the customer site. They will support customers as they implement our client’s solutions, and they will solicit information from and support our client’s R&D, service, and production teams.

Key job responsibilities:

• The primary responsibility of the Applications Specialist is to provide hands on technical support to ensure that our client’s laser demonstrations for key customers are well planned and executed, under the direction of the Applications Scientist and Senior Product Manager.
• Coordinate with our client’s customers, Scientists and Sales team, to define requirements for successful laser demonstrations and potential new applications. Design and build experiments to assess and validate these requirements, collect and organize the data, and maintain laboratory equipment to ensure smooth customer demonstrations.
• The Applications Specialist will work in our Americas headquarters technical lab alongside other Scientists and team members.
• Write or contribute to application notes, whitepapers, and journal articles to deliver experimental results.
• Visit potential customers and participate in trade shows and conferences in the Americas and reinforce our client’s reputation for quality with product demonstrations and presentations.
• Provide expertise during product demonstrations at tradeshow events and workshops.
• Visit the manufacturing facility in Germany to become familiar with the entire product range and the sales and marketing activities specifically in North America.

Requirements:

Our client’s lasers serve a wide range of applications, so the Applications Specialist must be a quick learner, adaptable, and possess very good hands‑on optics laboratory skills.

• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to communicate internally and externally with ease
• Excellent hands‑on laser and optics laboratory experience, preferably in fields of semiconductor inspection, interferometry, and holography, or in biophotonics and microscopy.
• Strong ability to confidently communicate in‑person and remotely.
• Excellent presentation and writing skills.
• Good time management, independent and self‑starting.
• Outstanding computer and project management skills.
• Eager to grow within the role, develop and build on current skills.
• Experience with MATLAB, Python or LabVIEW
• Ability to travel up to 20% periodically, to customers, trade shows, European headquarters etc.
• Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident

Education and training requirements:

• Master’s degree or PhD in a relevant field such as Optics, Physics (especially optical physics), or Electrical Engineering.

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Affirmative Action/EEO statement

Our client’s policy is to recruit and employ people with skills to advance their technology driven industry, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, citizenship, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability (including neurodiversity), genetic information, veteran status or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state, or local law. Their policies aim for the high standards of fair and equal opportunity, covering all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, recruitment and employment, promotions, compensation, team opportunities, and training programs. They are committed to compliance with all laws and regulations relating to equal employment opportunity (EEO), affirmative action, harassment prevention, and ensuring that all employment decisions are based on applicable job requirements.