Post-Doctoral Associate: Sensor & MEMS Research Leader

University of Minnesota; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 62,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition benefit program

Low-cost medical/dental/pharmacy plans

HSA contributions

Disability and employer-paid life insu

Employee wellbeing program

Excellent retirement plans with an...

Transit pass in Twin Cities metro

PSLF opportunity

Financial counseling services

Job summary

The University of Minnesota in Twin Cities seeks a Post-Doctoral Associate in Mechanical Engineering for a one-year appointment with potential extension. Your primary project centers on electronics-based environmental sensors to detect pollutants in water and microneedles for skin-drug delivery, with latitude for related topics.

You will mentor graduate and undergraduate students, coordinate team activities, and collaborate across departments and partner institutions, including communicating

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field.
• Experimental experience in academic research lab environment.
• Design, fabrication, and characterization of MEMS devices and systems.
• Cleanroom experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Performing high level experimental, theoretical, and numerical research and data analysis (45%).
• Presentation publication, and proposal preparation (30%).
• Mentoring PhD and MSME students (10%).
• Laboratory organization and management (10%).
• Other duties as assigned (5%).

Skills

Experimental research

Data analysis

Modeling & simulation

MEMS design

Biology/Chemistry background

Cleanroom experience

Education

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Cleanroom

MEMS fabrication

Job description

The University of Minnesota in Twin Cities seeks a Post-Doctoral Associate in Mechanical Engineering for a one-year appointment with potential extension. Your primary project centers on electronics-based environmental sensors to detect pollutants in water and microneedles for skin-drug delivery, with latitude for related topics.

You will mentor graduate and undergraduate students, coordinate team activities, and collaborate across departments and partner institutions, including communicating