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Job Description
Implement production processes for nanoscale designs to produce or modify materials, devices, or systems of unique molecular or macromolecular composition. Operate advanced microscopy equipment to manipulate nanoscale objects. Work under the supervision of nanoengineering staff.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3029.11
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Tasks for “Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists”
- Inspect or measure thin films of carbon nanotubes, polymers, or inorganic coatings, using a variety of techniques or analytical tools.
- Collect or compile nanotechnology research or engineering data.
- Mix raw materials or catalysts to manufacture nanoparticles according to specifications, ensuring proper particle size, shape, or organization.
- Install nanotechnology production equipment at customer or manufacturing sites.
- Compare the performance or environmental impact of nanomaterials by nanoparticle size, shape, or organization.
- Implement new or enhanced methods or processes for the processing, testing, or manufacture of nanotechnology materials or products.
- Develop or modify wet chemical or industrial laboratory experimental techniques for nanoscale use.
- Produce images or measurements, using tools or techniques such as atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy, particle size analysis, or zeta potential analysis.
- Prepare capability data, training materials, or other documentation for transfer of processes to production.
- Process nanoparticles or nanostructures, using technologies such as ultraviolet radiation, microwave energy, or catalysis.
- Contribute written material or data for grant or patent applications.
- Capture nanoparticle contaminants, using techniques such as electrical fields or electrospinning.
- Collaborate with scientists or engineers to design or conduct experiments for the development of nanotechnology materials, components, devices, or systems.
- Monitor hazardous waste cleanup procedures to ensure proper application of nanocomposites or accomplishment of objectives.
- Analyze the life cycle of nanomaterials or nano-enabled products to determine environmental impact.
- Supervise or provide technical direction to technicians engaged in nanotechnology research or production.
- Prepare detailed verbal or written presentations for scientists, engineers, project managers, or upper management.
Related Technology & Tools
- Parametric analyzers
- Fire extinguishers
- Safety showers
- Chemical baths
- Mask aligners
- Rapid thermal annealers RTA
- Scanning acoustic microscopes
- Protective gowns
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Ionization gauges
- Focused ion beam scanning electron microscopes FIB-SEM
- Electron beam evaporators
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Linewidth measurement systems
- Capacitively coupled plasma CCP reactors
- Atomic force microscopes AFM
- Bourdon tube gauges
- Spin dryers
- Photoresist spin coaters
- Digital pattern generators
- Molecular beam epitaxy MBE systems
- Safety goggles
- Spin processors
- Focused ion beam FIB etching tools
- Photoresist dispensing systems
- Field emission scanning electron microscopes FESEM
- Ion mills
- Optical profilers
- Four-point probes
- Fluorescence optical microscopes
- Wafer substrate bonders
- Particle size analyzers
- Vacuum hotplates
- Oxidation furnaces
- X ray diffractometers
- Capacitance manometers
- Vacuum ovens
- Turbo pumps
- Bake ovens
- Low pressure chemical vapor deposition LPCVD systems
- Ultraviolet ozone cleaners
- Ion implanters
- Atomic layer deposition ALD systems
- Gowning gloves
- Photoelectron spectroscopes
- Particle counters
- Pirani gauges
- Optical thin film measurement systems
- Dielectric deposition tools
- Parallel plate reactive ion etchers RIE
- Face shields
- Zeta potential analyzers
- Extreme ultraviolet EUV systems
- Nanoimprint lithography NIL systems
- Optical compound microscopes
- Energy dispersive x-ray EDX spectroscopes
- Electron beam writers
- Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
- Contact aligners
- Residual gas analyzers
- Chemical mechanical polishing CMP systems
- Spectrophotometers
- Pipettes
- Optical tweezers
- Self-contained breathing apparatus
- Eyewash stations
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- Inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etchers ICP-RIE
- Desktop computers
- Interferometers
- Deionization water systems
- Respirators
- Infrared spectroscopes
- Chemical protective aprons
- Wire bonders
- Vacuum contact printers
- Helium leak detectors
- Isolation glove boxes
- Profilometers
- Plasma etchers
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS
- Auger electron microscopes
- Ellipsometers
- Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition PECVD systems
- Thermal evaporators
- Magnetron plasma sputter reactors
- Sputter coaters
- Cryogenic gloves
- Molecular vapor deposition MVD systems
- Hotplates
- Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition MOCVD systems
- Spectroscopic ellipsometers
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Simulation software
- Image analysis software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- SPMLab
- Optical imaging systems
- Microsoft Office