Careers

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Design and develop embedded Android applications for laser (LIBS) and X-ray (XRF) based spectrum analyzers using Java and C++
• Support integration with SciAps Cloud and Desktop Calibration tools
• Produce high quality elegant and efficient code that is self-documenting and scalable
• Closely work with scientist on spectrum analysis algorithms

Skills and Experience:

• Designing robust, extensible and customizable application code on Android platform
• Tight integration with real-time data producing systems
• Knowledgeable about test driven development (TDD), behavior driven development (BDD) and debugging
• Well organized and a creative problem solver
• Ability to deal with a dynamic environment where priorities can change frequently depending on the needs of the business.
• Comfortable working with mathematical algorithms via code
• Knowledgeable about optimizing code performance (e.g. reducing VM garbage collection time, reusing objects, storing multiple states into a single variable via bit fields, etc.)
• 2 years professional experience in related fields

Pluses:

• Linux Kernel experience
• AOSP (Android Open Source Project) experience
• Java Swing desktop applications development

Education:

BS or MS degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, or related discipline

Location:

SciAps Inc. Woburn, MA

Job Type:

Full-time

SciAps offers a competitive salary and benefits package and is an equal opportunity employer.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Subject matter expert in XRF spectroscopy
• Conceive of and implement design solutions that are distinguished by performance, reliability, and economy.
• Conduct sufficient design analysis by means of simulation and calculations to maximize the probability that prototypes will function as intended.
• Devise and execute comprehensive Design Verification Test (DVT) Plans to prove that all design requirements are met.
• Design, specification, qualification, and troubleshooting of several of the following analytical instrument systems:
• XRF spectrometer system
• Derivation of chemistry from spectrometer output working closely with software team
• Calibration and temperature compensation techniques
• Specification, qualification, and troubleshooting of several of the following components:
• Electronic X-ray sources (< 10 W)
• Energy Dispersive x-ray detectors
• X-ray filtering and shielding materials

Skills and Experience:

• 8+ years’ experience as an individual contributor in the role of Scientist.
• Ability to think creatively, take on a variety of technical hurdles, and arrive at efficient solutions.
• Expertise in the use of analytical tools, computational techniques, design of experiments and conducting experiments.
• Hands-on contributor
• Software programming
• Familiarity with electronics and mechanical design.

Education:

PhD in hard science, such as Physics or Chemistry, or equivalent experience and training.

Location:

SciAps Inc. Woburn, MA

Job Type:

Full-time

Work Authorization:

United States (Required)

SciAps offers a competitive salary and benefits package and is an equal opportunity employer.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• new feature development and support of the existing Android Application for LIBS and XRF analyzers
• implementation of spectrum analysis algorithms
• iOS and Android Mobile phone applications to pair with analyzers and data transfer
• high quality elegant and efficient code that is well documented and scalable
• ensuring that use case requirements are well understood and document before embarking on detailed design work
• create and apply unit test plans and contribute to QA test plans to ensure that use case requirements are met
• documentation using industry standard practices. Check the accuracy of documentation as well.

Skills and Experience:

• experience with Android (Java, C++) or iOS (Objective-C or Swift) development
• must be a hard worker, well organized and a creative problem solver
• ability to deal with a dynamic environment where priorities can change frequently depending on the needs of the business

Education:

Pursuing a BS or MS degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Location:

SciAps Inc. Woburn, MA
This internship can be reached with a 15 minute walk from the Mishawum T station on the Lowell line out of North Station.