A Position of Chief Technical Engineer is Available in Analysis & Testing Center of Northwestern Polytechnical University

     The Analysis & Testing Center (ATC) of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU) was established in 2016, which serves as one of the most important centers of NWPU for material analysis and testing, scientific research, talent-cultivating, and technical consultation, etc.

     ATC of NWPU aims to build an analysis and testing platform in the world-leading level. A series of the most advanced facilities and techniques in materials science, chemistry, physics will be equipped, including spherical aberration corrected transmission electron microscope(30 million RMB), micro/nano in-situ analysis system (10 million RMB), high resolution transmission electron microscope(10 million RMB), scanning tunneling microscope (10 million RMB). Instruments and facilities in the similar styles will be built every year regularly.

     To effectively employ these facilities in improving the scientific researches in NWPU, a position of chief technical engineer is opened for the world-wide outstanding talents, who are proficient in the related facilities. ATC of NWPU will dedicate to provide an open and inclusive academic environment for the applicant’s future development.

     1.  Positions: 1-2

     2.  Responsibilities

     (1) Operating and managing the facilities (spherical aberration corrected transmission electron microscopy, scanning tunneling microscope and so on)with the top professional level.

     (2) Being familiar with the facilities and having abilities to extend their application ranges; being well experienced on measurements of various samples, including facility operation and results analysis; having strong abilities to solve the issues during the sample preparation, analysis and testing; having strong abilities to acquire analysis and testing results that could meet with or exceed users’expectations, facilitating the publications of the results in high-level journal papers.

     (3) Coordinating and managing the ATC with world-leading concepts, including the installation, maintenance, operation and training of all the facilities, ensuring to serve the scientific research of NWPU with high quality.

     3.  Qualifications

     (1) At least 5 years of working experience in the public testing platform of famous universities or national laboratories with the main responsibility of facility maintenances and operations; simultaneously, having been entitled with positions of senior engineer, manager, staff scientist or positions with the similar levels.

     (2) Having advanced management concepts and coordination abilities in the public testing platform;

     (3) Having professional abilities to operate the related facilities; Having rich experience and breakthrough performance in the analyzing & testing technology; having participated in the relevant professional trainings and been qualified to train other technicians.

     (4) Having ever obtained well analyzing and testing results to support the publications in top journals, such as Nature, Science or their sub-journals.

     4. Assessment criteria

     The assessment criteria focus on the running status of all facilities in ATC and the quality of the analyzing and testing results; No requirement on the scientific research achievement by the applicant own.

     (1) Assisting the user to obtain high-level experimental achievements, which have potentials to be published in top journals.

     (2) Presenting analysis and testing abilities in each year’s qualification ranking in the top 5% among all of the technicians in ATC; solving technique problems of the facilities and achieving breakthroughs; Developing and expanding the testing ranges of the facilities.

     (3) Contributing strongly for the development of ATC into a world-leading level in 5-8 years.

     5.  Wages and benefits

     (1) The Chief Technical Engineer is a special senior position of NWPU. The annual salary is between 300,000 to 600,000 RMB.

     (2) NWPU has national known basic educational resources such as affiliated kindergarten, primary and middle schools. All of the staffs enjoy all welfare of NWPU, such as medical treatment, social insurance and children education and so on.

     6. Application process

     (1)Interested applicants are invited to submit a cover letter, a CV, representative testing results and other relevant documentations of test in ability and performance to liufeng@nwpu.edu.cn. The title of your email should be “Chief Technical Engineer + your name”.

     (2)ATC will organize interview for the person who meet the requirements and the best interviewee will be hired.

     (3)Contact: Professor FengLiu

                Tel: 86 29 88460374

            Email: liufeng@nwpu.edu.cn

     This position is valid for long term.