Research Scientist

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students.  Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.

Job Description

Senior Research Scientist

Boston College is seeking a senior experimental chemist with experience in designing, fabricating, constructing, operating and maintaining complex laboratory apparatuses to study ion chemistry in support of research being conducted by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The successful candidate is expected to guide and assist AFRL and other BC personnel in the refurbishment, reinstallation and return to working condition of the High Temperature Octopole (HT8P) ion-guide system currently located at Kirtland AFB, NM. Restoring the HT8P to operational status will require testing of the system comprised of the
HT8P, the fabrication of additional components to support the integration of the HT8P into a modified system, and running the system to the extent necessary to train other scientists to perform independent operation and maintenance of the equipment.

The candidate should have experience in designing and assembling sources for atmospheric and plasma chemistry, in addition to a general knowledge of plasma physics. A Ph.D. degree in physics, chemistry, engineering or equivalent experience is required. Experience in programming languages, such as MATLAB or Python, is desired.

Requirements

Closing Statement

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

• Tuition remission for Employees
• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Low-Cost Life Insurance
• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
• Paid Holidays Annually
• Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
• Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at https://www.bc.edu/diversity .

Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination .