PREP0004132 Dimensional Calibration & Traceability Researcher

PREP Research Associate

Opportunity No.: PREP0004132

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, and thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.

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Dimensional Calibration & Traceability Researcher

Project Description:

Dimensional Calibration Development/Dimensional Calibration Traceability. The candidate will use their expertise to support gauge block and other dimensional calibration services at NIST. This will require the candidate to maintain NIST dimensional reference masters and, when appropriate, perform measurements for internal research efforts.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Open, clean, and distribute customer gages to NIST technical professionals for calibration
• Perform measurements of NIST reference gauge blocks masters and compare them to historical measurements, under supervision
• Acquire, calibrate, and place into service, with supervision, reference gage block masters
• Learn and perform gage block measurements using optical interferometry

Desired Qualifications: 

• U.S. Citizen preferred
• Bachelor's in Science or Engineering
• 11  months of relevant experience
• Familiarity with NIST’s gauge block calibration methods and procedures
• Familiarity with NIST’s quality system requirements

Other Details:

• Full-time: the participant is expected to work 40 hours a week
• Location: the participant will work at the NIST Gaithersburg Campus.
• Duration: this is expected to be a one-year position. Extensions are sometimes granted depending on the availability of funds.
• For questions related to the research project or the nature of the work in this position, please contact Dr. Daniel S. Sawyer (daniel.sawyer@nist.gov). For questions related to the online application or NIST PREP more generally, please contact msu-nistprep@morgan.edu.

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PREP is a 5-year cooperative agreement between NIST laboratories and participating PREP Universities to establish a collaborative research relationship between NIST and U.S. institutions of higher education in the following disciplines including (but may not be limited to) biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering, electronics, materials science, mathematics, nanoscale science, neutron science, physical science, physics, and statistics. This collection of information is needed to facilitate the administrative functions of the PREP Program.

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