Technical Officer, Laboratory Automation for Battery Materials Discovery

Priority may be given to the following designated employment equity groups: women, Indigenous peoples* (First Nations, Inuit and Métis), persons with disabilities and racialized persons*.

The Employment Equity Act, which is under review, uses the terminology Aboriginal peoples and visible minorities.

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City: Mississauga

Organizational Unit: Clean Energy Innovation

Classification: TO-3

Tenure: Term

Duration: until 31 March 2027

Language Requirements: English

Work Arrangements:

• Due to the nature of the work and operational requirements, this position will require full-time physical presence at the at the NRC work location identified.

Great Minds. One Goal. Canada's Success.

Help bring research to life and drive your career forward with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Canada's largest research and technology organization.

We are looking for a Technical Officer to support the Clean Energy Innovation Research Centre's new research facility in Mississauga. The Technical Officer would be someone who shares our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Respect and Creativity.

You will participate in a wide range of activities relating to the development, implementation, and operation of a self-driving laboratory for battery materials. Duties will include:

• Contribute and/or lead activities related to scientific equipment design and development, laboratory automation, and automated data analysis, in particular as it relates to material synthesis and/or characterization, including the operation of custom, automated, high-throughput wet-chemistry and solid-chemistry equipment.
• Undertake, independently or under the supervision of other technical officers or researchers, technical work on the wet chemistry, characterization, and laboratory automation for battery electrode synthesis and testing
• Contribute, in collaboration with project managers to project planning, developing work plans, writing experimental and safety procedures and laboratory test protocols
• Recognizing and solving issues related to equipment, experimental and analytical techniques and capture, analyze, validate and report on experimental results. Knowledge of experimental design principles and/or statistics will be considered an asset.
• Lead or contribute to the design, installation, modification, set-up, risk assessment and launch of new experimental set-ups or equipment; propose or recommend the purchase of and participate in procurement and installation of new lab equipment, materials and supplies; ensure operational continuity of equipment by developing operating procedures, executing required maintenance, performing troubleshooting, overseeing scheduling and utilization, and maintaining inventory of consumable;
• Coordinate efficient operations of a multi-user lab by overseeing general consumables, chemical inventory management, lab cleanliness and hazardous waste disposal in compliance with regulations. Actively engage in the organizational health and safety programs by complying with all NRC occupational health and safety policies and regulations.
  
  

Applicants must demonstrate within the content of their application that they meet the following screening criteria in order to be given further consideration as candidates:

College diploma or Bachelors of Science or Engineering in Chemistry, Materials Science or Chemical Engineering or in a relevant field. Master's and PhD candidates in similar fields are also welcome to apply.

For information on certificates and diplomas issued abroad, please see Degree equivalency

• Recent experience in working with automated laboratory equipment, including familiarity with associated software and/or hardware to parallelize experiment and/or directly working with robotics.
• Experience with the design, integration, and implementation of test pieces, and custom laboratory prototyping equipment
• Recent experience in wet-chemistry based research laboratories and the evaluation and characterization of engineered energy storage materials. Direct experience in battery materials, characterization, and performance evaluation will be considered an asset.
• Recent experience in writing automated data analysis/data handling scripts in Python.

Assets:

Recent experience in any of the following will be considered assets:

• Laboratory automation (physical integration and workflow development, API development, coding implementation)
• Coding for instrument communications
• CAD and mechanical design experience
  
  

Reliability Status

English

Information on language requirements and self-assessment tests

Candidates will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:

• Ability to set-up, implement, calibrate, maintain equipment, preferably involving concepts of laboratory automation, and use experimental and analytical techniques.
• Ability to write automated data analysis or data handling scripts using Python.
• Knowledge of materials synthesis and characterization relevant to the area of electrochemical processes, with experience in battery materials.
• Ability to act as lab coordinator of multi-user laboratories, including maintaining safe work environment, inventory management, and hazardous waste handling in compliance with workplace health and safety legislation and regulations.

• Research Technician/Technologist - Teamwork (Level 2)
  
• Research Technician/Technologist - Initiative (Level 2)
  
• Research Technician/Technologist - Communication (Level 2)
  
• Research Technician/Technologist - Creative thinking (Level 2)
  
• Research Technician/Technologist - Results orientation (Level 2)
  

For this position, the NRC will evaluate candidates using the following competency profile(s): Research Technician/Technologist

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From $58,445 to $80,040 per annum.

NRC employees enjoy a wide-range of competitive benefits including comprehensive health and dental plans, vacation, sick, and other leave entitlements, disability insurance and pension plans.

The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is the Government of Canada's largest research organization supporting industrial innovation, the advancement of knowledge and technology development. We collaborate with over 70 colleges, universities and hospitals annually, work with 800 companies on their projects, and provide advice or funding to over 8000 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) each year.

We bring together the brightest minds to deliver tangible impacts on the lives of Canadians and people around the world. And now, we want to partner with you. Let your expertise and inspirations make an impact by joining the NRC.

At the NRC Employee wellness matters. We offer flexible work schedules as well as part-time work to help employees maintain work-life balance. We are one of the few federal organizations that close our offices during the December holiday season. We offer professional learning and development opportunities such as conferences, workshops, and a suite of mentorship, award and recognition programs. Diversity enables creativity and innovation. Fostering a diverse, inclusive, welcoming and supportive workplace is important to us, and contributes to a more inclusive Canadian innovation system. We welcome all qualified applicants and encourage you to complete the employment equity self-declaration questions during the job application process. Please let us know of any accommodation measures required to help you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Please note that the information you provide will be treated confidentially.

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• Relocation assistance will be determined in accordance with the NRC's directives.
• NRC employees enjoy a wide-range of benefits including comprehensive health and dental plans, pension and insurance plans, vacation and other leave entitlements.
• A pre-qualified list may be established for similar positions for a one year period.
• Preference will be given to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada. Please include citizenship information in your application.
• The incumbent must adhere to safe workplace practices at all times.
• We thank all those who apply, however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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Closing Date: 23 August :59 Eastern Time

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