Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:12:51 -0800
>The Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, VA enables scientists from
>different disciplines to collaborate in creating and exploiting new
>tools to advance biomedical science. The scientific programs at
>Janelia encourage collaboration and creativity. Research teams are
>small and group leaders are actively involved in research.
>
>Janelia's Instrument Design & Fabrication (ID&F) group designs,
>builds, and tests custom instruments, tools, and software in close
>collaboration with Janelia?s scientists, enabling them to rapidly
>pursue state-of-the-art experimental methods. ID&F projects range
>from small gadgets to full instruments or experimental rigs. For
>some labs, ID&F is the primary supplier of custom instrumentation,
>collaborating with the scientists through the entire lifecycle of
>experiment design, development, and fabrication. For labs focused on
>the development of instrumentation, ID&F provides fabrication and
>assembly support.
>
>We seek a leader for this outstanding multi-disciplinary team of
>about 15 technical professionals - software, electrical, mechanical,
>and optical engineers; and scientific machinists.
>
>This position has three main components: interface with Janelia?s
>scientists, engineering management, and individual technical
>contribution. You must enthusiastically engage with Janelia?s
>scientists, visit their labs, attend their seminars and strive to
>understand their research and budget challenges. You will provide
>engineering oversight for your team?s work with their scientific
>customers, including definition and management of scope, risk
>management, and critical technical review. You will prioritize
>projects and control staffing and schedule for a large portfolio of
>projects. Despite the heavy emphasis on leadership and management in
>the above description, we will shape this role and the overall
>management structure of ID&F to complement your strengths,
>capabilities and interests, and encourage you to maintain a hands-on
>individual contributor role.
>
>You must thrive in a fluid, R&D, environment, possess outstanding
>technical insight relevant to instrument development (electrical,
>software, optical and/or mechanical engineering), as well as
>excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and management
>skills. We seek an individual with a relevant advanced engineering
>or science degree, demonstrated experience managing technical teams,
>at least 10 years experience developing scientific instrumentation
>for the life sciences. Experience in neuroscience is desirable, but
>not required.
>
>
>
>Principal Responsibilities:
>
>Managing ID&F?s:
> * Personnel, including management of team leads and team members
> * Relationships with internal customers and their collaborators
> * 3M$ Budget
> * Portfolio of tens of concurrent ongoing projects. Requires
> prioritizing projects, and negotiating delivery schedules with lab
> customers, and managing execution in a fluid R&D environment.
> * State of the art facility
> * Health and Safety Compliance
>
>
>
>Preferred Qualifications:
>
> * MS, or PhD in a relevant scientific or engineering field
> (e.g., Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer
> Science, Physics)
> * Demonstrated personnel management experience
> * 10 years experience developing scientific instrumentation for
> the life sciences
> * Experience in neuroscience is desirable, but not required.
> * Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
>
>
>
>Additional Information:
>
>Please apply online at
><http://www.hhmi.org/careers/2271>http://www.hhmi.org/careers/2271.
>
>HHMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Veronica Murphy
Senior Human Resources Generalist
HHMI | Janelia Research Campus
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