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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555">McCrone Associates, Inc., a Chicago-area analytical and research laboratory, seeks several highly motivated and curious research scientists to solve materials and contamination
problems using modern microscopy and microanalysis for our clients in a variety of industries. These positions offer a significant amount of autonomy and require the skills to handle multiple projects at any given time.
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Any applicant selected must be a U.S. Citizen, will be subject to a pre-employment background check
and must be eligible for a government security clearance. McCrone Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">If you are an experienced microanalyst and are looking for an interesting career opportunity in materials
analysis, in a modern and innovative laboratory, e-mail your résumé with a letter describing your experience and interests to Gina Schuster, Director of Human Resources at</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555">
</span><a href="mailto:gschuster@mccrone.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">gschuster@mccrone.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555">.
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555">We are looking for specialists in the following areas:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555">Mass Spectrometry</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Expertise and experience primarily in
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">
(TIMS) with emphasis in ion counting techniques at the ultra-trace level. Other desired areas of expertise are experience with large geometry, dynamic SIMS instruments, and experience with particle analysis using SIMS.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The ideal candidate will have a Masters or Doctorate degree in chemistry, physics, geology or materials
science with five or more years of relevant, hands-on laboratory experience. Excellent oral and written communications skills are essential. Strong software skills with instrument operation and Microsoft Office applications are mandatory. This position does
not involve management of personnel, however, strong teamwork and leadership skills are important. Experience working in cGMP and ISO 17025 regulated laboratories is desired.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555">Electron Microscopist</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Expertise and experience primarily in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive
x-ray spectrometry (EDS). The applicant must have experience actually operating SEM-EDS equipment for imaging, qualitative, and quantitative analysis. Knowledge of wavelength dispersive x-ray spectrometry (WDS), and other characterization techniques such as
Raman, SIMS, XRD, or XPS, is a plus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The ideal candidate will have a Master’s degree in chemistry, physics, geology, metallurgy, forensic
science, or materials science with five years of relevant laboratory experience. Experience with word processing, spreadsheets and databases is mandatory. Experience working in cGMP and ISO 17025 regulated laboratories is desired.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555">Analytical Organic Chemist</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">In search of chemists with expertise and experience in light microscopy, FTIR, Raman, GC/MS, DART
Accu-TOF, and HPLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#767171;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The ideal candidate will have a Masters or Doctorate degree in chemistry, biochemistry or materials
science with five or more years of relevant, hands-on laboratory experience in spectroscopy and chromatography for materials analysis and problem solving. Excellent oral and written communications skills are essential. Strong software skills with instrument
operation and Microsoft Office applications are mandatory. This position does not involve management of personnel, however, strong teamwork and leadership skills are important. Experience working in cGMP and ISO 17025 regulated laboratories is desired.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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