Postdoctoral Researcher

Company: Xerox Corporation
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: April 2, 2021

Job Description:

Postdoctoral Researcher, Sorbents and Systems for C02 Capture General information State/Province: California Country: United States Department: Research & Development Working time: Full-time Ref#: 20010779 Job Level: Individual Contributor Job Type: Graduate Job Job Field: Research & Development Description & Requirements PARC, a Xerox company, is in the Business of Breakthroughs--. Practicing open innovation, we provide custom R&D services, technology, expertise, best practices, and intellectual property to Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, startups, and government agencies and partners. We create new business options, accelerate time to market, augment internal capabilities, and reduce risk for our clients. Since its inception, PARC has pioneered many technology platforms - from the Ethernet and laser printing to the GUI and ubiquitous computing - and has enabled the creation of many industries. Incorporated as an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox in 2002, PARC today continues the research that enables breakthroughs for our clients' businesses. Postdoctoral Researcher: Sorbents and Systems for CO 2 Capture The Hardware Research and Technology Laboratory (HRTL) at PARC (A Xerox Company) is a group of multi-disciplinary scientists and engineers who enjoy the opportunity to invent and develop new technologies, foster innovation, and launch new businesses. Research conducted by HRTL spans a wide range of technologies, including: 3D printing, technologies for carbon capture and emissions reduction, and much more. The Materials Interfaces and Processes group within HRTL is looking for a chemical engineer, chemist or materials scientist to lead the development of new high-performance sorbents and processes for capturing CO 2 . The candidate will design experiments, synthesize new sorbents, characterize their properties, and model their performance in CO 2 capture processes. The successful candidate is someone who can innovate at the boundary of materials design and chemical processes. Moreover, the ideal candidate is one who can acquire new skills quickly, invent technology and direct its development, and drive new fields of research in CO 2 capture, separations technologies, and beyond. The candidate should have excellent communication skills and be someone who can successfully compete for government research funding and share research in peer-reviewed forums. Responsibilities: -- Evaluate properties of sorbents using techniques such as N 2 adsorption porosimetry, thermogravimetric analysis and analytical chemistry techniques (FT-IR, UV-vis, etc.) -- Design experiments and experimental apparatuses for sorbent processing and evaluation -- Design and model gas separation and adsorber unit operations based on novel materials -- Investigate new research directions and seek funding opportunities -- Contribute to a wide range of HRTL activities as a subject matter expert in materials design for chemical processes -- Document research activities and communicate findings within PARC and to the broader scientific community, and participate in review meetings with Dept. of Energy Qualifications: -- Doctoral degree in chemical engineering, materials science, chemistry, or related fields. Industry experience is a plus. -- Hands-on experience with materials chemistry. Areas of particular relevance include: polymer synthesis and post-functionalization, synthesis of organic or inorganic sorbents, porous materials, nanoparticles, catalysts -- Experience characterizing sorbent materials such as adsorption/desorption isotherms, mass transfer kinetics, and physical properties -- Experience with process design for sorption systems, gas separations, or CO 2 capture processes using tools such as ASPEN Plus or HYSYS -- Strong theoretical/technical foundation in heat and mass transfer, sorption kinetics, etc. -- Ability to design and model custom unit operations using computational modeling tools such as COMSOL or Fluent -- Desire and ability to collaborate with colleagues across disciplines -- Proven track record of innovation -- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Purpose:
--- Responsible for all areas of design, research & development engineering. Includes R&D studies, mathematical modeling, design, evaluation, analyses, programming, testing and field trials evaluation.
--- Primary purpose of this position is to contribute to the development of leading research and technologies.

--- Incumbent participates on teams / projects that invent / create new emerging technologies and translate them into prototypes, models, data structures, and interfaces to ultimately transfer as part of a time to market (TTM) product development process.


Scope:
Specific:
--- Incumbents are assigned somewhat complex yet reasonably standard assignments in thier technical discipline.

--- Works under only general direction, where work is evaluated upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.

--- Independently determines and develops approach to solutions.

General:
--- Builds knowledge of the organization, processes and customers

--- Requires knowledge and experience in own discipline; still acquiring higher level knowledge and skills

--- Receives a moderate level of guidance and direction

--- Moderate decision making authority guided by policies, procedures, and business operations protocol


Primary Responsibilities:
--- Delivers results for project elements/components as assigned. Exercises significant impact on project results though these efforts enabling new technologies to move forward in the development process.

--- Determines creative solutions to broadly defined problems using originality and ingenuity gained from increasing experience.

--- Leads/defines technical elements of project objectives. Plans and conducts investigations and analyses requiring professional expertise - this statement is in scope too - where does it belong

--- Applies complete understanding of technical theories and concepts in a limited field of expertise to area of research. Applies general knowledge of other related disciplines.

--- Able to perform complex design, development tasks, investigations, modeling, simulation and analyses

--- Keeps abreast of trends and developments in their area of expertise, some extended areas, and incorporates them into assignments

--- Person is listed on a number of ID's per year as a co-inventor and in some limited cases is the initiating inventor

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