About the company

XIA LLC, formerly X-ray Instrumentation Associates, is a small high tech firm in the business of inventing, developing and marketing advanced digital data acquisition and processing systems for x-ray and gamma-ray detector applications in university research, national laboratories and industry . While our traditional source of support was from Federal Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants, with minor support from product sales, the company has recently reversed that ratio. We currently manufacture and sell 9 instruments, in 4 product families, at prices ranging $500 to $15,000. We are located in Hayward, on the east, easy commute, side of San Francisco Bay.

XIA offers a friendly yet highly stimulating technical environment. Of our 14 current employees, 7 hold Ph.D.'s in Physics or Materials Research, 1 has an MS in Electronic Engineering, and 4 have BA's in Physics. We regularly collaborate with US National Laboratories and industrial partners, carrying out original, publishable scientific research, as well as more conventional product-oriented engineering. Our "corporate culture" is thus a challenging but rewarding mix of academic intellectual rigor and nuts and bolts engineering. Successful candidates will be intellectually stimulated both by working with top-level specialists, inside the company and out, and by developing products that significantly advance the state of the art.

As a company that is small but poised to grow, we require people who possess multiple areas of expertise and acquire new ones readily. For our research staff, we are therefore seeking individuals who not only excel at innovative research but also enjoy the engineering process required to reduce research to product practice. Since our customers engage in advanced research and we must understand (and sometime collaborate in) that research to meet their instrumentation needs. For our production staff, we are seeking individuals with the experience and discipline to create and operate the systems required to function efficiently as we continue to grow. We offer flexible work schedules, an informal working environment, and lots of interesting problems and opportunities for career growth. We'll give you as much opportunity as you can handle. We pay reasonable salaries and benefits and have an excellent retirement package. We are in the process of incorporating and developing programs for profit sharing and employee equity ownership. 

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