Staff Scientist

Company Description:
XIA LLC is a very small high tech company located in south Hayward, CA. We specialize in developing and manufacturing processing electronics for x-ray and gamma-ray detectors, which we sell world-wide both on an OEM basis to major manufacturers and as specialty instruments to national research laboratories. We also engage in a wide range of research activities, funded through the SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) program; we typically have several active research grants at any given time, which deal with topics ranging from new detector ideas to advanced signal processing techniques. We maintain a flexible working environment that encourages our staff to maintain a healthy balance between their work and personal lives while challenging them to grow to reach their full professional potential. More details about us and our products can be found at www.xia.com. XIA LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Description:
As a successful candidate, you will work both independently and with XIA's research, engineering, and software staff on a variety of XIA research and development projects. Active research projects involve both the development of advanced detector technology as well as developing innovative processing electronics and signal processing techniques. More experienced personnel will also be encouraged to suggest new ideas for ongoing research, as well as participate in the writing of grant proposals and reports. In addition, all XIA Staff Scientists are expected to play an significant role in the development and support of XIA’s line of commercial products, which have largely evolved out of past, grant-funded research. If you are the type of researcher that that would like to see your work result in something more concrete and socially useful than a well received publication, then you'll find a supportive working environment at XIA.

Candidate’s expertise should include a subset of the following skills, in no particular order:

1. Analog electronics design for very low noise (1-20 MHz region).
2. Radiation physics, medical x-ray physics experience.
3. Detector development (solid state, scintillator, or related).
4. Digital electronics design (gate arrays or Digital Signal Processing systems preferred).
5. X-ray spectroscopy or diffraction research experience.
6. DSP processor code design and development. (Analog Devices preferred.)
7. Scientific Programming for non-trivial analysis or experimental control (C, Java, C++, LabView, C#, IGOR, etc).
8. Graphical User Interface development, PC-based
9. Interfacing data acquisition and detector electronics to computers.
10. Production Engineering, PC board layout.
11. Nuclear physics research experience, particularly in detector design, development, and calibration.
12. Test/Measurement instrument design at module or system level.
13. Writing: good scientific writing skills are quite important; success with funded proposals a plus, of course.
14. Electronic instrument design for high-reliability applications.

To Apply:
Send your resume to job9067@xia.com. If possible, include the names of three references who are both knowledgeable about and willing to discuss your recent work.

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