Technical Specialist: ATHENA NSF Programmable Cloud Lab - UTK
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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- Location
- Knoxville, TN
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 8
- 12 days ago
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About the company
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Higher education · 1,001 to 5,000 employees
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in materials science, physics, engineering, or a closely related field.
- Experience with scanning probe microscopy (SPM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), focused ion beam (FIB), and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM).
- Experience operating, troubleshooting, or supporting advanced scientific instrumentation.
- Experience with scientific data processing and analysis.
- Ability to train and support users in a multidisciplinary research environment.
- Advanced degree in materials science, physics, engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience with correlative or multimodal microscopy workflows.
- Experience with Python or related scientific programming tools.
- Experience developing microscopy data-analysis workflows, automation tools, or scientific web resources.
- Knoxville, TN
- Onsite
- <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">UT market range: MR08</p>
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ATHENA is a newly funded $20 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Platform for Programmable Cloud Lab (PCL) headquartered at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) in collaboration with Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University and Pellissippi State Community College, with multiple academic, national laboratories, and industrial partners. ATHENA is one of NSF’s flagship national testbeds established to develop the next generation of autonomous laboratories, AI-driven scientific discovery, cloud-connected instrumentation, and cyber-physical infrastructure for materials research.