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Senior Materials Scientist For Optical Coatings - AREVA Solar Job In NORTH AMERICA-United States-California-Mountain View

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Category:  Development Finance
Job Type:  Permanent
City:  NORTH AMERICA-United States-California-Mountain View
Job Description
WANT TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN TOMORROW'S ENERGY CHALLENGES? JOIN THE AREVA TEAM TODAY!
AREVA supplies solutions for power generation with less carbon. Its expertise and unwavering insistence on safety, security, transparency and ethics are setting the standard, and its responsible development is anchored in a process of continuous improvement.
Ranked first in the global nuclear power industry, AREVA's unique integrated offering to utilities covers every stage of the fuel cycle, nuclear reactor design and construction, and related services. The group is also expanding in renewable energies - wind, solar, bioenergies, hydrogen and storage - to be one of the top three in this sector worldwide in 2012.
With these two major offers, AREVA's 48,000 employees are helping to supply ever safer, cleaner and more economical energy to the greatest number of people.
AREVA provides its customers with solutions for low-carbon power generation in North America and all over the world. As the leader in nuclear energy and a significant, growing player in the renewable energies sector, AREVA combines U.S. and Canadian leadership, access to worldwide expertise and a proven track record of performance. Sustainable development is a core component of AREVA's strategy. Its more than 5,000 U.S. and Canadian employees work every day to make AREVA a responsible industrial player helping to supply ever cleaner, safer and more economical energy to the greatest number of people. AREVA Inc. is headquartered in Bethesda, MD. Visit us at http://us.areva.com or follow us at Twitter.
The AREVA Renewable Energies Business Group:
A world leader in nuclear energy, AREVA is resolutely committed to the development of solutions for CO2 free energy production. It is a matter of responding to the planet's essential requirements in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions while providing energy to the largest number of people. AREVA is developing a portfolio of activities based on four renewable energies : wind energy, bioenergy, solar power and hydrogen power, as well as energy storage.
Solar Energy:
AREVA offers turnkey solutions for concentrated solar (CSP) technologies. AREVA's experience in thermal technology and fluid mechanics is well adapted to the concentrated solar power market. Today, the EPC services needed to establish a ready-to-operate CSP plant are fully integrated in AREVA's technology offer.
Job Description:
AREVA Solar is seeking a Senior Materials Scientist for our Mountain View, CA location.
Responsibilities and duties include:
  • Key technical contributor to the research and advanced development of optical coatings
  • Design and perform experiments to test theories of coating performance and underlying physical mechanisms
  • Create theoretical models of coating structure, optical characteristics, and degradation over life
  • Interface with manufacturing to ensure industrializability of coating prescription
Typical projects:
  • Advance the state of the art in air stable solar selective boiler tube coatings.
  • Develop rigorous models of coating optical performance from underlying temperature-dependent material properties and validate those models.
All candidates must meet the following minimum requirements in order to be considered for this opportunity. Candidates who exceed minimum qualifications may be considered for a higher level position.
  • Phd in pure or applied physics, materials science, or physical chemistry from Top-Tier University
  • Publishing record demonstrating scientific contributions and talent.
  • Minimum of three (3) years of hands-on materials characterization: XRD, XPS, LIBS, ellipsometry. FTIR.
  • Research experience involving solgels, metals, and oxides.
  • Research experience in the modeling of optical or electronic properties of solid state materials.
  • A sound theoretical knowledge of solid state physics, crystallography, and optics (geometrical and physical).
  • A sound theoretical understanding of the optical theory of solids (classical and quantum).
  • Research experience in nanomaterials science: fabrication and characterization techniques.
  • Research experience with thin films, oxidation/corrosion, and high vacuum systems.
  • Research experience with deposition techniques including electroplating, sputtering, Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD).
The following requirements are desired and will be used to differentiate all candidates who apply for this position.
  • One or more years of postdoctoral research experience.
  • Theoretical knowledge of thermal radiation heat transfer.
  • Experience with TFCalc or equivalent thin film optics software.
  • Proficient in stress analysis with ANSYS, Abaqus, or equivalent.
  • Proficient in Matlab.
  • Experience in solar thermal industry.
  • Failure analysis experience.
TRAVEL
Sporadic (10-15%) domestic and/or international travel.
We offer competitive salaries, an excellent benefits package, and flexible work options, as well as a uniquely diverse and unified team of professionals. Our culture supports an environment where employees can continuously learn and gain professional growth through education, exciting projects and career mobility. AREVA recognizes your achievements and excellent performance through various performance incentive, recognition and reward programs. Our commitment is to you, the employee.
Come work in an environment that is driven by integrity, innovation and visionary thinking. Join AREVA today, revolutionize the energy industry and energize your future!

Post Date:  09/12/2011
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