Location: Los Alamos, NM
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
**What You Will Do** **Project/work plan description:** The successful candidate will join a team of analytical radiochemists supporting national security efforts in nuclear treaty monitoring, safeguards/nonproliferation, and nuclear forensics who perform elemental purification of trace levels of actinides in a clean laboratory setting. Purified actinides are prepared for analysis by high precision/high sensitivity isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Duties will include: - Learning anion exchange chromatography and performing column calibrations or separations - Rotations through labware preparation/cleaning - Maintaining stock supplies of labware and reagents in all labs; cleaning labware; learning about LANL purchasing and inventory - Cleaning new resin and preparing resin check samples - Analytical balance performance checks and control charting - Daily hood air flow measurements - Pipette calibrations - Potential microscope work, for handling resin beads for TIMS source mounts **What You Need** **Minimum Job Requirements:** Knowledge - Basic understanding of chemical reactions; General Chemistry coursework with labs - Understanding of molarity, molality, acid dilution/reagent preparation - Basic understanding of anion exchange and/or extraction chromatography - Basic understanding of mass spectrometry - Understanding of the relationship between mass, half-life, and specific radioactivity of radionuclides - Knowledge of how to use Microsoft Excel and Word (Python a plus or database knowledge is a plus) Skills - Pipetting accurately - Estimating volumes - Good hand-eye coordination Abilities - Good organizational skills - High attention to detail - Strong observational skills - Patience for lengthy, sometimes tedious procedures **Desired Qualifications:** - Q Clearance - Experience working in QA/QC driven programs - Prior undergraduate research experience (e.g. capstone project, honor's thesis, employment in an on-campus laboratory **Note to Applicants:** Due to fede