R&D Technician

Why AeroShield might be great for you

AeroShield Materials is a collaborative team of 17 people bound by a mission to deliver innovative new materials to make our lives more sustainable and comfortable. Every year, windows and doors lose an estimated 40 billion dollars in thermal energy in the US. We are developing super-insulating, transparent aerogel inserts for windows to bring state-of-the-art thermal comfort and energy efficiency into homes at an affordable price.

As part of Aeroshield, you would join an agile, passionate, and talented team focusing on realizing our mission in a sustainable, ethical, and innovative way.

What we are looking for in a Research and Development Technician

As an R&D technician, you will help the Advanced Research team optimize our material and process. As the ideal candidate, you will have experience working in a wet lab or analytical lab setting and have participated in gathering, analyzing, and presenting data. You thrive in a small team environment where you have autonomy over your day-to-day work.

Responsibilities of this position include: 

• Perform a range of lab and manufacturing activities, including making R&D aerogels and operating R&D scale production equipment.
• Run standard characterization testing on aerogels such as:
  • Optical testing and imaging
  • Thermal conductivity
  • Mechanical testing
  • Aerogel-glass bond testing
  • Document and present results using standard AeroShield documentation platforms and practices.
  • Collaborate with the Advanced Research team to run experiments answering key questions about our production chemistry and process that enable faster and safer scale-up.
  • Contribute to Advanced Research team discussions involving interpretation of experimental data and planning of future experiments.
  • Assist with lab management, including weekly safety checks, monthly lab cleanups, and maintaining proper inventory of chemicals and supplies.

This role requires candidates to be on-site with most work being conducted in-person at our facility in Waltham, MA.

We highly value a positive team culture and are looking for someone who wants to be part of continuously enhancing this culture - ideally playing an active role in this as the company grows. This person should embody the three core values of AeroShield: Understand & Improve, Value People and Persons, and Act Sustainably.

We're in search of someone who enjoys the autonomy offered by a dynamic small startup environment and takes the initiative to find new learning opportunities. This person should be highly organized and detail oriented, have a passion for learning new skills and processes, and be able to work collaboratively with others.

Qualifications:

Many great team members do not fit a “standard blueprint”. Even if you do not fit all aspects listed below, but feel that you can contribute to AeroShield’s team, please do not hesitate to apply or to reach out with questions. Great candidates for this role enjoy learning quickly, are excited about new technologies, and possess a technical background through school or work experience.

• High school diploma required. Associate’s degree or higher is a plus, ideally in a tech-related field
• Some hands-on experience in a laboratory and/or manufacturing environment
• Ability to pay close attention to detail, focusing on accuracy and quality
• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to listen, distill information, consult, and suggest new approaches
• Able to learn quickly by leveraging all possible resources 
• Highly organized and detail-oriented – able to focus on accuracy and quality without losing sight of the bigger picture.
• Works well in teams
• Passionate about AeroShield’s values and growing as a scientist and researcher

Bonus skills:

• Able to perform wet-lab chemical experiments, including working in fume hoods
• Experience with a DMA (Dynamic Mechanical Analysis)
• Data analysis and statistical tools (Matlab, Python, etc.)

How to Apply

Please submit your resume via our career portal at: https://careers.jobscore.com/careers/aeroshieldmaterialsinc

Additionally, please include a few sentences or paragraphs about why you are interested in this role and why it looks like a good fit for you. This does not need to be a cover letter or anything formal, we just want to see what excites you about working at AeroShield!

Contact for questions: Will Mullin

About AeroShield

AeroShield manufactures a super-insulating nanoporous form of glass for energy efficient windows. Based on silica aerogel technology, AeroShield is more transparent than glass and twice as insulating as air, enabling windows that are 50% more energy efficient and cost-effective, with the potential to save billions of dollars in energy. See www.aeroshield.tech and for more details.