Assistant/ Associate Specialist - Dept of Mechanical Engineering - University of California, Berkeley

The Design for Emerging and Nanoscale Manufacturing lab is based in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UC Berkeley and is led by Professor Hayden Taylor. The lab seeks to invent and demonstrate a new generation of manufacturing processes to accelerate industrial decarbonization through more efficient use of materials and energy. Themes of research include multi-scale additive manufacturing, contact-mechanical considerations in semiconductor manufacturing, and the processing of materials for sustainable building construction.

A particular focus area is the development of volumetric additive manufacturing processes, in which all points of a three-dimensional geometry are defined simultaneously. Central to this effort is the process of Computed Axial Lithography, which we introduced with collaborators several years ago. The lab is undertaking projects to expand the range of materials amenable to this process, to enhance its spatial resolution and accuracy, and to increase the space of printable geometries.

The position is part of a fast-paced project for the development of a volumetric method for simultaneously printing conducting and insulating microstructures in light-sensitive materials. We are looking for someone with capabilities in precision mechanical design and prototyping to facilitate the construction of apparatus for testing key system concepts.

The job responsibilities will be as follows:

• Design, in collaboration with other team members, an optomechanical system for testing and characterizing components of an experimental advanced additive manufacturing process.
• Fabricate the mechanical components, and contribute to assembling the system.
• Assist with materials characterization experiments using the system.
• Applications of these printed structures include microsystems and packaging substrates for, e.g., advanced photonic products.
• To achieve challenging targets for spatial resolution and volumetric printing rate, someone with capabilities in precision mechanical design and prototyping to facilitate the construction of apparatus for testing key system concepts is needed.
• Document the design in sufficient detail for archival publications and assist, where needed, in the preparation of such publications.

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Master's degree or equivalent international degree at the time of application.

Experience with design or modification of 3D printers/additive manufacturing systems is desirable. Experience of rapid prototyping of mechanical components is desirable.

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