Assistant Research Scientist (PREP0004257)

Job description

Description PREP Research Associate: This position is part of the National Institute of Standards (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration. Research Title: Open-Architecture Additive Manufacturing Platform Development The work will entail: As part of its efforts to meet the needs of U.S. manufacturers in advanced manufacturing, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an open-architecture Additive Manufacturing (AM) platform. This platform consists of open-architecture AM testbeds, including the Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed (AMMT) and the Laser Processing and Metrology Testbed (LPDT), as well as an open-architecture AM processing software utility known as Smart Additive Manufacturing...