Chief Materials Scientist - Magnetic Materials
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · Richland, WA · 1 mo ago
On-siteAnalyst$173k/yrFull-time
We need to output only HTML fragment with sections for headings where there is real content. We must not repeat job title. Use for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to extract content from posting.
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove sections like Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment Not Applicable, Testing Designated Position, About PNNL (maybe part of overview?), but we need to preserve substantive info. The overview about PNNL and directorates is part of job description; we can include under "About the role" maybe. The "Overview" section includes description of PNNL, directorates, Energy and Environment Directorate, etc. That's substantive. So we can put that under
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to extract content from posting.
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove sections like Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment Not Applicable, Testing Designated Position, About PNNL (maybe part of overview?), but we need to preserve substantive info. The overview about PNNL and directorates is part of job description; we can include under "About the role" maybe. The "Overview" section includes description of PNNL, directorates, Energy and Environment Directorate, etc. That's substantive. So we can put that under About the role
with paragraphs.
Responsibilities: there is a big block under "Responsibilities". We'll put that under Responsibilities
with - items. Need to parse bullet-like sentences. The responsibilities text is long paragraph with many sentences; we can split into list items each representing a duty. We need to preserve all substantive info; we can break at semicolons or periods? Better to keep as
maybe? But instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to convert duties into list items. We'll extract each duty sentence.
Let's list responsibilities sentences from the text:
- "lead the technical direction and to advance research and development in magnetic materials for next-generation energy, electronics, and quantum technologies."
- "provide technical leadership and expertise to existing research efforts and collaborate with stakeholders to define and shape future research programs."
- "Working with research teams and other business leaders, in collaboration with partners in industry, academia, and at other national laboratories, you will lead efforts to build new, high-visibility research programs that leverage advanced concepts in ferromagnetic materials and SPP methods to meet the technology goals of the Department of Energy and other key stakeholders."
- "As a Chief Scientist, you will also have significant responsibility for supporting the development and growth of the magnetic and functional materials capability at PNNL, including defining and validating new, stakeholder-relevant applications; proposing and advocating for strategic equipment acquisitions; recommending new hires; and mentoring junior to mid-career staff on the team."
- "The successful candidate will have a clear reputation as a national expert in the design, processing, and application of ferromagnetic materials and demonstrate an understanding of, and enthusiasm for, the potential for innovative methods to enable the scalable manufacture of high-performance magnetics."
- "They must be adept at translating Department of Energy and other stakeholder needs for advanced materials to funded research programs that effectively leverage PNNL capabilities to meet sponsor goals."
- "They will be an accomplished communicator with a track record of delivering effective and compelling written and oral communications to a broad range of audiences."
- "They will have demonstrated a high level of success in developing a research program and new research capabilities over the course of their career."
- "The Researcher Will Continue to expand an already established technical reputation through application of science and engineering principles and theories, and develop technical approaches to solve challenges;"
- "Provide strategy, technical leadership, and expertise in magnetic materials research, including hard/soft magnets, nanostructured alloys, magnetic composites, and rare-earth-free systems for high-performance systems."
- "Advance mine-to-magnet and mine-to-metal-to-device workflows for critical material supply chains."
- "Lead efforts in metallurgy processing and critical materials recovery."
- "Define and shape future research programs in collaboration with internal teams, industry partners, academia, and government agencies."
- "Lead efforts to build new, high-visibility research programs aligned with Department of Energy and other stakeholder goals."
- "Mentor junior and mid-level scientists for career development and establishing a safety culture in lab operations, recommend strategic hires, and guide technical development in growth areas."
- "Advocate for strategic equipment acquisitions and capability growth."
- "Translate stakeholder needs into funded research programs leveraging organizational strengths."
- "Communicate effectively through publications, presentations, and stakeholder engagement."
We need to ensure we don't duplicate. Many are similar. We'll consolidate unique duties.
Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications. We'll put under
Qualifications
with - . Minimum: BS/BA and 9+ years relevant experience -OR- MS/MA and 7+ years -OR- PhD with 5+ years. Preferred: PhD with 10+ years of research or industrial experience in magnetic and functional materials. Established research record in magnetic property–microstructure–performance relationships. Experience managing large, complex research projects and building multidisciplinary teams. Proven ability to develop and maintain relationships at the highest levels across multiple organizations/agencies and to leverage those relationships to further Laboratory research goals and increase business volume. Demonstrated success in building high-functioning, multi-disciplinary teams of theorists, technology developers, and application domain experts to conduct high technical risk, pioneering research and development. Demonstrated leadership in the subject area with a strong publication and patent record. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
We might also include Skills? Not separate; qualifications cover.
Benefits: The posting mentions "At PNNL, you will find an exciting research environment and excellent benefits including health insurance, and flexible work schedules." That's under About PNNL section. So we can include Benefits section with that.
Pay: Not mentioned. Schedule: flexible work schedules mentioned; we could put Schedule section with that. But instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Benefits: yes health insurance, flexible work schedules. Schedule: flexible work schedules mentioned; could be considered schedule. But we might combine benefits and schedule? Better to have Benefits section with health insurance and flexible work schedules. Schedule maybe not needed separate. We'll include Benefits.
We must not include boilerplate like Equal Employment Opportunity, Drug Free Workplace, Security, Credentialing, etc. Remove those.
Also remove "Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment Not Applicable", "Testing Designated Position". Remove "About PNNL" heading but we can incorporate its content into About the role or Benefits.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use
for headings,
for prose,
- for lists.
Let's craft:
About the role
At PNNL, our core capabilities are divided among major departments referred to as Directorates, focused on specific scientific research or other functions, each with its own leadership team and dedicated budget. The Science & Technology directorates include National Security, Integrated Discovery Sciences, and Energy and Environment. In addition, we have the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a Department of Energy, Office of Science user facility housed on the PNNL campus. The Energy and Environment Directorate delivers science and technology solutions for the nation’s biggest energy and environmental challenges. Our more than 1,700 staff support the Department of Energy (DOE), delivering on key DOE mission areas including: modernizing the nation’s power grid to maintain a reliable, affordable, secure, and resilient electricity delivery infrastructure; research, development, validation, and effective utilization of renewable energy and efficiency technologies that improve the affordability, reliability, resiliency, and security of the American energy system; and resolving complex issues in nuclear science, energy, and environmental management. The Energy Processes and Materials Division, part of the Energy and Environment Directorate, creates and delivers real world solutions that support DOE’s goals for national energy security. We deliver new technologies that connect fundamental science to applications in areas such as energy storage, advanced materials manufacturing, applied catalysis, advanced separations, biomass conversions, carbon capture and utilization, and hydrogen production and storage. We employ a systems perspective that includes discovery, technology development, and scale‑up as well as economic, regulatory, and market acceptance issues necessary for successful technology commercialization.
Then Responsibilities list.
We need to ensure we don't repeat content already in About the role. Good.
Now Responsibilities: We'll create - items for each distinct duty.
Let's compile unique duties:
1. Lead the technical direction and advance research and development in magnetic materials for next‑generation energy, electronics, and quantum technologies.
2. Provide technical leadership and expertise to existing research efforts and collaborate with stakeholders to define and shape future research programs.
3. Lead efforts to build new, high‑visibility research programs that leverage advanced concepts in ferromagnetic materials and Solid‑Phase Processing (SPP) methods to meet DOE and stakeholder technology goals.
4. Support the development and growth of the magnetic and functional materials capability at PNNL, including defining and validating new stakeholder‑relevant applications; proposing and advocating for strategic equipment acquisitions; recommending new hires; and mentoring junior to mid‑career staff.
5. Be a national expert in the design, processing, and application of ferromagnetic materials, with enthusiasm for innovative methods enabling scalable manufacture of high‑performance magnetics.
6. Translate DOE and other stakeholder needs for advanced materials into funded research programs that leverage PNNL capabilities to meet sponsor goals.
7. Deliver effective and compelling written and oral communications to a broad range of audiences.
8. Demonstrate a high level of success in developing research programs and new research capabilities over the course of a career.
9. Expand an established technical reputation through application of science and engineering principles and theories, and develop technical approaches to solve challenges.
10. Provide strategy, technical leadership, and expertise in magnetic materials research, including hard/soft magnets, nanostructured alloys, magnetic composites, and rare‑earth‑free systems for high‑performance systems.
11. Advance mine‑to‑magnet and mine‑to‑metal‑to‑device workflows for critical material supply chains.
12. Lead efforts in metallurgy processing and critical materials recovery.
13. Define and shape future research programs in collaboration with internal teams, industry partners, academia, and government agencies.
14. Lead efforts to build new, high‑visibility research programs aligned with DOE and other stakeholder goals.
15. Mentor junior and mid‑level scientists for career development and establishing a safety culture in lab operations, recommend strategic hires, and guide technical development in growth areas.
16. Advocate for strategic equipment acquisitions and capability growth.
17. Translate stakeholder needs into funded research programs leveraging organizational strengths.
18. Communicate effectively through publications, presentations, and stakeholder engagement.
Some duplicates: 2 and 13 similar; 3 and 14 similar; 6 and 17 similar. We could keep but maybe reduce duplicates. However instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplicates are part of original; we could keep them but might be considered redundant. Safer to keep them as they appear; but we can combine similar if they are essentially same? The instruction says do NOT summarize away detail. Combining could be summarizing. Safer to keep each distinct sentence as appears. However many are paraphrases; but we risk losing nuance. Let's try to keep each bullet as a distinct responsibility sentence from the original text, not combine.
Let's extract directly from the responsibilities paragraph sentences (split by periods). The original responsibilities block:
"The Applied Materials and Manufacturing Group within the Energy Processes & Materials Division at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is seeking a Chief Materials Scientist to lead the technical direction and to advance research and development in magnetic materials for next-generation energy, electronics, and quantum technologies. This is an extraordinary opportunity to be part of a world-class, interdisciplinary research program that is pushing the envelope on next-generation functional materials manufacture for a variety of energy technology applications. PNNL’s research in this area seeks to understand the underpinning physics of soft and hard magnetic materials, subject to composition and various processing methods, and translate that understanding to application. An emphasis is on how emerging process technologies like Solid-Phase Processing (SPP) can be used to synthesize bulk materials with enhanced magnetic properties, while reducing or eliminating the need for rare-earth elements. This highly accomplished
maybe? But instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to convert duties into list items. We'll extract each duty sentence.
Let's list responsibilities sentences from the text:
- "lead the technical direction and to advance research and development in magnetic materials for next-generation energy, electronics, and quantum technologies."
- "provide technical leadership and expertise to existing research efforts and collaborate with stakeholders to define and shape future research programs."
- "Working with research teams and other business leaders, in collaboration with partners in industry, academia, and at other national laboratories, you will lead efforts to build new, high-visibility research programs that leverage advanced concepts in ferromagnetic materials and SPP methods to meet the technology goals of the Department of Energy and other key stakeholders."
- "As a Chief Scientist, you will also have significant responsibility for supporting the development and growth of the magnetic and functional materials capability at PNNL, including defining and validating new, stakeholder-relevant applications; proposing and advocating for strategic equipment acquisitions; recommending new hires; and mentoring junior to mid-career staff on the team."
- "The successful candidate will have a clear reputation as a national expert in the design, processing, and application of ferromagnetic materials and demonstrate an understanding of, and enthusiasm for, the potential for innovative methods to enable the scalable manufacture of high-performance magnetics."
- "They must be adept at translating Department of Energy and other stakeholder needs for advanced materials to funded research programs that effectively leverage PNNL capabilities to meet sponsor goals."
- "They will be an accomplished communicator with a track record of delivering effective and compelling written and oral communications to a broad range of audiences."
- "They will have demonstrated a high level of success in developing a research program and new research capabilities over the course of their career."
- "The Researcher Will Continue to expand an already established technical reputation through application of science and engineering principles and theories, and develop technical approaches to solve challenges;"
- "Provide strategy, technical leadership, and expertise in magnetic materials research, including hard/soft magnets, nanostructured alloys, magnetic composites, and rare-earth-free systems for high-performance systems."
- "Advance mine-to-magnet and mine-to-metal-to-device workflows for critical material supply chains."
- "Lead efforts in metallurgy processing and critical materials recovery."
- "Define and shape future research programs in collaboration with internal teams, industry partners, academia, and government agencies."
- "Lead efforts to build new, high-visibility research programs aligned with Department of Energy and other stakeholder goals."
- "Mentor junior and mid-level scientists for career development and establishing a safety culture in lab operations, recommend strategic hires, and guide technical development in growth areas."
- "Advocate for strategic equipment acquisitions and capability growth."
- "Translate stakeholder needs into funded research programs leveraging organizational strengths."
- "Communicate effectively through publications, presentations, and stakeholder engagement."
We need to ensure we don't duplicate. Many are similar. We'll consolidate unique duties.
Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications. We'll put under
Qualifications
with- . Minimum: BS/BA and 9+ years relevant experience -OR- MS/MA and 7+ years -OR- PhD with 5+ years. Preferred: PhD with 10+ years of research or industrial experience in magnetic and functional materials. Established research record in magnetic property–microstructure–performance relationships. Experience managing large, complex research projects and building multidisciplinary teams. Proven ability to develop and maintain relationships at the highest levels across multiple organizations/agencies and to leverage those relationships to further Laboratory research goals and increase business volume. Demonstrated success in building high-functioning, multi-disciplinary teams of theorists, technology developers, and application domain experts to conduct high technical risk, pioneering research and development. Demonstrated leadership in the subject area with a strong publication and patent record. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
We might also include Skills? Not separate; qualifications cover.
Benefits: The posting mentions "At PNNL, you will find an exciting research environment and excellent benefits including health insurance, and flexible work schedules." That's under About PNNL section. So we can include Benefits section with that.
Pay: Not mentioned. Schedule: flexible work schedules mentioned; we could put Schedule section with that. But instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Benefits: yes health insurance, flexible work schedules. Schedule: flexible work schedules mentioned; could be considered schedule. But we might combine benefits and schedule? Better to have Benefits section with health insurance and flexible work schedules. Schedule maybe not needed separate. We'll include Benefits.
We must not include boilerplate like Equal Employment Opportunity, Drug Free Workplace, Security, Credentialing, etc. Remove those.
Also remove "Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment Not Applicable", "Testing Designated Position". Remove "About PNNL" heading but we can incorporate its content into About the role or Benefits.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use
for headings,
for prose,
- for lists.
Let's craft:
About the role
At PNNL, our core capabilities are divided among major departments referred to as Directorates, focused on specific scientific research or other functions, each with its own leadership team and dedicated budget. The Science & Technology directorates include National Security, Integrated Discovery Sciences, and Energy and Environment. In addition, we have the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a Department of Energy, Office of Science user facility housed on the PNNL campus. The Energy and Environment Directorate delivers science and technology solutions for the nation’s biggest energy and environmental challenges. Our more than 1,700 staff support the Department of Energy (DOE), delivering on key DOE mission areas including: modernizing the nation’s power grid to maintain a reliable, affordable, secure, and resilient electricity delivery infrastructure; research, development, validation, and effective utilization of renewable energy and efficiency technologies that improve the affordability, reliability, resiliency, and security of the American energy system; and resolving complex issues in nuclear science, energy, and environmental management. The Energy Processes and Materials Division, part of the Energy and Environment Directorate, creates and delivers real world solutions that support DOE’s goals for national energy security. We deliver new technologies that connect fundamental science to applications in areas such as energy storage, advanced materials manufacturing, applied catalysis, advanced separations, biomass conversions, carbon capture and utilization, and hydrogen production and storage. We employ a systems perspective that includes discovery, technology development, and scale‑up as well as economic, regulatory, and market acceptance issues necessary for successful technology commercialization.
Then Responsibilities list. We need to ensure we don't repeat content already in About the role. Good. Now Responsibilities: We'll create- items for each distinct duty. Let's compile unique duties: 1. Lead the technical direction and advance research and development in magnetic materials for next‑generation energy, electronics, and quantum technologies. 2. Provide technical leadership and expertise to existing research efforts and collaborate with stakeholders to define and shape future research programs. 3. Lead efforts to build new, high‑visibility research programs that leverage advanced concepts in ferromagnetic materials and Solid‑Phase Processing (SPP) methods to meet DOE and stakeholder technology goals. 4. Support the development and growth of the magnetic and functional materials capability at PNNL, including defining and validating new stakeholder‑relevant applications; proposing and advocating for strategic equipment acquisitions; recommending new hires; and mentoring junior to mid‑career staff. 5. Be a national expert in the design, processing, and application of ferromagnetic materials, with enthusiasm for innovative methods enabling scalable manufacture of high‑performance magnetics. 6. Translate DOE and other stakeholder needs for advanced materials into funded research programs that leverage PNNL capabilities to meet sponsor goals. 7. Deliver effective and compelling written and oral communications to a broad range of audiences. 8. Demonstrate a high level of success in developing research programs and new research capabilities over the course of a career. 9. Expand an established technical reputation through application of science and engineering principles and theories, and develop technical approaches to solve challenges. 10. Provide strategy, technical leadership, and expertise in magnetic materials research, including hard/soft magnets, nanostructured alloys, magnetic composites, and rare‑earth‑free systems for high‑performance systems. 11. Advance mine‑to‑magnet and mine‑to‑metal‑to‑device workflows for critical material supply chains. 12. Lead efforts in metallurgy processing and critical materials recovery. 13. Define and shape future research programs in collaboration with internal teams, industry partners, academia, and government agencies. 14. Lead efforts to build new, high‑visibility research programs aligned with DOE and other stakeholder goals. 15. Mentor junior and mid‑level scientists for career development and establishing a safety culture in lab operations, recommend strategic hires, and guide technical development in growth areas. 16. Advocate for strategic equipment acquisitions and capability growth. 17. Translate stakeholder needs into funded research programs leveraging organizational strengths. 18. Communicate effectively through publications, presentations, and stakeholder engagement. Some duplicates: 2 and 13 similar; 3 and 14 similar; 6 and 17 similar. We could keep but maybe reduce duplicates. However instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplicates are part of original; we could keep them but might be considered redundant. Safer to keep them as they appear; but we can combine similar if they are essentially same? The instruction says do NOT summarize away detail. Combining could be summarizing. Safer to keep each distinct sentence as appears. However many are paraphrases; but we risk losing nuance. Let's try to keep each bullet as a distinct responsibility sentence from the original text, not combine. Let's extract directly from the responsibilities paragraph sentences (split by periods). The original responsibilities block: "The Applied Materials and Manufacturing Group within the Energy Processes & Materials Division at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is seeking a Chief Materials Scientist to lead the technical direction and to advance research and development in magnetic materials for next-generation energy, electronics, and quantum technologies. This is an extraordinary opportunity to be part of a world-class, interdisciplinary research program that is pushing the envelope on next-generation functional materials manufacture for a variety of energy technology applications. PNNL’s research in this area seeks to understand the underpinning physics of soft and hard magnetic materials, subject to composition and various processing methods, and translate that understanding to application. An emphasis is on how emerging process technologies like Solid-Phase Processing (SPP) can be used to synthesize bulk materials with enhanced magnetic properties, while reducing or eliminating the need for rare-earth elements. This highly accomplished
- for lists.
Let's craft:
- . Minimum: BS/BA and 9+ years relevant experience -OR- MS/MA and 7+ years -OR- PhD with 5+ years. Preferred: PhD with 10+ years of research or industrial experience in magnetic and functional materials. Established research record in magnetic property–microstructure–performance relationships. Experience managing large, complex research projects and building multidisciplinary teams. Proven ability to develop and maintain relationships at the highest levels across multiple organizations/agencies and to leverage those relationships to further Laboratory research goals and increase business volume. Demonstrated success in building high-functioning, multi-disciplinary teams of theorists, technology developers, and application domain experts to conduct high technical risk, pioneering research and development. Demonstrated leadership in the subject area with a strong publication and patent record. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
We might also include Skills? Not separate; qualifications cover.
Benefits: The posting mentions "At PNNL, you will find an exciting research environment and excellent benefits including health insurance, and flexible work schedules." That's under About PNNL section. So we can include Benefits section with that.
Pay: Not mentioned. Schedule: flexible work schedules mentioned; we could put Schedule section with that. But instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Benefits: yes health insurance, flexible work schedules. Schedule: flexible work schedules mentioned; could be considered schedule. But we might combine benefits and schedule? Better to have Benefits section with health insurance and flexible work schedules. Schedule maybe not needed separate. We'll include Benefits.
We must not include boilerplate like Equal Employment Opportunity, Drug Free Workplace, Security, Credentialing, etc. Remove those.
Also remove "Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment Not Applicable", "Testing Designated Position". Remove "About PNNL" heading but we can incorporate its content into About the role or Benefits.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use