X-ray Analysis Laboratory Manager (HR Title: Senior Teaching Laboratory Manager)
- Dedman College
- Dallas, Texas
- Full Time
X-ray Analysis Laboratory Manager (HR Title: Senior Teaching Laboratory Manager) (DED00000443)
Job Description
X-ray Analysis Laboratory Manager (HR Title: Senior Teaching Laboratory Manager) - (DED00000443)
Description
Salary Range:
Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications
About SMU
SMU's more than 12,000 diverse, high-achieving students come from all 50 states and over 80 countries to take advantage of the University's small classes, meaningful research opportunities, leadership development, community service, international study and innovative programs.
SMU serves approximately 7,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students through eight degree-granting schools: Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Cox School of Business, Lyle School of Engineering, Meadows School of the Arts, Simmons School of Education and Human Development, Dedman School of Law, Perkins School of Theology and Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.
SMU is data driven, and its powerful supercomputing ecosystem - paired with entrepreneurial drive - creates an unrivaled environment for the University to deliver research excellence.
Now in its second century of achievement, SMU is recognized for the ways it supports students, faculty and alumni as they become ethical, enterprising leaders in their professions and communities. SMU's relationship with Dallas - the dynamic center of one of the nation's fastest-growing regions - offers unique learning, research, social and career opportunities that provide a launch pad for global impact.
SMU is nonsectarian in its teaching and committed to academic freedom and open inquiry.
About the Department:
The Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences hosts internationally recognized faculty and researchers that conduct frontier research using quantitative, measurement-based approaches focused on the evolution of earth's fluid envelope and lithosphere, paleo- and modern climate, biogeochemical systems including astrobiology, and earth hazards. We are a community geared towards enabling our colleagues to succeed and lead in their individual fields. The Department features Stable Isotope and X-ray Analytical laboratories, Remote Sensing and Geophysical facilities and the Shuler Museum of Paleontology. Researchers also participate in unique interdisciplinary research communities, including research clusters in Earth Hazards and National Security, Energy and Environmental Systems, and Data Science.
About the Position:
This role is an on-campus, in-person position.
This role is an on-campus, in-person position.
Laboratory Manager to oversee the maintenance and daily operation of X-ray and electron beam instrumentation. This includes a JEOL IT500-HR field emission scanning electron microscope with EBSD, EDS, WDS and Cathodoluminescence detectors, a Thermo Scientific ARL Perform'X Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence laboratory, and a Rigaku Ultima III X-ray diffraction laboratory. These instruments are part of a constellation of microanalytical and microstuctrural capabilities recently developed at SMU, which complements longstanding department strengths in isotope geochemistry and geophysics instrumentation. The position will include facilitating data collection and interpretation for researchers and students within the Earth Sciences department, among departments at SMU and for regional outside users and collaborators. The position will accommodate the development of independent research on the part of the laboratory manager.
Essential Functions:
Oversee daily operation of X-ray and electron beam instrumentation.
Facilitate experiment design, data collection and interpretation for researchers and students within the Earth Sciences department, among departments at SMU and for regional outside users and collaborators
Trouble-shoot instrumentation and perform/oversee routine maintenance.
Development of independent research on the part of the laboratory manager.
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
Master's degree is required.
A minimum of 3 (three) years of experience is required. Experience in standards-based X-ray analytical techniques and conducting earth or planetary science or material science research is required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Candidate with knowledge of and skill operating scanning electron microscopes and/or auxiliary detectors (EBSD, EDS, WDS and Cathodoluminescence, etc) OR X-ray Fluorescence OR and X-ray diffraction equipment is desired.
Candidate must demonstrate strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate broadly across the University and develop and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of constituencies. Must also demonstrate strong written communication skills.
Candidate with knowledge of and skill operating scanning electron microscopes and/or auxiliary detectors (EBSD, EDS, WDS and Cathodoluminescence, etc) OR X-ray Fluorescence OR and X-ray diffraction equipment is desired.
Candidate must demonstrate strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate broadly across the University and develop and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of constituencies. Must also demonstrate strong written communication skills.
Candidate must possess strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and analyze problems, as well as devise solutions. Must also have strong organizational, planning and time management skills.
Physical and Environmental Demands:
Sit for long periods of time
Deadline to :
Open until filled.
Priority consideration may be given to submissions received by September 15, 2025.
EEO Statement
SMU is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity and expression.
Benefits:
SMU offers staff a broad, competitive array of health and related benefits. In addition to traditional benefits such as health, dental, and vision plans, SMU offers a wide range of wellness programs to help attract, support, and retain our employees whose work continues to make SMU an outstanding education and research institution.
SMU is committed to providing an array of retirement programs that benefit and protect you and your family throughout your working years at SMU and, if you meet SMU's retirement eligibility criteria, during your retirement years after you leave SMU.
The value of learning at SMU isn't just about preparing our students for the future. Employees have access to a wide variety of professional and personal development opportunities, including tuition benefits.
Primary Location: USA-TX-Dallas
Job: Research
Organization: Dedman College
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Staff
Employee Status: Individual Contributor
Job Type: Full-time
Job Level: Day Job
Travel: No
Job Posting: Aug 15, 2025, 3:01:59 PM
Job Description
X-ray Analysis Laboratory Manager (HR Title: Senior Teaching Laboratory Manager) - (DED00000443)
Description
Salary Range:
Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications
About SMU
SMU's more than 12,000 diverse, high-achieving students come from all 50 states and over 80 countries to take advantage of the University's small classes, meaningful research opportunities, leadership development, community service, international study and innovative programs.
SMU serves approximately 7,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students through eight degree-granting schools: Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Cox School of Business, Lyle School of Engineering, Meadows School of the Arts, Simmons School of Education and Human Development, Dedman School of Law, Perkins School of Theology and Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.
SMU is data driven, and its powerful supercomputing ecosystem - paired with entrepreneurial drive - creates an unrivaled environment for the University to deliver research excellence.
Now in its second century of achievement, SMU is recognized for the ways it supports students, faculty and alumni as they become ethical, enterprising leaders in their professions and communities. SMU's relationship with Dallas - the dynamic center of one of the nation's fastest-growing regions - offers unique learning, research, social and career opportunities that provide a launch pad for global impact.
SMU is nonsectarian in its teaching and committed to academic freedom and open inquiry.
About the Department:
The Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences hosts internationally recognized faculty and researchers that conduct frontier research using quantitative, measurement-based approaches focused on the evolution of earth's fluid envelope and lithosphere, paleo- and modern climate, biogeochemical systems including astrobiology, and earth hazards. We are a community geared towards enabling our colleagues to succeed and lead in their individual fields. The Department features Stable Isotope and X-ray Analytical laboratories, Remote Sensing and Geophysical facilities and the Shuler Museum of Paleontology. Researchers also participate in unique interdisciplinary research communities, including research clusters in Earth Hazards and National Security, Energy and Environmental Systems, and Data Science.
About the Position:
This role is an on-campus, in-person position.
This role is an on-campus, in-person position.
Laboratory Manager to oversee the maintenance and daily operation of X-ray and electron beam instrumentation. This includes a JEOL IT500-HR field emission scanning electron microscope with EBSD, EDS, WDS and Cathodoluminescence detectors, a Thermo Scientific ARL Perform'X Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence laboratory, and a Rigaku Ultima III X-ray diffraction laboratory. These instruments are part of a constellation of microanalytical and microstuctrural capabilities recently developed at SMU, which complements longstanding department strengths in isotope geochemistry and geophysics instrumentation. The position will include facilitating data collection and interpretation for researchers and students within the Earth Sciences department, among departments at SMU and for regional outside users and collaborators. The position will accommodate the development of independent research on the part of the laboratory manager.
Essential Functions:
Oversee daily operation of X-ray and electron beam instrumentation.
Facilitate experiment design, data collection and interpretation for researchers and students within the Earth Sciences department, among departments at SMU and for regional outside users and collaborators
Trouble-shoot instrumentation and perform/oversee routine maintenance.
Development of independent research on the part of the laboratory manager.
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
Master's degree is required.
A minimum of 3 (three) years of experience is required. Experience in standards-based X-ray analytical techniques and conducting earth or planetary science or material science research is required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Candidate with knowledge of and skill operating scanning electron microscopes and/or auxiliary detectors (EBSD, EDS, WDS and Cathodoluminescence, etc) OR X-ray Fluorescence OR and X-ray diffraction equipment is desired.
Candidate must demonstrate strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate broadly across the University and develop and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of constituencies. Must also demonstrate strong written communication skills.
Candidate with knowledge of and skill operating scanning electron microscopes and/or auxiliary detectors (EBSD, EDS, WDS and Cathodoluminescence, etc) OR X-ray Fluorescence OR and X-ray diffraction equipment is desired.
Candidate must demonstrate strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate broadly across the University and develop and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of constituencies. Must also demonstrate strong written communication skills.
Candidate must possess strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and analyze problems, as well as devise solutions. Must also have strong organizational, planning and time management skills.
Physical and Environmental Demands:
Sit for long periods of time
Deadline to :
Open until filled.
Priority consideration may be given to submissions received by September 15, 2025.
EEO Statement
SMU is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity and expression.
Benefits:
SMU offers staff a broad, competitive array of health and related benefits. In addition to traditional benefits such as health, dental, and vision plans, SMU offers a wide range of wellness programs to help attract, support, and retain our employees whose work continues to make SMU an outstanding education and research institution.
SMU is committed to providing an array of retirement programs that benefit and protect you and your family throughout your working years at SMU and, if you meet SMU's retirement eligibility criteria, during your retirement years after you leave SMU.
The value of learning at SMU isn't just about preparing our students for the future. Employees have access to a wide variety of professional and personal development opportunities, including tuition benefits.
Primary Location: USA-TX-Dallas
Job: Research
Organization: Dedman College
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Staff
Employee Status: Individual Contributor
Job Type: Full-time
Job Level: Day Job
Travel: No
Job Posting: Aug 15, 2025, 3:01:59 PM
Job ID: 489791868
Originally Posted on: 8/17/2025
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