Senior researcher
The Materials Measurement Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking
qualified candidates (U.S. Citizens preferred) to maintain and develop widely used software and analysis
methods for reference databases of mass spectra and related data. This involves highly complex
Microsoft Windows user interface software for both internal and external use in accessing this data as
well as for identifying compounds in complex chemical mixtures. It also involves developing software
specifically designed for mass spectral data quality analysis. Spectra include electron ionization with
retention indices, tandem electrospray of small molecules and peptides. This work also involves the
implementation of chemical structure-based analysis as well as the building of varied library analysis
tools to assist NIST research programs.
Analyst/Programmer for Mass Spectral Reference Data
- Ph.D. Required
- Demonstrated expertise in developing highly interactive, complex Microsoft Visual C++chemical
structure based scientific database software - Demonstrated expertise in chemical structure analysis by computer
- Demonstrated facility in applying mass spectral fragmentation rules for electron ionization,
electrospray tandem and related ionization methods - Experience in working closely with research scientists and scientific programmers
- U.S. Citizen Preferred
Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Maintain and extend a highly complex Microsoft Windows user interface program for enabling the
use of NIST Mass Spectral Reference Libraries for compound identification - Maintain and extend user interfaces and data analysis algorithms for interpreting mass spectra in
term of chemical structure - Create consensus mass spectral libraries for specialized NIST applications
- Create interfaces between programs written by other NIST staff and external distributors of NIST
data to the NIST library program