Advanced Sensor Physicist

Innovate to solve the world's most important challenges

The future is what you make it.

When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers, and doers who make the things that make the future.

That means changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, keeping buildings smart and safe, and even making it possible to breathe on Mars.

Working at Honeywell isn’t just about developing cool things. That’s why all of our employees enjoy access to dynamic career opportunities across different fields and industries.

Are you ready to help us make the future?

Honeywell is looking for a Physicist Ph.D. for their North Vancouver location. The position is a research scientist position responsible for the detailed design of Honeywell sensor products. Assigned work includes detailed custom design and participation in research and development.

Honeywell has a broad portfolio of sensors designed to perform in a wide variety of process industry applications for flat sheet manufacturing and giga factory industries. Our sensors measure various quality parameters such as chemical composition as well as many physical parameters such as moisture, weight, thickness, smoothness, pressure, temperature, pH, conductivity, level, and flow. The technologies we exploit in our sensor designs vary depending on the measurement we need to make but they include – ultrasonic, eddy current, optical imaging, terahertz, interferometry, spectroscopy, and other technologies.

Be part of a team that applies its expertise and knowledge to technical projects, finding innovative, cost-effective means to improve research, techniques, procedures, and products and technologies. You will work together with electrical, mechanical and software engineers to design the next generation sensing equipment. In this role you will facilitate design, development, and testing to meet project objectives faster and more efficiently and you develop and commercialize products & technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Innovation
• Research and Development
• Prototyping
• Customer Interaction
• Design analysis

YOU MUST HAVE

• Ph.D. in Physics
• 2 years of in-depth research and development experience in an industrial and/or a university environment.

BASIC SKILLS

• Solid understanding of sensing principles
• Fluent in advanced data analysis and acquisition tools such as MATLAB, LabView, Mathematica.
• Proficiency in a programming language such as C/C++
• Linux
• Electronics design
• Data analysis and interpretation

WE VALUE

• Expertise in microwave, eddy current, or ultrasonic sensing technologies
• Industrial design talent
• Ability to work independently
• Willingness to learn new technologies
• An open, honest, and team-oriented personality
• Eagerness to get involved in hands-on work
• Creativity
• Some experience in engineering-related fields
• Understanding of industry standards
• Some experience with all aspects of technology development

Additional Information

• JOB ID: HRD262351
• Category: Engineering
• Location: 500 Brooksbank Avenue, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7J 3S4, Canada
• Exempt