Equipment Design and Fabrication

Resourceful, versatile person to assist with design, testing, and fabrication of equipment and components, most of which are medically or lab related. Also collaborate on custom vehicle modifications and other small projects around our facility located 40 miles north of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

 

We are a small R&D company doing groundbreaking work in the speculative field of human cryopreservation, which entails intervention to prevent brain injury after cardiac arrest, followed by maintenance at a very low temperature.

 

Applicants should have as many as possible of these attributes:

 Able to design creative but practical mechanical/electrical/electronic solutions to problems involving fluid circulation, process monotoring, rapid cooling, and transport at low temperatures.Electrical assembly, ability to read simple wiring diagrams, and an understanding of basic electrical concepts.Mechanical assembly or advanced hands-on manufacturing experience similar to chemical or biotech manufacturing.Willing to work in a very new field where prior art often does not exist.Ability to make precise measurements and perform calculations and translate them to metal, plastic, and wood fabrication.  Precise work is neccessary.Experience with clean room environments including acceptable practices and materials, with some knowledge of aseptic technique.Ability to understand and create scale drawings.Experience as a mechanic, A/V technician/installer, electrician, process/mechanical engineer, car audio install/design. Mechanically inclined individual with experience using hand tools and power tools.Process automation using PLC, labview, or related control system.Some familiarity with regulatory guidelines such as cGMP, GLP, or other experience in an FDA regulated industry.

 

The following attributes are essential:

 Literate, organized, and stable, with a thorough understanding of scientific method and the processes by which new ideas are validated. Able to work in an organized way, finishing one project before starting another.Open-minded but practical. No grandiose concepts or wacky science based on wishful thinking.Willing to pitch in with some routine chores.Honest, trustworthy, and hard-working, requiring minimal supervision.

 

Please tell us what you can do, and what you cannot do. A frank self-assessment is far more valuable than a sales pitch. A short personal letter is as valuable as a resume.

 

 

Our current projects include:

 

Converting two vehicles for surgical and other procedures to be performed in remote locations. Designing and installing lighting, paneling, cabinetry, rapid cooling equipment, surgical equipment, patient-lifting and moving equipment, and other items in these vehicles.

 

Developing an automated tubing circuit for introduction of refrigerated perfluorocarbon liquid into the body, to achieve unprecedented rapid cooling rates after cardiac arrest. (This work will have potential applications in conventional resuscitation medicine.)

 

Establishing an operating room where procedures may be performed at -20 degrees Celsius.

 

Developing a rapid chilling container which will follow a programmed cooling curve to -130 degrees Celsius using liquid nitrogen vapor.

 

Refining an air-transportable tubing circuit for perfusion with organ preservation solution in remote locations. Currently we are only designing equipment at our facility. We do not store tissue samples, organs, or other biological specimens.

 

 

Remuneration



 

Pay will depend on prior experience, qualifications, knowledge, and innovative ability, but will be no lower than $50,000. We allow 4 weeks vacation/sick days per year, and we have a 401(k) plan, health insurance, and dental coverage.

 

 



Background Information

 

Human cryopreservation, popularly known as "cryonics," has been sensationalized by the mass media but is a legitimate and exciting field offering unprecedented opportunities for an innovative individual who wants to make a difference. Since we are looking for someone whose primary interest is in development of equipment, participation in actual cryopreservation procedures is not essential.

 

Our company has seven employees in a modern, fully air conditioned facility that includes ample office space, laboratory areas, warehouse, equipment assembly area, and workshop. We are well funded and stable, with no financial issues likely for the foreseeable future.

 

For general information about cryonics please see the informative site at www.alcor.org (note, we are not affiliated with Alcor Foundation in any way at this time).