Responsibilities: Help SCIA lab staff and graduate students with facility operations, including synthesis, slicing, polishing, and characterization of silicon carbide materials, Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations, Follow appropriate health and safety protocols and procedures to mitigate risks, Follow and report problems to lab staff to track progress of scientific tests, Ready to learn new equipment and test methodologies, Help lab staff to keep lab environment clean, Help lab staff with equipment maintenance and service activities, Education and Experience: Minimum of high school graduate, U.S. military veteran. This opportunity supports the Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance (SCIA), a Penn State initiative dedicated to advancing silicon carbide semiconductor research, technology development, and workforce training, and STRIVE (Semiconductor Training and Research Initiatives for Veterans in Engineering), a program designed to prepare veterans for careers in the semiconductor industry through hands-on technical training, mentorship, and industry engagement.