What are the responsibilities and job description for the Forensic Document Examiner position at Ideal Innovations?
Highlights:
- Great team of forensics personnel supporting the USPIS Forensic Laboratory mission.
- Work in the USPIS Forensics Laboratory alongside experienced forensics professionals across all areas of forensics.
- An opportunity for an individual to work in a full functional government laboratory and learn about the USPIS mission.
- I -3 is a company with many forensics opportunities. The candidate will get first-hand knowledge of what we do and be involved in other forensics activities.
Typical Day:
Work within the Questioned Documents Unit in a fully-functioning laboratory. All work takes place in the laboratory.
Tasks:
- Receive and inventory evidence
- Process, analyze and examine questioned document evidence according to forensic science discipline and accreditation standards and FLS policies and procedures
- Examine, evaluate, and compare questioned and known handwriting for identification or elimination using laboratory conclusion scale
- Examine questioned documents and known standards for authentication or determination of alteration.
- Examine questioned documents for indented impressions, ink, paper, and printing process determination
- Create examination documentation for work performed
- Issue forensic laboratory examination reports
- Provide expert testimony on work performed
- Work under FLS policies and procedures
Required Qualifications
- Education:. Bachelor's degree in physical or biological sciences, life sciences, chemistry or a closely related field from a college or university accredited by a national or regional accreditation organization recognized and sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Skills: Experience working as a document examiner in a forensic laboratory. Familiarity with instrumentation to include: Microscopes; Electrostatic Detection Devises (e.g., Electrostatic Detection Apparatus (ESDA), etc.)
Shift Information: Normal Day shift.
Clearance & US Citizenship: eligible for USPIS clearance and US citizenship is required.
Location: Dulles, VA
Ideal Innovations, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.
Ideal Innovations, Inc. is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.