Job Title: Motion Controls Associate
Posted by: SLAC/Stanford on Apr 21, 2024
Location:
Menlo Park , CAJob Description:
Position Overview:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory seeks a talented Motion Controls Science and Engineering Associate to support the Electronics Engineering Division (EED) in the Accelerator Directorate. The EED is responsible for electronics subsystems for all accelerators and many test facilities throughout SLAC. The successful candidate will bring to the division a diversity of skills relevant to Motion control and robotic engineering in support of the world's most powerful free electron laser.
Opportunities for this position include the development of controls applications using state of the art motion control systems and supporting a wide range of technical equipment. The successful candidate will help document, deploy, commission, and support robust, production level control solutions and software applications for a range of accelerator motion control systems. As well as respond to and follow through with solutions for issues encountered with operating subsystems.
Given the nature of this position, SLAC will require onsite work.
Your specific responsibilities include: Support the lead engineer in the technical design, fabrication, installation, and testing of motion control systems. Contribute to Rapid Response Teams by identifying and quickly resolving diverse technical issues that may arise within the Accelerator Directorate and EED. Participate in the development, integration, and the operational support for various accelerator motion control subsystems implemented with a broad variety of controllers and software. Direct the work of technicians and junior associates for motion control systems. Maintain documentation and records for procedures, materials, and tools necessary for installation tasks. Coordinate the purchase of tools and equipment necessary to complete the installation tasks. Inspect and validate project plans including field installations. Manage, monitor, and oversee project execution. Document and report the project progress. Configuration control and documentation of control system hardware and software. Liaise between researchers, students, technical staff, scientists, vendors, and other laboratory staff. Ensure critical engineering decisions are communicated through appropriate channels and followed through by all support groups. Troubleshoot electrical issues. Startup of control systems. Note: This is a 24-month fixed term position with the possibility of extension or conversion to regular continuing position contingent on project fundings.
To be successful in this position you will bring: Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, physics or related field with three years relevant hands-on experience in industrial and motion control systems, embedded software, and electrical troubleshooting; or a combination of education and relevant experience. Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and programming tools. Strong problem-solving skills, independent decision making, and ability to work in a team environment. Experience authoring technical documentation, specifications, schematics and wiring diagrams. Experience fabricating, assembling, and troubleshooting low voltage industrial control chassis and cables. Demonstrated safety-oriented behavior. SLAC Employee Competencies Effective Decisions: Uses job knowledge and solid judgment to make quality decisions in a timely manner. Self-Development: Pursues a variety of venues and opportunities to continue learning and developing. Dependability: Can be counted on to deliver results with a sense of personal responsibility for expected outcomes. Initiative: Pursues work and interactions proactively with optimism, positive energy, and motivation to move things forward. Adaptability: Flexes as needed when change occurs, maintains an open outlook while adjusting and accommodating changes. Communication: Ensures effective information flow to various audiences and creates and delivers clear, appropriate written, spoken, presented messages. Relationships: Builds relationships to foster trust, collaboration, and a positive climate to achieve common goals. Physical requirements and working conditions: Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job. Work Standards : Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations. Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for environment, safety and security; communicates related concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned. Meets the applicable roles and responsibilities as described in the ESH Manual, Chapter 1-General Policy and Responsibilities: http://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/esh/eshmanual/pdfs/ESHch01.pdf Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Classification Title: Science and Engineering Associate 2
Grade: J
Job code: 4992
Duration: Fixed Term
The expected pay range for this position is $104,000 to $140,000 per annum. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.
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As one of 17 Department of Energy national labs, SLAC pushes the frontiers of human knowledge and drives discoveries that benefit humankind. We invent the tools that make those discoveries possible and share them with researchers all over the world. X-rays Reveal the Atomic World Our 2-mile-long particle accelerator is the lab’s backbone. Once the scene of major discoveries in particle physics, today it generates the world’s brightest X-rays for our revolutionary X-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). Thousands of researchers come to SLAC to use LCLS and the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource to probe matter in atomic detail. These X-ray studies help scientists understand the fundamental workings of nature and find solutions to real-world problems. Fundamental Science, Practical Benefits When researchers delve into basic details of the world around us, practical benefits often follow. This is true of research at SLAC. In chemistry, “molecular movies” made with our X-ray laser are capturing all the tiny steps of chemical reactions for the first time. This new understanding will help improve reactions that give us fuels, fertilizers and a host of other products. In biology, X-rays reveal how proteins – one of the key molecules of life – function in our bodies and in nature. This research has contributed to the development of medications for melanoma, flu and HIV and is aiding the fight against COVID-19, Ebola, high blood pressure and other ills. SLAC studies of exotic materials with quirky traits could have a profound impact on society, although it may be far in the future. Meanwhile, scientists use our X-ray beams for experiments to improve materials for computer chips, jet planes, refinery operations and “smart windows” that automatically adjust the amount of light coming in, to name a few.Even the accelerator technology developed for basic physics experiments has had a huge impact in medicine and industry, where it shrinks tumors, sterilizes medical supplies and hardens materials, among many other things. SLAC researchers are working to make accelerators much smaller and cheaper so they can accomplish even more. Solving Energy Challenges Many threads of SLAC research come together in the quest for clean, sustainable energy sources. We study how plants make energy from sunlight with an eye to doing the same, and customize chemical reactions for generating clean fuels. Our specialized X-ray equipment allows scientists to watch batteries, solar cells and fuel cells in operation, a crucial step in improving how they work. An Eye on the Cosmos SLAC started more than 50 years ago as a place to discover fundamental particles and forces. Today, our researchers still explore the universe at the largest and smallest scales. At the tiniest scale, we help search for new particles and forces at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe, where the Higgs boson was discovered. At the most sweeping scale, we’re building the world’s biggest digital camera for the widest, deepest survey of the night sky ever undertaken. Our longstanding expertise in building particle detectors is being put to use in experiments that search for dark matter and dark energy, probe the secrets of ghostly neutrinos, look for signs of cosmic inflation and capture high-energy particles from the most violent events in the universe. Key Partnerships Stanford University operates SLAC for the DOE Office of Science. Our five joint research centers and facilities with Stanford focus on cosmology and astrophysics, materials and energy science, catalysis, ultrafast science and cryogenic electron microscopy. SLAC’s location in Silicon Valley and our connections with DOE, Stanford and other leading research centers speed our progress. We also look for ways to work with industry to solve problems and spread the benefits of research out into society.