Electronic Technical Specialist/Sr. Technical Specialist
Brookhaven National Laboratory (www.bnl.gov) delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nation’s future. Brookhaven Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, 37 R&D 100 Awards, and more than 70 years of pioneering research. The Lab is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) operates and manages the Laboratory for DOE. BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University.
Organizational Overview
NSLS-II is a state-of-the-art, medium-energy electron storage ring (3 billion electron-volts) designed to deliver world-leading intensity and brightness and will produce x-rays more than 10,000 times brighter than the original NSLS. The superlative character and combination of capabilities are expected to have broad impact on a wide range of disciplines and scientific initiatives, including the National Institutes of Health’s structural genomics initiative, DOE’s Genomics:GTL initiative, and the federal nanoscience initiative.
Position Description
NSLS-II Diagnostics and Instrumentation Group has an opening for a Technical Associate position reporting to the diagnostics group leader. The selected candidate will perform duties of a technician for the maintenance, upgrade, and testing, of diagnostics sub-systems in support of NSLS-II accelerator operations. This position will require close interaction with technicians, engineers and scientific staff. A main task will be to maintain the Beam Position Monitor (BPM) system, as well as providing support for various Diagnostics sub-systems, including spare parts inventory control, critical to accelerator operations, and will require ability to troubleshoot and identify modes of failure and mitigate corrective action. Tasking will also include provision of technical support for development and special projects.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide technical support for all aspects of accelerator beam position monitors and other beam diagnostics instrumentation.
- Proficient with schematics, mechanical assembly drawings.
- Experience in component-level troubleshooting and diagnosis of electronics systems
- Work planning in preparation for scheduled maintenance and shut-down activities
- Maintain and implement safety practices and procedures applicable to daily activities
Position Requirements
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Requires the equivalence of a technical institute or associate degree in a related scientific or technical field, and at least four (4) years of relevant work experience.
- Experience with fabrication, assembly, wiring, testing complex electronics systems
- Strong troubleshooting skills in digital and analog circuits
- Use of test and measurement equipment, including oscilloscope, network, spectrum and logic analyzers, signal generators, AWG
- Must be able to work from schematics, diagrams, written procedures, spreadsheets, controls interface documents
- Experience with solder and re-work techniques for through-hole and SMD components for high density printed circuit board assemblies.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Proficient with processing procurements and special orders
- Experience processing test records and inspection reports
- Ability to develop sub-system test strategies and system readiness procedures
- Knowledge of PLC based sub-systems applications
- Experience using PADS PCB layout, PADS Logic and dxDesigner schematic capture, OrCAD capture, p-Spice A/D, LabView, Visio, as well as autodesk products.
At Brookhaven National Laboratory we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Our benefits program includes, but is not limited to:
- Medical Plans
- Dental Plans
- Vacation
- Holidays
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) Plan
- Retirement Plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Swimming Pool, Weight Room, Tennis Courts, and many other employee perks and benefits
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