Motion Controls Engineering Associate

Job ID

5977

Location

SLAC - Menlo Park, CA

Full-Time

Temporary

SLAC Job Postings

Position Overview:

Are you a skilled electrical technician or early-career engineer looking for an exciting and fulfilling career? Do you dream about making a real difference for humanity by helping build instruments to unlock the secrets of the universe? Would you enjoy the prestige, fun and great benefits that come with being a Stanford University employee working in a small, close-nit team of scientists and engineers? If so, we have an immediate opening that you will be interested in.

The Motion Controls group at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has an immediate opening for a Motion Controls Engineering Associate to help us execute a wide range of exciting projects. The successful candidate will help document, deploy, commission, and support robust, production level electronics hardware that forms a critical part of the world’s most powerful X-ray laser.

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.

• Troubleshoot technical issues

• Help develop and support various accelerator motion control subsystems implemented with a broad variety of controllers and software.

• Generate electrical drawings

• 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.

Required Qualifications:

• Associate degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and three years of relevant experience; or a combination of education and relevant experience.

• Experience with electrical drawings/drafting using AutoCad or similar design software.

• Experience making cable: soldering, crimping, and verifying pinouts using a breakout board and DVM.

• The ability to specify, research, and order necessary components.

• Basic Electronics Knowledge. Understanding of DC series/parallel circuits, relay operation, power supply specifications, diodes, capacitors, inductors, resistors, etc. Ability to calculate impedance, load, etc. Ability to troubleshoot basic electronic systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.

• Ability to follow complex motion control checkout procedure and record results. With mentorship of lead engineer and independently.

• Mechanical Fabrication Skills. Ability to fabricate, assemble, and modify chassis, patch panels, brackets, and other components. Use of hand drill, punches, files, etc.

• Previous experience with motion control or PLC systems.

Note: This is a 24-month fixed term position with the opportunity for extension and/or conversion to a regular continuing position, contingent on performance and project funding.

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/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 his or her 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 1

Grade: I

Job code: 4991

Duration: Fixed Term

The expected pay range for this position is $90,000 to $113,000 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.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer and supports diversity in the workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital or family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. All staff at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory must be able to demonstrate the legal right to work in the United States. SLAC is an E-Verify employer.