Electronics Technician II

Jefferson Lab; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 58,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans

401(k) Plan – 9% Lab Contribution

Flexible Work Arrangements

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Jefferson Lab in Newport News, VA seeks an experienced technician to install, repair, and maintain high-precision DC power sources for accelerator magnets. The role requires hands-on electronic work, soldering, and building wire harnesses, with on-call and occasional shift duties.

The candidate should have 5+ years of relevant experience, HV power supply familiarity, and ability to read electrical drawings. DOE site, SURATech affiliation, competitive benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience making wire harness and fabricating chassis.
• Experience soldering wires and electronic components.
• Preferred: experience with test equipment like oscilloscope, function generator, multimeters.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain and repair AC-to-DC and DC-to-DC power conversion hardware and equipment.
• Conduct electrical work on equipment up to 2kV and up to 5kA per safety standards.
• Write fabrication and testing procedures.
• Perform test setups on medium & high voltage power supplies.
• Ensure systems operate at peak efficiency through optimization, testing, and corrective procedures.

Skills

5+ years experience

Soldering

HV power supplies

Electrical drawings

Education

High School Diploma

Associate's Degree or equivalent

Tools

Oscilloscope

Function Generator

Multimeters

Job description

At Jefferson Lab, you’ll champion cutting-edge science and operational excellence while shaping the future of discovery. Join us and make your mark – where excellence meets purpose, and great mindstruly matter.

The good-faith pay range for this role is $58,200 - $83,500 per year. Actual compensation may vary and may be above the posted range based on factors such as a candidate's skills, experience, education, certifications, and work location.

What Your Job Will Be Like

The DC Power group, a part of the accelerator engineering systems department, at Jefferson Lab is seeking an individual who will work on installing, repairing, constructing, and maintaining high precision regulated DC current sources for accelerator electromagnets. The incumbent should have extensive electronic experience especially repairing and troubleshooting Low and High Voltage Power supplies and associated sub systems. This position requires periods of on-call support and occasional shift work.

In This Job You Will

• Install, maintain and repair AC-to-DC and DC-to-DC power conversion hardware and equipment.
• Conduct electrical work on equipment with voltages up to 2kilo-Volts and up to 5kilo-Amperes in accordance with established safety standards.
• Write fabrication and testing procedures.
• Perform test setups on medium & high voltage power supplies.
• Ensure systems are operating at peak efficiency with minimum interruptions by performing optimization, analysis, periodic testing, and corrective procedures.

Experience

• Required: 5 or more years relevant experience
• Required: Experience making wire harness, fabricating chassis and some machine work.
• Required: Experience soldering wires and electronic components.
• Preferred: Experience in using test equipment such as oscilloscope, function generator, multi-meters and electrical measurements.

Education

• Required: High School Diploma
• Preferred: Associate's Degree Or equivalent military training

Experience And Education Exchange

Education above the minimum maybe substituted for experience.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Demonstrates an understanding of analog and digital electronic principles such as electrical circuit theory.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings, diagrams and rudimentary mechanical drawings.
• Ability to complete required training such as: Qualified Electrical/Electronic Worker, Lockout/Tagout, Radiation Worker I and Oxygen Deficiency Hazards Training.
• Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills including the ability to clearly present technical information to varying levels of staff including higher level management.
• Demonstrate an understanding of electronics and supporting theory.

About Jefferson Lab

Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community. A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of “big science” and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by SURATech, LLC, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time-off and Leave Programs (Paid Parental, vacation, holidays, and sick leave)
• 401(k) Plan – 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested
• Flexible Work Arrangements

(Remote & Alternate Work Schedules available)

• Tuition Assistance, Training and Professional Development Programs
• Live near the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches, mountains, and all major metropolitan centers on the East Coast

SURATech, LLC manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). SURATech is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

SURATech is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] or contact Human Resources by calling [phone] and selecting option 1 between 8 am – 5 pm EST to provide the nature of your request.

Employment with SURATech is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.