Instrumentation Engineer I – Plasma & Experimental Systems

University of Wisconsin; United States; On-site; USD 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Wisconsin–Madison is seeking an Instrumentation Engineer I in the Pegasus research group within the Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics Department to support instrumentation, plasma heating and current-drive systems and related experimental facilities.

The position involves designing, testing, calibrating, and integrating instrumentation systems, documenting processes, and coordinating project activities in a collaborative campus setting on good visibility research projects

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience working with pulsed power systems.
• Experience working with high voltage systems.
• Experience working with RF/microwave sources and components.
• Experience with Multiphysics modeling tools such as COMSOL.

Responsibilities

• Supports efforts to identify problems, issues, and needs, and provides solution options in support of decision‑making
• Helps prepare reports of design status and/or technical research for professional organizations, government/sponsor review boards, and design reviews
• Provides expertise and experience in an area of discipline. Uses universally accepted computer design applications for modeling, analysis of design, and fabrication efforts
• Supports research and development of new processes, techniques, and approaches for use in advanced instrumentation systems
• Conceptualizes, specifies, designs, constructs, integrates, operates, tests, calibrates, documents, and improves instrumentation systems
• Supports efforts to coordinate project activities

Skills

Pulsed power

High voltage

RF/microwave

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

COMSOL

Job description

University of Wisconsin–Madison is seeking an Instrumentation Engineer I in the Pegasus research group within the Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics Department to support instrumentation, plasma heating and current-drive systems and related experimental facilities.

The position involves designing, testing, calibrating, and integrating instrumentation systems, documenting processes, and coordinating project activities in a collaborative campus setting on good visibility research projects