Power Electronics Engineer for Accelerator Systems

Fermilab; Batavia (IL); On-site; USD 109,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement benefits

Onsite day care

Job summary

Join the Fermilab team in Batavia, IL as a Power Electronics Engineer to design, build, and maintain power supplies for the accelerator complex. You will create simulations, edit PLC programs, capture schematics, and provide technical direction to engineers and technicians.

The role involves extensive hands-on work with high power systems, LOTO procedures, and contributing to projects like LBNF, PIP-II, ACORN and Mu2e, with onsite work predominating and occasional telecommuting allowed in

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or a foreign equivalent.
• 3 years of relevant experience in power electronics engineering, including at least 1 year performing high-voltage measurements with hi-pot testers.
• Experience in calculating power supply requirements using LTSpice, hand calculations, MATLAB/Octave, ETAP and COMSOL.
• Experience operating and maintaining AC-DC power supplies and developing simulations of magnet power systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain power supplies for use in the Fermilab accelerator complex.
• Create simulations in LTSpice, MATLAB, and ETAP to design and verify electrical system designs.
• Simulate systems in COMSOL to provide additional details of system performance.
• Create, edit and maintain PLC programs using RSLogix 500 for numerous power systems.
• Capture schematics in Altium to begin the process of circuit board creation.
• Provide technical direction to PCB drafters, early career engineers and technicians.
• Draft mechanical and electrical system drawings using AutoCAD.
• Provide technical direction and guidance for technicians who are building and/or maintaining equipment.
• Write specifications for various pieces of equipment including transformers, power supplies, capacitors, and inductors.
• Contribute to vendors’ technical evaluations.
• Respond to call-ins to support operations as needed to keep the accelerators running with good reliability.
• Design new equipment for projects, including LBNF, PIP-II, ACORN and Mu2e.
• Perform Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) and write LOTO procedures to ensure safe operation and maintenance of equipment.
• Perform operational, hands-on support activities on high power system electronics, including analog sampling and regulation, digital status and control, system timing and triggering, and component interlocks.

Skills

hi-pot measurements

Power supply calculations

magnet power system simulations

Operating AC-DC power supplies

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

LTSpice

MATLAB/Octave

ETAP

COMSOL

RSLogix 500

Altium

AutoCAD

Job description

Join the Fermilab team in Batavia, IL as a Power Electronics Engineer to design, build, and maintain power supplies for the accelerator complex. You will create simulations, edit PLC programs, capture schematics, and provide technical direction to engineers and technicians.

The role involves extensive hands-on work with high power systems, LOTO procedures, and contributing to projects like LBNF, PIP-II, ACORN and Mu2e, with onsite work predominating and occasional telecommuting allowed in