Precision Controls & Safety Engineer

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Menlo Park (CA)

On-site

USD 135,000 - 165,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

18+ PTO days per year
Health benefits
Tuition and training assistance
403k plan
Mental health programs
Free commuter transportation

Job summary

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s SSRL seeks a Controls and Protection Systems Engineer to safeguard beam operations while advancing motion control and experimental instrumentation. You will collaborate with scientists and staff to design, test, and install protective interlocks and control electronics.

The role emphasizes developing operator interfaces and production-grade software, with opportunities to contribute across hardware and software domains in a cutting-edge accelerator

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering or related field.
  • Experience troubleshooting complex systems in mixed-technology environments.
  • Experience documenting engineering changes and SOPs.
  • Experience developing HMIs/ GUIs/ dashboards using Python or similar.

Responsibilities

  • Provide 24/7 on-call support for protection systems during beam operations.
  • Troubleshoot and validate interlocks with motion control and instrumentation.
  • Develop motion control systems and experimental instrumentation with scientists.
  • Create production HMIs, GUIs, and dashboards for control systems.

Skills

Troubleshooting complex systems
Motion control design
Operator interfaces (HMIs/ GUIs/ Dash)
Python programming
Linux familiarity
Documentation of changes

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer engineering or related

Tools

EPICS
Galil motion controllers
Encoders and drivers
VHDL/Modelsim (advantage)

Job description

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s SSRL seeks a Controls and Protection Systems Engineer to safeguard beam operations while advancing motion control and experimental instrumentation. You will collaborate with scientists and staff to design, test, and install protective interlocks and control electronics.

The role emphasizes developing operator interfaces and production-grade software, with opportunities to contribute across hardware and software domains in a cutting-edge accelerator

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