Safety Systems Engineer

Jefferson Lab; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans

401(k) Plan - 9% Lab Contribution; 100

Flexible Work Arrangements

Job summary

Jefferson Lab in Newport News, VA, seeks engineers to design and maintain subsystems for personnel safety and machine protection in a world-class accelerator facility.

You will translate requirements into reliable specifications, install and test equipment, and maintain rigorous documentation while collaborating across engineers, technicians, and designers to ensure safety and performance.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of electrical and electronic theory.
• Efficient with AutoCAD for electrical systems documentation.
• Able to work independently under general guidance and proactively seek solutions to meet project requirements.
• Able to develop requirements, specifications, documentation and procedures.
• Able to collaborate in multidisciplinary groups (engineers, technicians, electricians, designers, programmers and other staff).
• Able to oversee installation and testing of high reliability equipment used for accelerators and personnel safety.
• Able to effectively train his/her work group and lead work teams within the group.
• Able to give effective presentations and write convincing proposals and reports.

Responsibilities

• Design, support and maintain systems used for personnel protection from hazards including radiation, oxygen deficiency, and accelerator components.
• Translate requests into high-reliability system requirements and install, commission, test and maintain equipment to spec.
• Maintain configuration control and documentation per policy.

Skills

System engineering

Critical thinking

PLC programming

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

SCADA

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 $73,200 - $105,050 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

Responsible for the development, design, implementation of all subsystems associated with the Personnel Safety System (PSS), Machine Protection System (MPS) and Oxygen Deficiency Hazards System (ODH) used at the Jefferson Lab Facility.

In This Job You Will

• Design, support and maintain systems used for personnel protection from hazards associated with prompt ionizing radiation, oxygen deficiency, and systems used to protect electron accelerator components.
• Translate performance requests and operational specifications into high reliability system requirements and then design, install, commission, test and maintain the system equipment to those specifications.
• Maintain configuration control and documentation of assigned systems in accordance with JLab and DOE policies.

Experience

• Preferred: A demonstrated background in system engineering principles and the ability to apply critical thinking, operational principles, and knowledge of electronic and electrical theory to accomplish engineering design tasks And
• Preferred: Experience developing, designing, programming, installing, and testing high reliability systems And
• Preferred: Experience with application and programming of PLCs (ladder logic or function block), and interface systems such as touchscreens or SCADA systems

Education

• Required: Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Knowledge of electrical and electronic theory.
• Efficient with ACAD for electrical systems documentation.
• Able to work independently under general guidance and proactively seek solutions to meet project requirements.
• Able to develop requirements, specifications, documentation and procedures.
• Able to collaborate in multidisciplinary groups (engineers, technicians, electricians, designers, programmers and other staff).
• Able to oversee installation and testing of high reliability equipment used for accelerators and personnel safety.
• Able to effectively train his/her work group and effectively lead work teams within the work group.
• Able to give effective presentations to general audiences and write convincing proposals and reports with all necessary backup material for lab consumption.

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.

Total Rewards at Jefferson Lab

Benefits

At Jefferson Lab, we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Our benefits program includes, but is not limited to:

• 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.