Senior Accelerator Controls Engineer

Stanford Reglab; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) at SLAC is seeking an Accelerator Controls Engineer to operate, develop and modernize EPICS-based control systems for the 3 GeV SPEAR3 storage ring. This hands-on role spans hardware and software, with ownership of systems, diagnostics and operator tools.

You will work with accelerator equipment, instrumentation and software across teams, contribute to reliability improvements, and participate in on-call rotation and occasional travel to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline with at least four years of relevant experience.
• Experience developing, integrating and troubleshooting complex control systems.
• Experience with EPICS or a comparable distributed control-system framework.
• Ability to take technical ownership of systems through design, implementation, testing and operations.
• Strong safety, reliability mindset and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Support safe and reliable accelerator operation, including troubleshooting control-system problems and supporting startup, commissioning and machine studies.
• Take technical ownership of assigned control systems, including reliability, maintenance, documentation and future development.
• Design, develop and maintain EPICS-based control systems, including IOCs, device interfaces, databases, operator applications and engineering tools.
• Integrate and troubleshoot accelerator equipment across hardware and software boundaries, including instrumentation, power supplies, RF systems, diagnostics and networked devices.
• Help evolve the SSRL controls environment by moving systems onto modern, maintainable platforms.
• Contribute to projects from requirements and design through implementation, testing, installation, commissioning and operational support.
• Research, evaluate and develop new controls technologies that can improve accelerator performance, reliability, automation and maintainability, including AI/ML where appropriate.
• Work across scientific and engineering groups to develop practical solutions and improve common controls architectures.
• Engage with the wider accelerator-controls community through collaboration, technical exchanges, conferences and visits to facilities.

Skills

Control systems development

EPICS experience

Technical ownership

Safety and reliability

Team collaboration

Learning new technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/science

Tools

EPICS

Job description

The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) at SLAC is seeking an Accelerator Controls Engineer to operate, develop and modernize EPICS-based control systems for the 3 GeV SPEAR3 storage ring. This hands-on role spans hardware and software, with ownership of systems, diagnostics and operator tools.

You will work with accelerator equipment, instrumentation and software across teams, contribute to reliability improvements, and participate in on-call rotation and occasional travel to