Senior Accelerator Controls Engineer - EPICS & Automation

Stanford University; Menlo Park (CA); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is seeking an experienced Accelerator Controls Engineer to operate, develop and modernize EPICS-based control systems. You will own and evolve critical control systems, interfacing hardware and software and supporting a 24/7 on-call operation on a world-class accelerator facility.

You will work across engineering groups, research new controls technologies, and help implement modern, maintainable

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, physics or related technical discipline.
• Experience developing, integrating and troubleshooting complex control systems.
• Experience with EPICS or a comparable distributed control-system framework.
• Experience taking technical ownership of systems through design, implementation, testing and operational support.
• Sound engineering judgement, with safety, reliability and operational impact consideration and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to learn, evaluate and apply new technologies and engineering approaches.

Responsabilidades

• 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 their 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 and supportable 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 emerging applications of AI and machine learning where appropriate.
• Work across scientific and engineering groups to develop practical solutions, contribute to technical reviews and improve common controls architectures and engineering practices.
• Engage with the wider accelerator-controls community through collaboration, technical exchanges, conferences and visits to other facilities.

Conocimientos

EPICS framework

Control systems

Systems integration

Problem-solving

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics or related дисципline

Herramientas

C/C++

Python

Linux

VME/CAMAC legacy systems

Descripción del empleo

The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is seeking an experienced Accelerator Controls Engineer to operate, develop and modernize EPICS-based control systems. You will own and evolve critical control systems, interfacing hardware and software and supporting a 24/7 on-call operation on a world-class accelerator facility.

You will work across engineering groups, research new controls technologies, and help implement modern, maintainable