Chief Systems Engineer, EIectron-Ion Collider

About the role

The Chief Systems Engineer (CSE) provides the highest level of technical systems engineering leadership for a DOE capital project, ensuring that all subsystems are coherently integrated into a unified, functional facility that meets the project's scientific and operational requirements. This role sits at the intersection of science, engineering, and project management.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the top-level technical requirements, ensuring allocation and traceability to all subsystems.
• Lead cross-system integration efforts to ensure all subsystems function together as a cohesive system.
• Define, manage, and resolve interfaces between subsystems including technical, functional, and organizational interfaces.
• Establish and oversee the system verification and validation program to ensure compliance with technical requirements.
• Serves as the system engineering technical authority during all DOE Critical Decision reviews and external advisory committees.
• Provide system engineering leadership throughout the full system lifecycle, from concept through commissioning and operations transition.
• Develop and maintain the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) in accordance with DOE Order 413.3B.
• Own the technical requirements baseline and ensure all changes are managed through a formal configuration control process.
• Develop and maintain the System Engineering Group organization and infrastructure to provide support services for the EIC project.
• Guide and develop staff with high standards for quality of work and to meet the anticipated workload requirements.
• Support the development and definition of detailed requirement documents, machine parameter tables, physics, engineering, technical, and functional specifications, interface control documentation, and all other project documentation.
• Maintain an environment conducive to openness, collaboration, and respect for all.

Requirements

Minimum 15 years of relevant technical experience (including at least 5 years in a senior engineering role), with experience collaborating on large projects, and a demonstrated record of successes with progressively increasing responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or other related discipline.
• Experience with the management, supervision, and coordination of a variety of scientific, engineering, and technical staff working on complex systems and equipment.
• Experience in specification, design, procurement, fabrication, construction, test, installation, commissioning, and operation of complex systems.
• Experience in an accelerator environment working with scientists, engineers and technicians to overcome complex and diverse technical challenges and deliver systems which perform as specified.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and proficiency with standard MS Office tools.
• Demonstrated experience organizing and presenting at engineering design and safety reviews, and at cost and schedule reviews.

Skills

• Project management experience, formal project management training, and/or PMP certification.
• Familiarity with DOE project management requirements, including DOE Order 413.3B and the Critical Decision process.
• Systems engineering, project engineering, and systems interface experience.
• Experience with particle accelerator operations, accelerator and scientific equipment installation and maintenance.
• Professional Engineers license.

Benefits

Brookhaven National Laboratory offers a comprehensive employee benefits program. For more information, visit BNL | Benefits Program.

Pay

$146,550 - $249,200/year.

Schedule

N/A