Control Systems Engineer

About the role

Multiple openings for Control Systems Engineers are available. The position involves providing engineering solutions for developing, implementing, and maintaining control systems in the National Ignition Facility (NIF).

Responsibilities

• Work under limited direction with moderate responsibility, use comprehensive knowledge, and exercise independent judgment to determine methods and recommend improvements within established frameworks.
• Provide hardware and software solutions to problems of moderate complexity involving design, documentation, deployment, and maintenance of NIF&PS's control systems.
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, technicians, designers, and operations teams for the development of control systems.
• Provide technical input on control system requirements and designs through formal and informal design reviews.
• Contribute to software and hardware design, implementation, and deployment following strict configuration management processes.
• Provide solutions and propose improvements to control system architectures, processes, and frameworks.
• Collaborate with system managers and/or software testers to develop and execute commissioning test procedures.
• Support the NIF&PS operations teams by troubleshooting facility issues, finding root causes of problems, and supporting planned work that impacts moderately complex control systems.
• Participate in the reactive maintenance on-call rotation, as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering discipline related to control systems, or a related technical field, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge and broad experience in developing hardware or software solutions for control systems in industrial or research environments, with a focus on supporting project execution to meet stakeholder needs.
• Broad experience using standard electronic measurement and diagnostic tools, such as oscilloscopes and TDRs, to support testing and troubleshooting activities.
• Broad experience supporting control systems throughout the full engineering lifecycle, including design, assembly, integration, testing, and maintenance.
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate technical information and enable close collaboration with project team members, control systems leadership, and other project stakeholders across the organization.
• Experience working as a member of a multidisciplinary project team, including collaboration with scientists, engineers, technicians, and designers.

Qualifications for SES.3 Level

• Advanced experience developing complex software or hardware solutions for control system automation in collaboration with stakeholders to meet project needs.
• Significant experience developing following configuration management processes to design and develop control system requirements, design documents, test plans, and prepare user documentation.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively prepare, present, and explain technical information, provide advice to senior management and external stakeholders, and collaborate with technical staff, managers, stakeholders, and vendors at all organizational levels.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead independent work and collaborate in a multidisciplinary environment with scientists, engineers, technicians, and designers.
• Significant experience troubleshooting complex control systems problems in an operations environment and finding root causes of problems.
• Experience mentoring team members.

Pay Range

$146,340 - $222,564 Annually
$146,340 - $185,544 Annually for the SES.2 level
$175,530 - $222,564 Annually for the SES.3 level