Electrical Engineer

About the role

The NSLS-II Diagnostics and Instrumentation Group at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineering (P7/P9) professional to join their team. The NSLS-II is a state-of-the-art facility that provides extremely bright x-rays for research across various fields. This position involves maintaining, upgrading, and testing diagnostic sub-systems to support accelerator operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for all aspects of accelerator beam position monitors and other beam diagnostics instrumentation
• Work with high-level software programmers to develop support code and applications
• Interface with technical experts from other groups to facilitate operations
• Work with other engineers and technicians to achieve group goals
• Debug and maintain the repair of existing hardware
• Plan and prepare for scheduled maintenance and shut-down activities
• Maintain and implement safety practices and procedures applicable to daily activities

Requirements

• BSEE in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 7 years experience with design, fabrication, integration, and implementation of electronics systems
• Experience with FPGA Firmware, development, VHDL or Verilog
• Knowledge of at least one higher level programming language (Python, C++, Matlab, etc)
• Working knowledge for design and implementation of digital and analog circuits
• Use of test and measurement equipment, including oscilloscope, network, spectrum and logic analyzers, signal generators, AWGM
• Must be able to work from schematics, diagrams, written procedures, spreadsheets, controls interface documents
• Hands-on troubleshooting skills
• Experience processing test records and inspection reports
• Willingness to accommodate the operational requirements of the division including response to calls off-hours to support accelerator facility

Preferred

• MSEE in Electrical Engineering (MSEE)
• Minimum of 10 years experience with design, fabrication, integration, and implementation of electronics systems
• Able to use Xilinx ISE, Xilinx Vivado, Altera Quartus, or similar tool suites
• Knowledge of PLC based sub-systems applications
• Experience using PADS PCB layout, PADS Logic and dxDesigner schematic capture, OrCAD capture, p-Spice
• Experience using FPGA IP cores
• Xilinx ZYNQ experience
• Some knowledge of Fiber Optic data transceivers
• Some knowledge of serial device communication (RS-232, RS-485, ModBus)
• Some knowledge of GPIB communication
• Comfortable with LINUX/UNIX
• Familiarity with the “Experimental Physics and Industrial Control” (EPICS) software
• Familiarity with the CS-Studio/Phoebus control system studio
• Some knowledge of Revision Control

Environmental, Health & Safety Requirements

• Must be safety-conscious and able to follow detailed written procedures
• Lifting up to 30 pounds
• Continuous walking/standing
• Climb a ladder and work at heights up to 10 feet