Fueling and Wall Conditioning Engineer
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) · Princeton, NJ · 2 wk ago
Engineering$91k–$145k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Provide technical oversight of operations, maintenance, and configuration management for experimental operations.
- Define and oversee maintenance, testing, and repair activities on assigned systems.
- Develop and maintain procedures, specifications, maintenance and inspection plans, drawings, and training material to ensure safe and reliable operation during the systems life cycle.
- Define and maintain spare parts inventory.
- Prepare and maintain engineering calculations and systems models to support system control and automation, understand performance limitations, document operational limits, and set alarm thresholds.
- Oversee operator training, operations and troubleshooting in support of experimental operations.
- Evaluate data collected during testing, commissioning, and operations to make recommendations for improved design or operational practices.
Qualifications
- Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or related Engineering field with 6+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 4+ years of related experience.
- Within years of experience, must have at least 3+ years professional and industry related work experience.
- Experience in the engineering and operations of wall conditioning and/or vapor deposition systems would be advantageous.
- Experience with vacuum and gas injection systems including pumps, valves, piping, and control systems is required.
- Experience with preventative maintenance of vacuum pumps, valves, and pressure relief devices, including experience developing and implementing comprehensive maintenance programs is required.
- Experience in the preparation of technical documentation such as operational and maintenance procedures, piping and instrumentation drawings (P&IDs), and process flow diagrams is required.
- Knowledge of Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO).
- Strong written and oral communication skills, including proficiency with office suites like MS Office and MS Excel or Google Workspace.