Neutral Beam Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support and technical oversight of operations, maintenance, and configuration management for experimental operations.
• Define and oversee maintenance, testing, and repair activities on assigned systems.
• Prepare and maintain engineering calculations and systems analysis utilizing relevant simulation tools (eg SPICE-based, MATLAB) to support system control and automation.
• Understand performance limitations, document operational limits, and set alarm thresholds.
• Develop and maintain procedures, specifications, maintenance and inspection plans, drawings, and training material to ensure safe and reliable operation during the systems life cycle.
• Develop diagrams, drawings and documentation for systems development (statements of work, proposals and system gap analysis).
• Evaluate data collected during testing, commissioning, and operations to make recommendations for improved design or operational practices.
• Provide solutions to problems of moderate complexity involving the electrical performance of system components under dynamic electrical loads.
• Train for operational roles such as NSTX-U Neutral Beam Operations Supervisor.
• Coordinate the startup, routine operation, and shutdown of the neutral beam injection system (NBIS).
• Coordinate operation of the NBIS, including coordination of NB Ion Source Operators.
• Ensure operations stay within safety basis parameters defined for the facility.
• Respond to fault conditions for NSTX-U operations and safety envelopes.
• Assure proper conduct of operations communications across the assigned operating team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering or equivalent with 5-7 years of relevant work experience, or a Master’s degree with 3-5 relevant work experience.
• Relevant work experience in an experimental or production facility designing, developing, and testing analog and digital circuits within complex electrical systems in areas such as aeronautics, power industry, military experience, vehicle design, etc.
• Knowledge of, and practical experience with high-voltage/pulsed power systems, including AC/DC rectification.
• Experience with PLC-based controls, analog and digital circuitry, and FPGA-based systems.
• Experience with LabView software is a plus.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment managing multiple tasks, projects, and priorities.
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills necessary to effectively collaborate in a team environment, including the ability to prepare technical reports, deliver presentations, and explain technical information.
• Experience in the preparation of technical documentation such as operational and maintenance procedures, one-line diagrams, control wiring drawings (CWD), schematics, and logic diagrams is required.
• Awareness of National Electric Code (NEC).
• Working knowledge and practical experience with Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO) in accordance with NFPA 70E including safing of capacitor banks is beneficial.