Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Oak Ridge, TN
posted 2 months ago
We are seeking an Electronic Designer to design, build, and maintain beamline electrical systems, including motion control and specialized sample environments such as cryogenically cooled superconducting magnets, high-pressure cells, and temperature-controlled settings. This role offers an opportunity for a skilled technician to gain experience in motion control, complex sample environments, and various control interfaces. Additionally, you'll support the networking and computing infrastructure for beamlines. As part of our team, you will work closely with other group members and interface with external scientific users, instrument scientists, and scientific associates at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) and Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). You will also collaborate with other technical groups including sample environment, information systems, instrument operations, and the detector group. This position resides in the DAQ Hardware Group in the Neutron Instrument Technologies Section, Neutron Technologies Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). In this role, you will prepare drawings and assembly/test instructions including chassis design, mounting hardware, and wiring diagrams for electrical and electronic systems and light mechanical fabrications. You will provide technical guidance to bargaining unit staff who are fabricating assemblies for instrument control systems including motion, digital and analog IO panels, ensuring accuracy and conformance to specifications. You will also procure and track spare inventory levels of assemblies, components, and cables, perform basic troubleshooting using electronic test equipment, and assemble prototype platforms and test stands as necessary. Supporting routine maintenance procedures as well as new instrument installations will be part of your responsibilities. You will follow work control procedures for installations and preventative maintenance routines, and provide operational support for the Instrument Data Acquisition and Controls system. This position operates during typical daytime office hours, but some off-hours and weekend support is required to meet the 24/7 operational needs of the HFIR and SNS. You will be expected to deliver ORNL's mission by aligning your behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Furthermore, you will promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility by encouraging a respectful workplace in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.