Engineer-Electronic [Protection Systems Group Leader, SSRL] Job ID 6028 Location SLAC - Menlo Park, CA Full-Time Regular **SLAC Job Postings** **Position Overview:** Do you enjoy collaborating with a diverse group of people to solve complex challenges? Does contributing to breakthrough discoveries in science and working with unique experimental instrumentation in a world-leading scientific research environment excite you? The Electronic Systems Division (ESD) within the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) Directorate at SLAC seeks a safety system engineer to lead the Protection Systems Group and exercise responsibility for SSRL beamline and accelerator personnel protection safety systems as well as machine (equipment) protection systems. SSRL ESD is responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of synchrotron radiation electronic instrumentation at SSRL. Within ESD, the Protection Systems Group concentrates on beamline and electron accelerator machine protection systems (MPS), personnel protection systems (PPS), and beam containment systems (BCS). As such the Protection Systems Group establishes performance criteria, evaluates system architectures, designs, validates, documents, implements, and exercises stewardship for the SSRL protection system infrastructure. As an SSRL safety system engineer, you will perform project management and engineering work of considerable scope and complexity, often challenging and difficult with considerable technical independence as well as collaborate with SSRL staff of diverse technical backgrounds to find solutions to the more challenging engineering problems. Additionally, as group leader you will exercise management responsibility for the Protection Systems Group in ESD. You will collaborate with other engineers, engineering associates, and technicians, to support safety systems implementations and best practices, while maintaining and upgrading subsystems assigned. This position reports to the SSRL ESD Director. **Specific Responsibilities (Including but not limited to):** + Manage the Protection Systems Group activities. Assigns work and delegates areas of responsibilities to staff to achieve production of high-quality work on-time and on-budget aligned with customers need. + Manage project priorities from conception to implementation, ensuring specification, design, test, production, installation, and documentation phases are completed. + Collaborate with other related SLAC safety systems groups. + Assure rigorous work planning and control are in place including project planning, requirements gathering, design reviews, soft/firmware version control, test procedures, management reports. + Stewardship of SSRL beamline and SPEAR3 accelerator complex MPS, PPS, and BCS. + Plan and implement upgrades to be the least invasive to 24/7 operations, with consideration of limited resources. + Communicate with people from all other disciplines: Physicists, scientists, duty operators, electrical and mechanical engineers, electronic and network technicians. + Hold and participate in safety systems reviews. + Respond for occasional 24/7 support for subsystems assigned. **To be successful in this position you will bring:** + Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Computer Engineering, and minimum 4 years of relevant experience in related field. + Must have considerable experience in the following areas: Safety systems engineering design, development, and troubleshooting. + SCADA, DCS & PLC system design, configuration, and troubleshooting – + A-B ControlLogix™ 5000, CompactLogix™ and SLC™ 500 families , HMI & GUI design and PanelView™ RSVIEW32 + Siemens Distributed Safety safety-rated, fault-tolerant, standard program PLC and HMI & GUI design utilizing WINCC. + PILZ PNOZMulti safety controllers + Design of temperature, vacuum, water flow safety instrumented systems + PID control loop tuning using classical and automated control applications. + IEC IEC 61131-3 Ladder Logic, Function Block, C++, Instruction List, Structured Text, continuous and sequential Function Chart + Proactivity in creating and maintaining documentation related to projects, software, user guides, how-tos, among others. + Lead and direct multiple complex projects requiring high levels of functional integration. + Technical skills, experience, and knowledge necessary to manage staff. + Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills. + Demonstrated ability to work and communicate effectively with a diverse population. **In addition, preferred requirements include:** + Linux, Python, EPICS + Knowledge of VHDL/Verilog in the embedded systems space. + PLC interface and control software for: Power Supplies, RF, Beam Position Monitors and other beam diagnostics, Digitizers, Motion Control, Thermocouples, Radiation Monitors, vacuum instrumentation. **SLAC Employee Competencies:** + Effective Decisions: Uses job knowledge and solid judgment to make quality decisions in a timely manner. + Self-Development: Pursues a variety of venues and opportunities to continue learning and developing. + Dependability: Can be counted on to deliver results with a sense of personal responsibility for expected outcomes. + Initiative: Pursues work and interactions proactively with optimism, positive energy, and motivation to move things forward. + Adaptability: Flexes as needed when change occurs, maintains an open outlook while adjusting and accommodating changes. + Communication: Ensures effective information flow to various audiences and creates and delivers clear, appropriate written, spoken, presented messages. + Relationships: Builds relationships to foster trust, collaboration, and a positive climate to achieve common goals **Physical requirements and working conditions:** + Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job. + Given the nature of this position, SLAC will require onsite work. **Work Standards:** + Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations. + Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for environment, safety, and security; communicates related concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned. Meets the applicable roles and responsibilities as described in the ESH Manual, Chapter 1—General Policy and Responsibilities: http://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/esh/eshmanual/pdfs/ESHch01.pdf + Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu -------------------------------------- + Classification Title: Staff Engineer3 + Grade: L Job code: 0133 + Employment Duration: Continuing The expected pay range for this position is $140,000 to $207,000 per annum. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer and supports diversity in the workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital or family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. All staff at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory must be able to demonstrate the legal right to work in the United States. SLAC is an E-Verify employer.