Staff Engineer 1

1 day ago

Menlo Park, California, United States SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Full time
Job Title: Staff Engineer 1

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is seeking a highly skilled Staff Engineer 1 to join our team. As a Staff Engineer 1, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining new X-ray science instruments for the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) Directorate.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Perform technical engineering and research responsibilities by applying engineering or scientific expertise, principles, and knowledge in fundamental research to the design and construction of experimental facilities and devices.
  • Apply engineering and technical knowledge to develop novel hardware or software from concept and requirements through the design, fabrication, assembly, test, validation, installation, and commissioning phases.
  • Utilize engineering, scientific, technical knowledge and practices to progress and complete milestones of projects or programs priorities or specific programmatic objectives.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electronic, electrical, software, engineering physics, and other engineering disciplines or a combination of education and relevant experience in a related technical field.
  • Experience with software applications, systems, or programs relevant to the job.
  • Experience using parametric CAD software (Solid Edge a plus).
  • Understanding the fundamentals of heat transfer, thermal stress, and structural analysis and the ability to apply these to solve engineering problems.
  • Ability to interpret and apply fundamental concepts and practices within a field of specialty to define the paths for completing assignments with well-defined scope.
  • Ability to interpret and determine the validity of data and check own work.
  • Ability to communicate effectively and timely both orally and in writing, necessary to collaborate in a team environment, particularly with specialists in other fields.
Preferred Experience:
  • Producing mechanical shop drawings per ANSI drafting standards.
  • Mechanical fabrication practices.
  • Developing systems for vacuum applications or cryogenic environments.
  • Optical lasers, optomechanical systems, x-ray optics, and ray trace analysis.
  • Familiarity with GD&T.
  • Familiarity with ANSYS structural FEA modeling.
  • Working with Matlab.
  • Developing precision mechanisms.
  • Developing controlled motion systems.
  • Kinematic design.
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:

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,

The expected pay range for this position is $90,000 - $144,000 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.

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