System Safety Engineer

4 weeks ago

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

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is seeking a highly skilled System Safety Engineer to join our team in the System Safety Engineering Division (SSED) in the Accelerator Directorate.

Job Summary:

The System Safety Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining industrial controls and safety systems to protect personnel from prompt radiation in the operation of accelerator systems and associated support equipment.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Design and deploy PLC-based control systems, including programming ladder logic applications.
  • Implement, program, and troubleshoot industrial controls and associated equipment.
  • Lead new project developments by preparing schedules, cost estimates, and directing installation work.
  • Develop and direct test plans and certification procedures to demonstrate that systems satisfy requirements.
  • Coordinate teamwork with other accelerator and instrument groups.
  • Maintain configuration control of systems in accordance with SLAC and the System Safety Department's policies.
  • Support occasional operational-interruption issues on-call outside of the standard workday.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or relevant engineering or science discipline.
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in designing and deploying PLC-based control systems, implementing, programming, and troubleshooting industrial controls and associated equipment.
  • Project management experience.
  • Technical writing and preparation of formal reports and user manuals.
  • Familiarity with international safety standards (e.g. IEC ISA/ANSI for industrial controls and other engineering design standards/best practices).
  • Familiarity with schematic CAD tools (e.g. AutoCAD preferred).
  • Ability to develop and manage time-phased budgets and schedules.
  • Highly organized, good interpersonal skills, and strong communication skills, both oral and written.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Several years of professional experience in the field of electronics, controls, or safety systems.
  • Experience delivering turn-key factory automation projects, from initial requirements to final commissioning.
  • Prior role leading engineering and other technical teams at the project level.
  • Experience with Siemens Step 7 or TIA Portal PLC platforms, or Rockwell-Automation Allen-Bradley Control Logix platform.
  • Basic understanding of analog and digital electronics and principles.
  • Experience in other industrial controls engineering and/or applications (e.g. machine tools, process controls, automated logistics, etc.).
  • Experience in other regulated industries (e.g. pharmaceutical, food & beverage, oil/gas, etc.).
  • Experience with distributed control and fieldbus architectures.
  • Familiarity with scheduling software tools such as Microsoft Project.
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.
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.

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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