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Provide technical support for flashlamp cassette assembly, testing, and installation within the National Ignition Facility. Support the commissioning of Power Conditioning System bank modules and maintain high-voltage and high-energy equipment.
Requirements
Requires an associate's degree in engineering technology or electronics and intermediate experience in photonics or electronic troubleshooting. Must be a U.S. citizen capable of obtaining a DOE Q-level security clearance.
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Company Description
Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.
Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.
Job Description
We have multiple openings for Electronics Technologists to support the NIF Sustainment and NIF Enhanced Yield Capability (EYC) projects within the National Ignition Facility & Photon Science (NIF&PS) Directorate. You will support flashlamp assembly, testing, installation, and maintenance work for NIF Sustainment and EYC, including work with flashlamp cassettes, high-voltage equipment, and related hardware. You will also support the installation and Installation Qualification (IQ) of 23 Power Conditioning System (PCS) bank modules, help coordinate testing, shipping and receiving, inventory, drawing control, and system commissioning activities while working with engineers, technicians, and other stakeholders to meet project goals. This position is in the Laser Systems Engineering and Operations (LSEO) Division, within the Engineering Directorate.
This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.
In this role, you will
Provide general technical support for flashlamp cassette assembly, including drawings, builds, inspections, installation, and removal.
Assemble flashlamp and cassette hardware, including sensitive optics work.
Support flashlamp testing at the RI and AI testing facility.
Coordinate shipping and receiving flashlamps and lab hardware.
Maintain drawing packages and parts inventories with limited direction.
Collaborate with engineers, technicians, and other stakeholders to meet project milestones.
Train to become a Flash Lamp Testing Facility Operator.
Support preventative and reactive maintenance of high-voltage and high-energy equipment.
Support qualification of high-voltage components for EYC.
Support the development and testing of the embedded controller and data acquisition systems for the NIF power conditioning system EYC expansion.
Participate in commissioning and IQ of 23 PCS bank modules.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship.
Associate’s degree in engineering technology, electronics, photonics, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Intermediate knowledge and experience in electronic and/or photonics troubleshooting and assembly.
Intermediate knowledge of engineering hardware testing processes.
Experience with troubleshooting, installation, and maintenance of electronic and/or photonics systems in a large, multi-beam laser environment.
Experience with safe work and business practices.
Experience working in a multidisciplinary team environment.
Effective written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
Ability to lift 25 lbs. in a safe and controlled manner.
Qualifications We Desire
Experience troubleshooting pulsed power systems.
Technical skills and knowledge of engineering principles to solve complex problems.
Pay Range
$43.55 - $53.36 Hourly
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
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Position Information
This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.
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Organization: Engineering
Category: Engineering
Employee Referral Bonus: $500
Job Code 1: 531.2 Technologist-Electronics
Pre-Employment Drug Test: Required for external applicant(s) selected for this position (includes testing for use of marijuana)
Pre-Placement Medical Exam: Not applicable
Security Clearance: Anticipated DOE Q clearance (requires U.S. citizenship and a federal background investigation)
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a premier applied science laboratory that is part of the National Nuclear Security Administration within the Department of Energy.
LLNL's mission is strengthening national security by developing and applying cutting-edge science, technology, and engineering that respond with vision, quality, integrity, and technical excellence to scientific issues of national importance. The Laboratory's science and engineering are being applied to achieve breakthroughs for counterterrorism and nonproliferation, defense and intelligence, energy and environmental security.
The world-class programs and capabilities at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory span one square mile, what many consider to be "the smartest square mile on Earth."
Offices: 7000 East Avenue, P O Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551, US · 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 94550, US
Government research laboratoryEnergyFundamental ScienceDefenseR&DPhysicsStockpile StewardshipAdditive ManufacturingChemistryMathematics