Engineering Technical Associate, Photonics/Laser Electro-Optics

Job Description

Job title: Engineering Technical Associate, Photonics/Laser Electro-Optics

Company: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are committed to a diverse and equitable workforce with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, experiences, and perspectives. This is important for continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range

$113,790 – $141,276 annually

Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. Many factors are taken into consideration when setting starting pay including education, experience, the external labor market, and internal equity.

Job Description

We have an opening for an Engineering Technical Associate – Photonics/Laser Electro-Optics. This work will take place within the National Ignition Facility & Photon Science (NIF&PS) Directorate, home to the world’s most energetic laser. It is an exciting time to join the team that achieved fusion ignition in December 2022 (and a few subsequent times also), a historic moment in science, opening up new physics regimes and setting the stage for new fusion energy possibilities.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team to develop, deploy, and maintain complex laser systems in the National Ignition Facility and Photon Science Directorate (NIF & PS) in support of shot-operations. Within NIF, you will work in the Pre-Amplifier Module (PAM) area as part of the Injection Laser System (ILS) group.

In addition, you will work with laser wavelength and pulse-shaping changes within the Master Oscillator Room (MOR). You may also have a technical role in the Pre-Amplifier Module Maintenance Area (PAMMA) and perform safe operation, testing, maintenance, and repair of PAM hardware, including periodic training of new personnel. This position is in the Laser Systems Engineering & Operations (LSEO) Division within the Engineering Directorate.

In this role, you will

• Apply innovative technical expertise to the design, development, and installation support for new laser systems as well as maintenance, operations, repairs, and upgrades within the ILS group.
• Coordinate production and acceptance testing efforts for complex to highly complex electrical-optical subsystems in the PAM’s regenerative and multi-pass amplifiers.
• Generate and maintain system documentation including operation procedures and optical configuration drawings.
• Perform periodic maintenance activities on oscillator and temporal beam-shaping diagnostics in the MOR. Responsibilities include performance evaluation, calibration (offline and online), troubleshooting complex to highly technical problems, complex data analysis, data archiving, and test report preparation.
• Develop/design system enhancements to increase reliability and maintainability for NIF’s 192 laser beams.
• Collaborate with Physics and Engineering staff to perform developmental and experimental of up to four individual oscillator frequencies in the MOR. Choose appropriate work methods and set priorities.
• Acquire and analyze complex data using computer-based data acquisition and controls.
• Independently write, interpret, and prepare data and document test results, identify complex to highly complex problems and provide original solutions within the PAM and PAMMA.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering Technology, Optic-Electronics, Physics, or related field or the equivalent combination of education and prior relevant experience.
• Significant experience and advanced skills building and deploying high energy, high power, or short pulse laser systems.
• Ability to evaluate complex to highly complex systems and apply best practice engineering techniques for optical beam path alignment in both facility operations and experimental lab environments.
• Experience providing technical direction and the ability to mentor others with advanced technical skills.
• Significant experience with procedures, work control, and configuration management.
• Significant experience working effectively in a dynamic and multidisciplinary environment, which includes working with scientists, engineers, technicians, and designers.
• Advanced verbal, written, feedback and presentation communication skills necessary to effectively collaborate in a team environment and present and explain technical information.

Qualifications We Desire

• Experience planning and completing work with technical objectives, estimating effort, setting milestones, and managing within designated budget.
• Experience with NIF laser diagnostics and timing systems, and/or electrical power distribution systems.
• Experience as a qualified work team leader within NIF’s ILS group, specifically the MOR, PAM, and PAMMA.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.

Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

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• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
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Security Clearance

This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance. If you are selected, we will initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if you meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. Also, all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing. Q-level clearance requires U.S. citizenship.

Pre-Employment Drug Test

External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.

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Expected salary: $113790 – 141276 per year

Location: Livermore, CA

Job date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:43:24 GMT

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