Electronics Engineer - Electronics
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Brookhaven National Laboratory is committed to employee success and we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Review more information at BNL Benefits Program
BNLs Nonproliferation and National Security Department (NN) contributes to U.S. nuclear security and safeguards efforts by assisting in the development analysis and assessment of policies that strengthen international regimes collecting and analyzing data to identify trends and threats to the U.S. and international communities developing and implementing new technologies to address existing and emerging threats and strengthening the domestic and international institutions that form the framework of the nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear security regimes through training and engagement. The Radiation Detection and Emerging Safeguards Technologies (RD&EST) Group pursues research and development in radiation detection technology and applications in security safeguards and healthcare ranging from development of novel radiation detectors and design and construction of detector systems for broad applications to test and evaluation of radiation detection equipment to support sponsors in operation and research. In addition the Group also work on artificial intelligence and machine learning to address questions related to detection and safeguards of nuclear and radioactive materials.
The Nonproliferation and National Security Department seeks an Associate Staff Engineer with knowledge and experience in electronic circuit design and application development. Working under the supervision of the Group Leader you will be a key person in the group in charge of electronics design and system development. You will participate in the ongoing research leading design and testing of data acquisition systems for custom radiation detectors in Xray and SPECT imaging systems as well as detector prototypes for nonproliferation applications. In addition you will contribute to future proposals to develop new research opportunities in the group. This position has a high level of interaction with an international and multicultural scientific community.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with the Group Leader and research scientists/engineers to create development plans for radiation detection systems in applications of national security nuclear security and healthcare
- Responsible for electronics designs in product development cycle from schematic design to firmware/software development system integration and system testing
- Work closely with engineering team on PCB layout designs and PCB/Detector assembly
- Participate in the testing and evaluation of custombuilt and commercial radiation detection systems in the laboratory and at other experimental sites
- Provide engineering support to radiation detector test and evaluation campaigns
- Give presentations at BNL lectures conferences and project review meetings where research results are discussed
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- A Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Nuclear Engineering Physics or related discipline
- Knowledge of I/O and communication standards e.g. SPI I2C USB 2/3 PCIe and Gigabit Ethernet
- Knowledge and experience in data analysis to determine performance of circuits and systems
- Demonstrated knowledge of troubleshooting in printed circuit boards
- Demonstrated knowledge of circuit board schematic and layout designs
- Demonstrated knowledge of FPGA programming in VHDL or Verilog language and development of firmware for standalone microcontrollers or SoC chip
- Clear and concise oral and written communication and presentation skills
Preferred Knowledge Skills andAbilities:
- A Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Nuclear Engineering Physics or related discipline
- Three years full time progressively responsible relevant experience
- Working knowledge of and experience in radiation detectors and radiation detection systems
- Laboratory experience in troubleshooting in printed circuit boards
- Handson experience in printed circuit board schematic and layout designs
- Handson experience inFPGA programming in VHDL or Verilog language and development of firmware for standalone microcontrollers or SoC chips
- Working knowledge and experience in electronics manufacturing and production
- Experience in the latest Xilinx/Altera FPGAs and/or SOC FPGAs
- Experience in ARM and/or RISCV CPUs
- Programming experience using C with QT framework
- Experience in desktop application development in C/C or Python in Linux and/or Windows
- Working knowledge of realtime Operating Systems
Environmental Health & Safety Requirements:
The main scope of work will be conducted in an office environment as well as in the laboratory. The successful candidate must be able to conduct the activities safely in BNL laboratories by completing required trainings interpreting laboratory safety information postings and wearing appropriate personal protective equipment.
Other Information:
- Position may require occasional travel 15
- Irregular hours possible based on experiment design and on program requirements
- This is a fully onsite position located at BNL
Brookhaven Laboratory is committed to providing fair equitable and competitive compensation. The full salary range for this position is $78000 $82000. Salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidates qualification education and experience and considered with the internal peer group.
About Us
Brookhaven National Laboratory delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nations future. Brookhaven Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prizewinning discoveries 37 R&D 100 Awards and more than 70 years of pioneering research. The Lab is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Office of Science. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) operates and manages the Laboratory for DOE. BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University. BSA salutes our veterans and active military members with careers that leverage the skills and unique experience they gained while serving our country learn more at BNL Opportunities for Veterans at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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Brookhaven Science Associates is an equal opportunity employer that values inclusion and diversity at our Lab. We are committed to ensuring that all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age status as a veteran disability or any other federal state or local protected class. BSA takes affirmative action in support of its policy and to advance in employment individuals who are minorities women protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. *VEVRAA Federal Contractor
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