Jobs in Livermore, CA

About the role

We have multiple openings for Control Systems Engineers . You will provide engineering solutions for developing, implementing, and maintaining control systems in the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world’s highest-energy pulsed laser system responsible for the recent LLNL fusion breakthrough. With over 60,000 control points distributed throughout the facility, many of NIF’s subsystems have control technologies at their core. You will contribute to the engineering design and development of new control systems and system upgrades to continually improve system performance and reliability. 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. This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage.  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. 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.

What you'll bring

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering discipline related to control systems, or a related technical field, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge and broad experience in developing hardware or software solutions for control systems in industrial or research environments, with a focus on supporting project execution to meet stakeholder needs.
• Comprehensive knowledge and broad experience in one or more of the following areas: • Hardware and/or software development for data acquisition and control systems.
• Hardware design and selection of analog and digital instrumentation such as sensors, actuators, and controllers to meet system requirements.
• Custom circuit design for unique control system applications.
• Application, use, and programming of programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
• Software development for basic signal conditioning or processing in data acquisition or calibration scenarios.
• Software development of automation sequences and state machines.
• Design, development and management of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems and Human Machine Interfaces (HMI).
• Development and support of standalone test and research control systems applications in graphical programming language, i.e. LabView.
• Comprehensive understanding and broad experience in the application of documentation standards, including drawings, procedures, statements of work, and test plans.

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